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Anyone got a link to Banzai ( or similar ) for the Scorpion (and maybe even Beetle) parts and hop ups?
I can't seem to find the coloured tubs and such

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

Tower now saying end of December.
Sheesh.
Don't they know I'll have no money left by then.

rccars4sal wrote:EEEwww a pontiac Lemans! The most craptastic half ass import to USA from GM ever! Im sure the Astra rally cross body is way cooler though.

Yeah the Lemans was the base model same as Astra, actually might of been the saloon version based on the Vauxhall Belmont.

A little info on the Astra body you have. It's based on this : http://www.gartrac.com/company/johnwelchastra.htm I was a Vauxhall mechanic back when these cars were being made, and the rally cross version that body was based on was a long way from the standard Vauxhall car. Oh, in case in non UK guy...

Hcp22 wrote:Yes I'm sure the first Scorpions didn't came with gear-diff, there were sold as option SC-50 later on.

your memory must be better than mine

I did the SC-50 upgrade to my Beetle. transformed that car mind you this was 1985, and I didn't know much about cars then.

Hcp22 wrote:The Tomahawk was the first of the Circuit 1000 cars that had a differential

you sure?
Our Scorpions all had diffs.
The Beetle sacrificed the diff to make the car a little cheaper.
if I'm remembering correctly.

Seriously, neither car had a diff? Ive never owned either car so wasnt aware of that. I did have a turbo scorpion,, and that did have a diff. So, how was rear drive handled,, just locked solid? on the beetle it was just a solid drive piece yes. Sort of like a spool nowadays I guess. it pushed prett...

I had a Sand Scorcher as my first car, but first went off road racing with the Kyosho Beetle. I never thought there were any similarities at the time. except neither car had a diff. or slotted motor mount holes. ok, so now you mention it, a couple of things the same ;) but night and day in terms of ...

boo.
Tower has bumped it out to Late November for the Beetle (had been mid October, which of course has come and gone)

getting a little too close to Christmas for me now.

The nostalgia in me says awesome! The collector in me says for crying out loud please stop! I kinda agree with this, except re-releases are already a thing, so we might as well enjoy them. I bought a brand new Beetle from Scottish racing legend Jimmy Hamilton for £50, built it and raced it at the f...

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=83550&id=2 I have the magazine article about his win somewhere, so it should be possible to recreate the body. I got the car from Jason Potter, he did also have the Keil cell Craig used, but he said they wouldn't charge, and to be honest shipping ...

that's awesome !
I love the stories on ex racers cars like that.

I own the CAT 2K Craig Drescher used to win the Euros back in 94, it's also got some nice parts on it.

I was feeling a bit "blue" today :lol: I was too lazy to do the front and rear towers tho :roll: http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k545/gomachv/875A017D-D361-424F-96B7-CC62CAE64D74_zpsoz7cwdew.jpg ooooo a Scorpahawk ;) very nice. I am very interested to see which body, and how you mount...

He says "Interferes a little with the cover." Ha! Jesus. It means you WILL have to hack your cover up, be warned. The dust shroud is a part of the tranny as it supports the center shaft: The cover does not allow use of screws that 'stick up', and you can't use a slot for the flathead scre...