Cab Forward Beauty

This is one of my favorite looking buggies.

The Terra Scorcher chassis can be best described by saying that it is a hopped up Thunder Shot chassis. Following Tamiya's tradition of making improvements to existing chassis and rolling it out as a new model, the Terra Scorcher was born.

Tamiya made improvements to the Terra Scorcher which would appeal to the racer. First off, the monoshock system in the Thunder Shot was replaced with dual shocks giving better off-road composure. Front universal joints replaced the less efficient dog bones. The upper arms were replaced with adjustable length tie-rods allowing racers to make camber adjustments. A rear anti-sway bar was added to increase stability around turns and a full compliment of ball bearings was included. It was topped off with a beautiful space age cab forward body.

As Tamiya cars go, the Terra Scorcher handled very well. Although it wouldn't seem like it on paper, the car was much more nimble than the HotShot it replaced. A far lighter front end gave it really nice turn-in without the heavy understeer so familiar to Hotshot owners. The only weak area on these vehicles is the A5 plastic part which is to first to break on impact, Pargu makes a lovely alloy replacement.

These are very underestimated and very durable.
Will be built fully hopped up.