ron wrote:I have the scorpion and I have it with a beetle body - sand scorcher body, had to cut the ladder chassis short by 1.5cm to get the scorchers wheel base. It looks pretty good, bought the original sand scorcher body, than I got the re=release body so so that I could cut the fenders off and give it that BAJA BUG look, with those knobby rear tires it looks SO REAL! It really is a beauty. Nedd to paint it and all, got myself the kyosho datsun, its vintage and the suspension works so well, I prefer this to the tamiya hilux or blazer just because it handles so well cause of its long travel trailing arm independent suspension.
Recently have gotten a circuit 20 rowdy baja extra buggy, - NEW condition, it has the ball diff. And than bought a land jump integra, I am all done for now with 1/8. It is so easy to work with 1/8 scale, everything looks so right on them. I am glad I got the rowdy with ball diff, was looking for it the longest, nothing beats having something like that new. I started late in vintage RC but it has been a blast, have to spend a lot of $$$ cause how rare the old stuff is.
Not hearing much about the re-re beetle, don't think its so popular, but its nice to own!
Your Beetle sounds like a beast, cool. That's what I like about Kyosho vs Tamiya, the Kyosho usually handles the best by a long shot, Tamiya either have no idea or can't be bothered trying to get a buggy to handle decently. An example is my friend just bought a Wild One and brought it out yesterday. He said he wouldn't bother running it as compared to the Scorpion the suspension is a joke. I gave it a drop and the front bounced cause of too much pack and the rear bounced just as bad because of the opposite, too soft and too heavier spring. It would have just bounced around the track.
A Circuit 20 buggy, that one has some age on it for sure, I've only seen one in real life about 20 years ago and it was vintage then lol. The Land Jump was a cool buggy, I wanted that one as my first buggy but being 1/8th and nitro the hobby shop owner suggested I'd be better off with the 1/10th electric Scorpion which might be a better first choice. I did love the Scorpion and a few years later bought the Thunder Tiger Silver Fox which was a copy of the Land Jump pretty much. I had that for many years and had lots of fun with it.
Have fun with the beetle Ron.