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Old 08-19-2005, 08:44 AM   #1
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Well after doing some reading last night I had to head out to find one. It seems like the 1/6 scale is much more abundant than the 1/18 scale. At the second Walmart I finally found a Scorpion tucked away on a top shelf. I wish they had a Jeep, but this will do for now.

I started charging the battery as soon as I got home and went to work on a couple simple mods. First I removed 4 coils from the shock springs. Then I added about 1 1/2 oz of BBs to the front tires. This really does help keep the front axle planted on the ground. I then cut off all of the little nubs on the edges of the tires.

While the battery was still charging I decided to have a look at the inside of the TX. If you open it take care where the springs go. All-in-all a pretty simple setup.

Hopefully I will get a chance this morning to give it a test.

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Old 08-21-2005, 10:57 PM   #2
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Here are some pics:














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Old 08-21-2005, 11:11 PM   #3
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they dont work man lol...
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:21 PM   #4
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try www.tinypic.com
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:28 PM   #5
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phvrh.yahoo.com could not be found.... thats what it says try hosting them with www.tinypic.com it works great.
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:40 PM   #6
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There you go. Picky, Picky, Picky.
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:44 PM   #7
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nice man! i painted mine today too... ill put some pics up soon... so i guess now its u and me vs each other at the phoenix comp lol..(that is if i go for sure which i should be able to..)
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Old 08-21-2005, 11:46 PM   #8
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I took mine out for a crawl today. I was really suprised how well it handled. If we can get a few of these at the comp we will have some fun. I will be interested in seeing yours.

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Old 08-21-2005, 11:51 PM   #9
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i painted the jeep body like a candy blue, w/black primer on misc stuff and yamaha silver for the cage.. and i put some flouresent blue on the beads of the wheels lol...
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Sounds cool. Post some pics.
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i posted some pics on a new thread
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Old 08-22-2005, 11:15 PM   #12
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looks good but why would you cut the sidewall tread off?
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I just cut the short lugs off at the edges. I didn't cut any lugs on the sidewall. I thought it may help with traction if there were a few more voids on the tires. Since the pics I have also reversed all of the tires. I will try it tonight and see how that works.

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Old 08-23-2005, 10:16 AM   #14
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Oh I get it now, I just couldnt quite understand why anyone would cut the sidewall lugs off.
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