more vintage kyosho vintage hopups and mods - 4x4 scorpion!!

[Hotrodvw]

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

Wheels are awesome!

[ron]

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!

[Hotrodvw]

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.

[ron]

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!

[Hotrodvw]

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.

[ron]

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

[Hotrodvw]

[Hotrodvw]

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

[ron]

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

[Hotrodvw]

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.

[ron]

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

[Hotrodvw]

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

[ron]

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

[Hotrodvw]

I have an idea brewing.

[Hotrodvw]