A weekly spotlight
Small RC drift makers the scene is starting to talk about, one each week — found in the posts, videos and chats where drivers share what they run.
We look for brands getting attention on Reddit, Discord, YouTube and Instagram that haven't been around for years. Some weeks there isn't one, and we skip the spotlight rather than fill it.
10 spotlights so far
Underground Brands
A short look at ラジコンもんちぃ (rcmonkey.jp), the Japanese site posting maker news day by day, starting with its write-up of HPI Racing's Stage-D10 session at JSM Drift Club in Shanghai.
6 min read
Underground Brands
The Japanese RC news blog ラジコンもんちぃ reports that G-FORCE has started a Masami Hirosaka drift lecture series, opening with what a brushless ESC actually lets you set. Part two is already announced.
6 min read
Underground Brands
A short look at the Japanese RC news site ラジコンもんちぃ, whose October 1 post lays out G-Force's BLC160 PRO Brushless ESC — reverse-polarity protection, a 160A rating and settings you can only reach through an app module.
6 min read
Underground Brands
The Japanese RC news site ラジコンもんちぃ summarized 麻婆亀仙流's booth-by-booth video from 全日本模型ホビーショー2026, from a Mini-Z MR-04 motor mount to transmitters. Here is what the post actually says, and what else the site has been covering for drift readers.
6 min read
Underground Brands
A short look at ラジコンもんちぃ, the Japanese RC news site posting maker and shop items, and what its write-up says RLAARLO claims for the LSD fitted as standard to the RWD drift car XDX.
6 min read
Underground Brands
The Japanese RC news site ラジコンもんちぃ writes up a Mini-Z MRD course built beside the grip layout at ラジコン天国名古屋店, with a slippery mat surface and 3D-printed barriers made by regulars.
6 min read
Underground Brands
MST has released an introduction video for the Stealth Anti-Detachment Magnetic Body Mount, an aluminum alloy mount with a floating magnet base. ラジコンもんちぃ's October 2 post describes the structure; price and release date are not stated.
6 min read
Underground Brands
A father-and-child project posted to r/rcdrift, the Drift27 is published as STL files rather than sold as a kit. You print the structure and supply the shocks, bearings, driveshafts, belt and axles yourself.
6 min read
Underground Brands
The R31HOUSE RC blog writes up a Sunday shop visit with Kansai GRK TEAM members, where setup advice and the judging came from the makers themselves.
6 min read
Underground Brands
A UK channel building its coverage around a Sony A7 IV, a 70-200 mm G Master and a DJI Ronin, with chase-car shorts and repeat trips to Slide House in Lincolnshire.
6 min read
