Scale Off Roading

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I found the coolest r/c car body at the hobby shop last week. Proline makes a 1980 K5 (and K10 truck) in 1/10 scale. Having more than a few R/C cars from my youth I got to thinking what to put the body on. I've got a Blackfoot and King Blackfoot monster trucks, but both are 2wd only. Plus the big tires give it a cartoonish look. I thought more and decided to cannibalize one of the Nylint Jeep 1/18 scale r/c rock crawlers we have. The Nylint's are 4wd, locked f/r with beadlocked MT Baja Claw tires. Articulation is pretty good, plus you can change the gearing at the axles for high/low operation. Problem is, the scale is off. 1/18 to 1/10 is a jump.

The first pic is of the body from proline's site. Next is the body sitting on the nylint with the old jeep body in place to get a sense of scale. Third pic is of the chassis minus the jeep body, but with modifications made to the control arm links to increase the wheel base to fit the K5 body. (width is right on the money!)