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Old 90's Airtronics 94157, and a new Castle brushless 4700kv set up.....should be fun. =)

Wheels are awesome!

very nice, the 2014 re-re is just as nice as the vintage one, can't complain about the tub, I love the red one. Glad you love the wheels!

I had the original as a kid. My very first "kit" rc car. It was actually labeled as a Cox Scorpion. I was on the fence here, since I wanted this but also a sand scorcher badly. I went for performance, and the look. =) Loving out this is turning out.

that is what I did exactly, love the VW bug, if I was to put a body to this beautiful chassis it would be the beetle body and not just any body - tamiya SS body - it is not like the pretend - wannabe beetle lexan bodies out there, don't get me wrong, those are great for performance racing but for looks, the sand scorcher takes the cake, I have both the RE RE and vintage body, for the re-re I cut off the fenders.

like your beetle, modern electronics are small and better suited, good thing you kept the vintage servos in there for that period correct feel!

Ha ha! Yes! That, and I have three of them...them stupid things were like $100 back in the day. Quick transit time. Works perfectly in this. I haven't taken pics of this yet with the SS paddles yes, but I'm sure it'll look good. My fenders are trimmed, more drastically in the rear than the front.

ha - last yr I saw in the completed listings sections, a NIP vintage body, parts still in the tree go for $115!!!!! I said holy *#? man what luck, the buyer must have been jumping up and down at the score he just made, WOW. I am glade I got a vintage body, nose and rear plate hood for $90, the rest, lights window etc are from the re-re SS, no difference man, the most import is the vintage body cause of the fenders, they are beautifully curved, the re-re is molded from the monster beetle or blister beetle.

I wanna see how your bug looks from the side, wanna see how the wheel base compares to the body, Because the fenders were touching the tires when suspension was compressed, I took off the vintage body and put in the re-re one with fenders cut off, looks the part, also managed to get hold of 3 original 'baja bug' license plate in like mint cone, for the re-re, I only need on for the front, not for the rear, it will look out of place on the rear on a chopped up body. so I am good.

Wish also tamiya had made one with the lights on the fenders in this style

I'll put up more tomorrow. My photobucket is acting up right now.

you see how the front tires are way out in front, thats why I cut my chassis short, but if you keep the body high enough, it will clear suspension travel and look alright on the chassis

The front suspension compressed, the wheel falls to the center line of the wheel well. Many true baja have the front end extended by about 5" anyway. I think it looks fine as is. The rear was my concern, but after trimming it looks much better.

ok, yeah, the fronts will curve backward during compression. It resembles the real Baja bugs! its cool, you gonna put fog lights infront? And I did not notice your custom rear fenders, nicely done

Yeah, probably have some aux. Lighting. The had lights and tail lights will get lit for sure.

WHER EYOU GONNA PUT THE TAIL LIGHTS WITH THE FENDERS CUT SHORT??

I have an idea brewing.