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couple more with lights/shock caps/front nose done.

mikedealer wrote:cage is made from 3/16" steel tube, better know as stainless steel brake line. its light, and once hardened, very strong.
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How are you hardening the tubes?

Nice job!, your project is at least an 11 on a 1-10 scale.

Way cooler than the stock version.

This is what Associated should be making in the first place, performance, durability, AND semi-scale realism.

(They finally started to get it right with the SC8)

Why do they STILL make buggies (and especially 4X4 buggies) look like something Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon would be embarrassed to drive? Has anyone EVER seen a 4 wheel drive sand rail or dune buggy?...Giant wing anyone?

If they built something like this, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

Maybe why this is why the Sand Scorcher, Rough Rider, etc. are so appealing after all these years...they actually look a little like REAL CARS.

Diggley wrote:Nice job!, your project is at least an 11 on a 1-10 scale.

Way cooler than the stock version.

This is what Associated should be making in the first place, performance, durability, AND semi-scale realism.

(They finally started to get it right with the SC8)

Why do they STILL make buggies (and especially 4X4 buggies) look like something Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon would be embarrassed to drive? Has anyone EVER seen a 4 wheel drive sand rail or dune buggy?...Giant wing anyone?

If they built something like this, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.

Maybe why this is why the Sand Scorcher, Rough Rider, etc. are so appealing after all these years...they actually look a little like REAL CARS.

i totally agree, i mean look at the body styling nowadays, i know everyone is in a pursuit to go fast, and have a sleek body (look at the sword body for the ultima rb5 lol) but "scale" looks are definetly put last now on the design list, and aerodynamics are definetly put on top of list. which it should be other way around. Look at the original ultima with the roll cage and the driver body, that is a cool looking car.

Kyosho Fan wrote:

mikedealer wrote:cage is made from 3/16" steel tube, better know as stainless steel brake line. its light, and once hardened, very strong.
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How are you hardening the tubes?

by quenching them, process of heating them red hot, and quenching in water, then heating them again to a non red hot state but very hot, and quenching them in water again.. makes the metal very hot.

there are TONS of processes out there for this, like heating in over for 12 hours etc etc.. but this works well for me.

The front end and the lights are a great addition. Looks killer.

I agree with the scale realism debate. Tamiya is doing a pretty good job with their 4x4 truck line and even re-releasing a few buggies. Unless you are into racing, where did the cool "scale realism" go from companies like Kyosho and Tamiya back in the day? I think that is one of the reasons that stadium trucks and rock crawling are so popular. I think scale is making a comeback but in these different forms. It would be cool to see a few more scale buggies hit the market IMO.

thanks, i know they are minor, but wanted to share pics.. next is some action pics hopefully lol

How's this holding up? I'd love to have one of these on my B4... maybe I'd actually run it.

just got powdercoated chassis's back, this was one of them, other 2 were a circuit 20 kyosho and a custom rc10 i plan to sell on ebay

nothing really new on it except the new cage... need to figure out some new gearing since it wheelies on full throttle and it has a mamba brushless with a 3s lipo.. gonna run the hell outta this one this year.

Abosutely stunning vehicle!
Fantastic Mike.

VERY VERY nice work! I really like the sandrail chassis. Do you have any finnished pics of that build?

it is finished, i mounted some parts up on it so i can sell it on ebay, but havent had time to take pictures yet.. i needed to make a roof plate for it before i list it and waiting for some aluminum to arrive. will post some pics up and link it here, thanks for compliment

I don't know what it is about this build that I absolutely love, but I love it!
Very very nice Mike!
I wish I had one.

Whoa!! Thats pretty cool! What are the chances of you building another cage like this? (Sorry for digging up an old thread)

Thats cool when people ask about old projects and they get bumped up again.