Welcoming Ideas For The Rear Of My Baja

[TurboTimmy 88]

Looking at the rear of my Poor Man's Sand Scorcher makes me think it needs something to finish it off. An engine comes to mind first, of course. But I saw a rear bumper/skid plate called a "RaceMaster RM420".

Does anyone have a picture of how one of those things fastens to a Grasshopper/Hornet chassis?

Does anyone have a source for a 1/10 scale vw engine?

Thanks for any info.

[User4 13]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F302805324690

[User4 13]

Also, for my TT-02 Bug project I used the front mount for a Blitzer Beetle that I bolted to the front uprights. I got lucky & it lined up perfectly. 

I made holes in the shell to fit the rear mounts though. Toothpaste and a soldering iron

 

EDIT. Never mind, I read your question about mounting wrong & I can't see how to remove my reply.

My first reply is a good link to an engine though. I just searched Ebay for "Sand Scorcher Engine". 

Edited July 14, 2018 by User4
Edited for idiocy :)

[TurnipJF 9192]

Another approach you could try is to make a fairing like some full-size Baja owners put around their engines to stop people's fingers straying where they shouldn't.

A piece of plasticard cut and bent to shape should provide a convincing facsimile, then you don't need to worry about replicating a full engine, just some engine shaped lumps of plastic with perhaps a couple of wires to represent HT leads barely visible in the shadows behind the fairing should give enough of an impression of engininess.