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12-11-2005, 07:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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|  My scorpion basher..."Crawler Snot"... ...'cause it looks like a crawler but it's SNOT...  Like so many other people, I drooled over the original Scorpion when it was featured in the off road mags. Then along came JIA's superb rc renditon, and soon to follow were the attack of the nylints. Well, since I got a new emaxx basher (and since there's a gazillion 'maxxes out there that look almost exactly alike), I decided to build a scorpion cage/body for mine. I saw one like this a long time ago on this forum, but couldn't find it in a search ('puter is acting squirrely) so I just based mine loosely off the Scorpion MKIV. The first pic is of the actual MKIV (I borrowed the image from http://www.scorpioncars.com , I hope you guys don't mind....kick as$ site BTW  ), and the following two images are mine (of course).I still have some other pieces to add: front/rear dropped hoops (light/winch guards), side uprights, rear braces and body panels. I was gonna wait until it was finished to post pics, but I got excited and in a hurry. Plus, I just ran out of brazing rod and flux, so I gotta get some more of that tomorrow. I think that after I add a set of Associated GT wheels, regular maxx-size swamp dawgs, panels, and relocate the antenna to the rear, I'll have it looking pretty close to the real thing. On to the pics... |
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12-11-2005, 07:22 PM
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| Colt Python/SR9c   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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|  looks good rich..nice job.. your getting good at that tube work  I remember that scorp body your talking about.He had it hinged on the front and body clipped for the back to change batteries.. I remember it was on the "old" board though.Highly doubt it would show up on search. |
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12-11-2005, 07:25 PM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Millmont
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| Looks really cool man! I like the tube work. Are you planning all the panels like the real Scorpion or just a few? |
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12-11-2005, 07:28 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
Posts: 896
| It'll have all the same panels, but I'm not sure if I'll make the engine box on the hood or not...don't know yet. This was made to fit over the stock body mounts exactly, so I'll just pull off the body clips when I need to change batts...just like a regular body. The dimensions aren't exactly perfect, and it's not exactly perfectly symmetrical either... ...I just changed a few dimensions to make it do what I wanted.-WRM |
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12-11-2005, 07:31 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tennessee
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| Nice! Going Khaki on it? Thanks for the compliment, BTW. |
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12-11-2005, 07:44 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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Nah, I figured if you live in GA and use khaki to blend in with my desert, I'll paint mine OD to blend in when I'm in GA... -WRM | |
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12-11-2005, 07:52 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tennessee
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| Lmao...there's an *** of sand down here too! |
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12-11-2005, 09:16 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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| One more thing... I also plan on trying to hook up some of those nylint headlights on it, if they'll fit inside the hoops I've made, that is. I'm gonna try and put the LED's in it like JIA did on his nylint. Then, I'll just have to find some taillights that fit Of course, I'll have to get Mitch to wire 'em up for me (since I'd definitely screw it up... )Plus, I can take it off sweet jumps! Once it's all completed, I'm gonna launch it off our loading dock at work. We've got an aluminum ramp so the fork trucks can get into the trailers, and I can probably get at least a 50' run at it... ...we'll see just how strong the solid 3/16" cage is... -WRM |
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12-11-2005, 11:01 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Tennessee
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| DANG! You got shocks, a cage, LUCKY! (sorry the "sweet jumps" brought back the Napoleon Dynamite memories )While you're at it...just make yourself a dang quesa-dilluh! |
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12-11-2005, 11:21 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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12-12-2005, 05:51 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chit Chat
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| My roomate still quotes that retard!  And that makes me say that stupid ****! |
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12-12-2005, 06:13 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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| Got the cage-work finished tonight. Maybe tomorrow I can get the body panel tabs brazed on, and then cut/paint/attach the panels. -WRM |
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12-12-2005, 07:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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| Here's a quick pic with the cage finished. -WRM |
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03-02-2006, 08:01 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Paradise City Where The Girls Are Pretty
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| any more work done on the WRM. looks good. nate |
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03-02-2006, 08:43 PM
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| OCCUPY RCC!   Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: I am the 53%.
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03-02-2006, 08:52 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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| No more progress. The last thing I did to it, was finish the cage and beadblast it. It's actually up for sale right now in the FS forum... -WRM |
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03-02-2006, 09:35 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: VARCOR
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If I could figure out a way to return about 150 on all the other stuff, I would grab it right now. Last edited by Robb; 03-02-2006 at 09:39 PM. | |
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03-02-2006, 10:12 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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03-03-2006, 07:01 AM
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| Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo!
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03-03-2006, 07:25 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Southern Maryland
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| hey i might just make a tuber body like yours but make it a baja. it will look cool on the rusty i am giving new life to. i had to buy/borrow a new chassis and front end from the LHS. it might be a little heavy but i am putting a brushless in or a 13turn in it. with the old motor i used to run it with would let it do moving wheelies which was awesome. my favorite thing to do was make it do a flip off one of those x factor ramps or make it luanch into orbit either way its fun. |
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