JPL Model PL – Represents Team Durango of UK !!

We are definitely very happy to be representing another World Champs brand name in the model racing industry – Team Durango.
It has always been JPL Model PL’s endeavor to continue to offer great products of “WORLD CHAMP” caliber.
TD is not only a great brand name of our industry, it’s products which won the 2009 IFMAR World Championships, is popular and features many innovative designs.

JPL Model stocks most variety of spares and accessories with the aim to provide support to Team Durango customers.

Report by Ben Panic (Singapore Novarossi factory pilot)

Malaysian Southern Series Round 1 – Southern Alley Raceway Johor Bahru, Malaysia 4th Feb 2012

The inaugural Southern Series held at Southern Alley Raceway was run on the 4th of March and over
100 drivers from Malaysia, HK and Singapore were in attendance to start the series off with a good
result. The Southern Alley Raceway crew provided a new layout and racers were greeted with plenty
of sunshine for the event. It had mild in the previous week and with some watering and rain the
track was in perfect condition. Racers practiced on Saturday and on Sunday competed in 3 heats to
place them in to finals in a Christmas tree setup with the aim to make the main.

Didier Perrin (Mugen/AKA/Novarossi), Ben Panic (Kyosho/JConcepts/Novarossi) and Wenyi (Mugen/
OS) battled out the 3 rounds of qualifying and Wenyi emerged with TQ followed by Didier and
Ben. Qualifying was super close. Ben held TQ in round 1 and 2 as Didier and Wenyi had trouble
with traffic in the 17 car heats and the same traffic stuck Ben in round 3 as Didier and Wenyi
finished .2sec apart after 7 min. The finals got under way and the top 5 would bump from the lower
finals all the way through to the semi where the first 7 in each A and B semi would get to the main
and the next fastest driver from either the A or B semi. Ben and Didier both won their semis and
would end up lapping the field. In the A semi Wenyi flamed out with 2 min to go but was lucky to
have a lap up on the field and he would start the final in 9th.

The 60 minute final kicked off and it was a great start for the pack. Didier, Ben and Boy Chan
proceeded to gap the field and lay down some really quick laps. At the 4 minute mark Didier and
Ben had increased the pace and gapped the field. The next 20 minutes these two drivers put on a
display as they pushed each other around the track separated by no more than a second or two.
Fuel stops went to plan for both drivers and Boy was holding down a solid 3rd place with Wenyi
making his way through the field.

Ben and Didier swapped the lead for the next 10 minutes and then at the halfway mark Didier
rolled through a jump section and his car flamed whilst on his roof. He got restarted but Ben had
a lap up on him and proceeded to push and build the gap. Ben’s Novarossi fuel efficiency also
began to play a part in the race as he was stopping less than the other drivers. With Ben now in a
dominant position it became a closely contested race for second between Dider and Boy. They were
on different fuel strategies and by 50 min mark second position was going to go to Boy or Didier.
Boy had the XB9 flying and he ended up beating Didier to the flag by 8 seconds. Ben continued to
control the race from the front and held the lap on the field; it would finish like this with the Novarossi
driver crossing the line victorious.

Malaysian Nationals Round 1 – Southern Alley Raceway Johor Bahru, Malaysia February 12th 2012

A huge 130 drivers attended the first round Malaysian nationals kicked off on the weekend with a freshly rebuilt track at the southern alley raceway and we were greeted with plenty of sunshine for the event.   It had however been so hot the track was as dry as the Sahara desert and drivers raced in what was the worlds largest dust pit for the weekend.  A tough track due to all the dust, the lack of traction presented plenty of problems for all drivers.

Kyosho/JConcepts/Novarossi/Max team driver Ben Panic headed up from Singapore for the event on Saturday to get some practice in with the drivers and they were greeted with a technical track with lots of jumps and demanding corners, ruts, holes bigger than cars and so much dust it looked like people had their hair colored over the weekend.
Didier Perrin, Daniel Law and Ben Panic battled out the 3 rounds of qualifying and Didier emerged with TQ followed by Ben and Daniel.  Unfortunately for Didier his run would end in the semi with a stone getting stuck in the flywheel courtesy of the blown out track.  Ben took Semi B with 25 laps and would start on pole for the 45 min main.

The final kicked off and it mas mayhem mid pack through the 9 pack of jumps.  Cars were flying and marshall’s were scrambling to get everyone back on their wheels.  Ben and David Lim got away and proceeded to gap the whole field.  It was like this for the first half of the race but at the 28 min mark Ben ran out of fuel and dropped a lap to David.  The next 17 minutes Ben pushed hard and moved from 4th to 2nd but David was a lap ahead and held off Ben for the win, 3rd place was Losi driver Daniel Law.  It was a good start to the Nationals Series for the Novarossi driver as Ben had never raced the MP9 before and it showed promise with its Novarossi power.

Ben used

Novarossi Plus 21-4 Team C

Today we restocked all Novarossi Engines, Pipes, Glow Plugs and Spares. Buggy and Onroad engines, as usual is on special offer at www.playmorehobby.com.

35Plus21/A and the ever so popular 353-12/A also restocked.
These are super value for screaming performance.

Today we added the products for EX-1 KO Propo Transmitter.
But this is only for registering your interest only [here]

Estimate arrival to shops  as follows :

March :
KO-80500 EX-1 KIY
KO-10501 3D Exension Unit for KIY
KO-10503 Large Grip Black for KIY

May :
KO-10502 ST Unit Stick Type for KIY
KO-10504 Left Hang Grip Unit for KIY

Or alternatively, you may register your interest by sending me email at :

service@jplmodel.com

We will update you prices and where to buy when the first batch comes in.

We added 2 Novarossi top of the range racing engines today :

** Novarossi 353Race.12A featuring Novarossi steel bearings for 1/10th Nitro [here]
** Novarossi 35PLUS21A also featuring the same steel racing bearings for 1/8th Nitro [here]

Noteworthy offers :

• Competition engines 12 and 21 PT and PTS prices are all revised
• There are 2 models worth mentioning Novarossi 353 (1/10th onroad) and 35PLUS21A (1/8th onroad) featuring steel bearings just in stock and left limited quantities. Prices for these most competitive Novarossi race engines are S$260 and S$350 respectively only. Again, we have limited sets left.
• Dont forget we still have a 12 size 1/10 onroad Novarossi N12T1 going for revised price of S$150
• For Buggies we have the Toro Nero S$330, Toro Nero TEAM S$360
• Bonito XLB S$370 and XLBS S$450
• Plus 21 BTT S$320 and BTTS is S$420

Please check these out [here]

Please contact us should you need anything.

These decals are extremely durable for r/c use and have special laminated coating to protect them from nitro fuel.
These lightweight decals are precision die-cut so all you need to do is “PEEL’EM OUT STICK’EM ON” !!

Good and ready to go on body shells, pit boxes and even on your fridge door