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photogdave
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| I semi retired earlier this year and have been trying to keep myself busy, I've been getting back into lego and these RC cars. I still have my original sand scorcher from 1982. I bought the re-release back in 2012 and just bought the buggy champ. I put a sport tuned 540 into the sand scorcher and just finished painting the buggy champ. I forgot how fun these cars are. |
Nice! 
Any thoughts on where I can get a NiMH battery pack that will fit inside my 2012 Scorcher? I don't want to go LiPo.
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shano63 
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photogdave
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 8:21 am Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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Thanks for that.
Photo was just a beauty shot from when I first built the car years ago. I put the bumper on to run it and it's definitely a little "scorched" up now!
I bought a second body kit so I have spares of all the little goodies. One day I'll build a "show" body and keep the other for the runner.
I had to build my own hump pack but the soldering on the top cell was a bit janky and the thing eventually died.
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shano63
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| Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:47 am Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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That battery from Amazon was around $50 just a couple of months ago. This is my original body from '82. Probably has 10 layers of paint on it. I busted the front fender so I trimmed them all.
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photogdave
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Cusser
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2025 7:13 am Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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My 1970 and 1971 VWs are radio controlled. Whenever I hear James Bond chase music or spaghetti western music on its cassette/radio, it speeds up !!!
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kingkarmann
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2025 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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My only RC
Tamiya Karmann Ghia
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shano63
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2025 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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Looks great! You did a nice job painting it
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photogdave
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zerotofifty
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2025 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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Anyone got a Jeep XJ model car to post photos of??? I want to see that please, thank you!!!
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blue72beetle
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2025 6:34 pm Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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I've posted these elsewhere, but I've been playing with the Tamiya VWs lately. I 3D printed a Bay Window, and most recently put a Kamtec Vanagon Body on a Tamiya Lunchbox.
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shano63
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2025 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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Love that vanagon!
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Doktor
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2025 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: R/C Cars |
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Few months ago I found a Nikko Hurricane on German classifieds for cheap.
It runs and drives, but not on full power.
I have to clean every mechanical part just to be sure, before some major work like electro motor change.
It looks cool, has 4WD and is a serious toy, not a true hobby grade RC toy.
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