A Hybrid Scorcher

[wood5tock 864]

That's fantastic!

[bromvw 744]

Thanks for the help posting Nic .

Yes the Air Scope is Plasticard . More accurately Plasticard sections laminated and then carved and sanded to the roof profile . Its strong enough to withstand a roll over .

The rear side window's had being cut out by SRB Bloke prior to me buying the body from him and credit must go to him for the excellent job he did on cutting out the basic shape . All I have done is to add my own tweaks and re panelled over the windows as I like the aggressive look it gives .

I have a set of decals i'll be using and was thinking of yellow as the background colour for the body to highlight the mostly red stickers . I may leave the rear side windows white though for a bit of contrast and to look like race numbers

[Percymon 2185]

Nice job Arron - love the grafting of the Lancia light pod - the solvent glue did the trick.

Nice cooling slot at the rear too

[bromvw 744]

I didn't like the 'step' at the rear David so I decided to make a feature of it . Makes a good cooling slot

There's still a little work to do before it's ready for paint but its getting there .

[SteveU30 1011]

Looking great Arron, that 037 light pod looks right at home there, glad you chose to go with it. Can't wait to see the colour go on this now!

[JeepnMike 150]

The lights and air intake look awesome!! Mission accomplished!

[Grastens 2802]

Agreed on the 037 light pod - it looks fabulous, as does the rest of the project!

[SRB Bloke 237]

Nice, very nice, light pod works a treat. Its coming together really well.

You'll have to start on an interior soon.

and Yes we will all want to see a video of it on the sand once it's finished

:)

[Boothy 58]

Looks really good, can't wait to see it finished

[bromvw 744]

Can anyone suggest a method to heat the ends of a Scorcher rear cage in order to flatten the round section ? I want to adapt one by flattening the ends where the pipe joins would normally fit so I can drill through to make a custom mount .

I know I could simply file flats on them but it will not leave much material and could reduce the strength - any ideas guys that will not leave the plastic brittle ? I assume its ABS ,

[GregM 1109]

That's good progress! Thanks for sharing the pics, too. Don't forget what I told you about adapting the Clod Buster bumper to the Frog rear, I think it would look really nice and neat.

[bromvw 744]

I eyeballed one Greg but didn't like it . I think I prefer the Scorcher one as it will allow me to fit the stinger exhaust and hopefully a Duratrax engine . those will hide the gearbox more I think .

[mr crispy 2295]

Re the Scorcher rear cage, would it be stronger to make a socket that the cage ends fit into and bolt through? The socket could then be fixed to the chassis.

[bromvw 744]

That's maybe the solution - good idea . I could increase the section by gluing round tube over the ends and bolt through that .

[IBIFTKH 1371]

Late to the party again...

There's so much I like about this! The body mods look fantastic, light pod is awesome and the scoop and cooling slot are too cool. Real echoes of Steve's Scorcher but with your own style. The filled rear windows are a nice touch, give it some aggression somehow. More please!!

[Grumpy pants 5178]

Late to the party again...

There's so much I like about this! The body mods look fantastic, light pod is awesome and the scoop and cooling slot are too cool. Real echoes of Steve's Scorcher but with your own style. The filled rear windows are a nice touch, give it some aggression somehow. More please!!

I totally with you on this one.

Keep up the good work Arron we are impressed!

And the Photos as well.

[bromvw 744]

Duratrax engines arrived this morning . Not the most detailed items but cheap as chips and ideal for a runner . Just need to figure out how to mount one and make a fan shroud from Plasticard . That will hide the gear box quite nicely The bonus is that I don't actually think I need to use a Scorcher cage . Going to see how the Duratrax one looks firstly - no stinger but I can live with that .

The more I look at the images the more i'am tempted to spray this all white and just let the decals do their thing - maybe less is more in this case ?

Then again yellow could look good ?

Oh heck what to do ?????? Paint is always the hardest part of a build in my mind .

[SteveU30 1011]

I vote yellow!

[bromvw 744]

Percymon photoshop'ed mine in yellow with the decals Steve and I have to say it looks good . Leaning towards it more .

[Percymon 2185]

You know yellow makes sense

but then there's orange, lime green, white .....

[SteveU30 1011]

Nice, and we don't mean namby pamby pastel yellow either, we're talking bright in yer face yellow!

[bromvw 744]

Rest assured if I do go for Yellow it will the brightest shade I can find in Halfords lol

[bromvw 744]

ITS PAINTED . Ford Signal Yellow over my usual Halfords white hard plastic primer . Decals applied and a coat of clear . Its looking good :D .

I was going to do a two tone white / yellow like the Scorcher boxart but after laying down the yellow it looked so nice and bright that I changed my mind .

No photo's get as its drying in the booth .

[XV Pilot 1936]

Glad you went for yellow. There's a long and proud tradition of Baja Bugs being painted yellow so as to be more easily seen when out in the dunes.

[bromvw 744]

i'am glad too XV . I wasn't sure how it would turn out to be honest but now the decals are on it certainly looks the part of a Baja Racer