Showing posts with label Sand Scorcher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sand Scorcher. Show all posts
Friday, August 15, 2025

Radio control holiday

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  With only me in the car, I decided that there would be space to take a couple of RC vehicles on holiday.  Firstly, the Sand Scorcher. I li...
Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Back to buggin'

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  With everything tightened up, it was time for more charging around in the car park. This time, I took my DSLR, and stuck it on Sport mode....
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Monday, July 07, 2025

First bug run

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  If this were an episode of Friends , it would have the subtitle, "The one where the wheels fell off"  For the first run of my Sa...
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Thursday, July 03, 2025

Sand Scorcher - Finished

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  Job done. A dream kit build is finally completed.  This is every bit as good-looking as I hoped it would be. Choosing a paint scheme diffe...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Finishing touches

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  Why did Tamiya fit the Sand Scorcher with a sunroof? It's not even a proper VW one - those are a lot longer and fabric. This is a horr...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

Beetle back and front

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  Around the back of the Sand Scorcher, we have a nice kit for a stinger exhaust. Not back boxes or provision for heat exchangers on these b...
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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Wipers and tail lights

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  I'm impressed that the Sand Scorcher comes with windscreen wipers. I'd be even more impressed if they fitted properly! A good doll...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Stickers on

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  Now we are at the really fun stuff. Well, mostly. Putting the decorative stickers on the car. Making it come alive! First up were the wing...
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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Painting the driver

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  Sometimes, several of these posts are generated in a single modelling session. But not this one.  Painting the driver took place over a se...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Clipping the body down

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  The Sand Scorcher body is supported on a single pin, with a clip, at the front, and with this clip at the back. To remove it, you reach in...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Nose detail

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  Well, this was a simple. The chromed headlight bezels drop into the nose, and are fixed with a bolt screwed in from behind. The lenses sim...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

The future, is orange

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  I've spent a lot of time pondering my Sand Scorcher's final colour. The only thing I was certain of, was that I wouldn't be us...
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Monday, June 09, 2025

Time to fit the wheels

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  Fitting the Sand Scorcher wheels should be simple. Put them on the stub axle, do up a retaining nut, and job done.  At the back, that'...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Wheeling out the worst job on the car

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  On a real car, the jobs that take ages, are usually the ones you expect to be done really quickly. And so it turns out, is the case with a...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

It's alive!

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  Of course, with the car wired up, I'm, going to give it a bit of a test. Even sitting on a box, it's a bit exciting, and of course...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Keeping the dirt out

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  We need to keep the electronics clean and dry, not easy when the car is running off-road. Fortunately, Tamiya pack these delicate parts in...
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Monday, June 02, 2025

Buggy wiring

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  Time to wire up the Sand Scorcher. A speed control is included in the box, and I bought a battery pack at the same time. Digging in the mo...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Four axles on my Volkswagen

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  Now, this is starting to look like a car. The front suspension is bolted to the chassis, and a great big aluminium spindle is fitted. This...
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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Front suspension

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  Back to the Baja, and a job that really needs at least three hands - assembling the front suspension.  It actually looks a lot like the re...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Putting a damper on it

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  Time for an interesting job on the Sand Scorcher - making up the dampers.  Each tube is filled, to a step made in the inside, with special...
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