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What a build and story, really impressive stuff. That Datsun bodied Kyosho is totally new to me. The Scorpion sure has a lot of cousins!

Interesting handmade rims which came with my Scorpion back in '88. They have the Goodyear block pattern tyres on them but they appear to have stretched over the years and are now too large for the yellow slot rims. I'll have a go at polishing them soon. http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab319/danrk...

Here's Scorpion/Beetle after a good cleanup with the resistors in place. Bought some parts from a very nice gentleman named Ronit Singh in California including these original resistor clamps. I really need limit my spending so am going with MSC for now. You can see the holes drilled in the chassis r...

'Rotten' rubber bands remain on the old rear shocks. I would consider reusing these if I had the tools to make a custom shock tower like Arcocustom (scale4x4rc) and RC10talks own hcp22 of course. http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab319/danrkelly/89B14188-C824-463E-8D30-D86D1C1A4AC8_zpstz2ymglt.jpg

Note the rudimentary shock riser to allow fitment of later Optima/Ultima shocks. This was made before 1988 when I bought it. The shock clamps on those dampers broke in the 80's and I used rubber bands to tension the spring. The rubber bands have disolved into themselves in the 23 odd years it sat in...

Note the homemade clamp holding the resistors down side by side.

I bought a heavily modified and very well worn Scorpion and a good load of spares 1988, it was considered an old buggy at the time but it ran and I had fun with it. Eventually I broke a rear trailing arm and had no way of getting a new one so it went into the attic awaiting the development of the in...

Hi again Lars, I've been around a lot of RC forums in the last couple of months since I found the remains of my Scorpion and Falcon in my mothers loft. Finally I have found some of the best stuff on the RC10 forum of all places though I should mention the wonders of Arcocustom's thread back on scale...