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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 2 months 1 day ago #79588

 

Apologies if I’ve posted some of these images before.
I bought 2 Brat / Frog chassis’s or probably just piles of bits.
I set out wanting to build a Scorcher body on a Frog/Brat chassis.
Above is the first one.
 
This is the second one.
So as is the way I had to buy a bunch of extra bits and fixings and I ended up with this.
 
I feel like I’ve hit the wall on this one.
I do have a body set and a set of wheels and tyres.

Today I took what was left over and started to clean up the bits, at this point I’m thinking of building a Frog because it seems like the obvious route at this point.
 


Al, I believe we are working on the same exact project. I also have a Brat chassis I am rebuilding for the specific purpose of fitting my Sand Scorcher body. 😆 
 

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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 2 months 23 hours ago #79589

.... I feel like I’ve hit the wall on this one.
I do have a body set and a set of wheels and tyres.

Today I took what was left over and started to clean up the bits, at this point I’m thinking of building a Frog because it seems like the obvious route at this point.
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I've been through a lot of Frogs ... they always seem like they're a "must have" in any collection, but after restoring another one, I know I don't want to drive it - I've always found the handling pretty awful & I know I'll flip it within 5 or 10 minutes, the antennas will dig it & catapult it even further and pull the wing off, so I sell it on but then repeat ... I have another one to restore & I'm wondering what i can do to break the cycle this time ;)

I always found the Brat to handle better, I think the weight and aerodynamics slow it down, and the weight makes the suspension work better. The most fun I've had with any ORV chassis was the one I built as a scaler with a Bowler Wildcat body & a 35T motor, partly because of the sheer absurdity :D
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 2 months 23 hours ago #79590

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Cheers Jonny, I’m not feeling the love for the Frog at the minute if I’m honest. I’ve got a Brat ( yet to finish ).
I’ll restore the chassis and see what happens next. Again if I’m being honest I don’t think I’ve got the space to display it. I’m moving most of my collection around as it is.
Cheers.
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 2 months 21 hours ago #79591

I never ran any of my frog but I ran my rere brat. And I had a lot of with it with a sport tuned . Same if I would like to try a frog. I like these orv. Low compact and heavy.
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 1 month 4 weeks ago #79601

Some years ago I had a re-re Brat with lexan body and I was not feeling it at all.
A Frog might be better, and I don't own a Frog currently and never have built one...
But I have loads of ORV bits so I should be able to build at least a couple of them.

I love build projects with spare bin parts 
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 1 month 3 weeks ago #79611

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Bearings and springs for my Frog restoration.
I realised I was getting low on bearings and I thought I’d get a set together for the 956 kit I bought.
Cheers.
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 1 month 3 weeks ago #79623

These are them Al.👍
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 1 month 3 weeks ago #79626

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Hi Jim,many thanks. Let me know the cost of postage for the resistor plate and the pair of dog bones please. 
Cheers Al
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 1 month 3 weeks ago #79631

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Today it’s a set of Lancia 037 wheels, I want to de chrome them and paint them a more realistic colour.

And another set of Frog rear shocks !!!
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Look what the Mail man brought me ! 1 month 2 weeks ago #79643

This is a combo post of Look what the Mail man brought me, and What I did today, as it's a few weeks in the making but everything came together today!

This gem is lovingly used and was only missing the ADSPEC GP Tx and Rx, and the top surface stickers.So when I saw the auction and bought it, I went straight to work on finding the proper radio gear to bring this back to stock. I also ordered reproduction stickers from MCI Racing, but left the side wing and side body stickers in place - only adding the missing top surface stickers. Sadly, a couple of the B Parts were damaged during transit from an impact that the small box selected to ship in - could not protect from. I went straight to work replacing those and it's good as used! I thought about new tires but I think I want this model to rest on the shelf with all it's patina, and when I run it I'll use a more roadworthy set like the orange wheel/tire set you'll see if you scroll all the way down. It runs great now and I just love adding this quirky monocoque DF-01 to my collection :)







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