Optima Bodied 2014 Scorpion

[DennisM]

This better end up good

[j0pp3]

Wow Dennis! The Scorpion looks slick with that body. And the other way around, the body looks great with "real" shock towers.

[stulec52]

and more to the point, what heels are they??
look fantastic !

[markbt73]

Low and mean. I like it. What's your plan for paint?

[Coelacanth]

I like the wheel choices...what rear wheels are those, and are they aluminum?

[DennisM]

Many thanks for the kind words.

The front wheels are original plastics from the 2014 kit.
The rears are wide 1,9" tourers in aluminum - I bought a set of four, never used, with sedan hawgs tires. They could be one af a kind.

Regarding the paint - I´m aiming for a scheme in metallic blue, white and orange.

Edit - corrected spelling

[Hcp22]

Looking grate Dennis

[Coelacanth]

The rears are wide 1,9" tourers in aluminum - I bought a set of four, never used, with road/sedan hawk tires. They could be one af a kind.

Most touring wheels are only 26mm wide, so finding some with some real width is indeed rare. How wide are they?

[DennisM]

Thanks Lars

Coelacanth - They´re 32 mm wide. I´ve Just read the auction description, they were described as Unikat / one of a kind.

[DennisM]

I swear it was blue when I smeared it out

[Coelacanth]

That metallic teal must be a very strong, overpowering color...I was aiming for--and it looked like--metallic midnight blue, but it ended up a bit different.

http://www.rc10talk.com/download/file.php?id=77330&mode=view

What are you planning to do with your extra set of those rear wheels?

[GoMachV]

Don't do it Marc! You know builds always start with a set of wheels!

[DennisM]

That metallic teal must be a very strong, overpowering color...I was aiming for--and it looked like--metallic midnight blue, but it ended up a bit different.

http://www.rc10talk.com/download/file.php?id=77330&mode=view

What are you planning to do with your extra set of those rear wheels?

The body You painted still looks great, even if the metallic didn´t come out as planned.

The color I used was metallic green, the metallic blue was empty and apparently just kept for display

Regarding the wheels - It´s a pain in the butt to find suitable rims for the Scorpion with the right offset. 2.2" is too big in my opinion.

I´m a big fan of the natural colored Proline´s, which suits a lightweight racebuggy better.
If I can find some reasonable priced sets, it´ll free up the aluminums.

[Coelacanth]

I´m a big fan of the natural colored Proline´s, which suits a lightweight racebuggy better.
If I can find some reasonable priced sets, it´ll free up the aluminums.

PM me a picture of the Prolines you're talking about; I might have a set or two. I picked up several sets when I was building OptiMutt.

[SFC K]

Like everyone said, I like the wheels too! They really set it off with the low profile body even though the color did not come out right.