1/20 Jeep Grand Cherokee R/C "Scaler"

[Joe Handley]

I picked up a Micro Crawler for Cheap and dug up a Lindberg 1/20 Grand Cherokee that I bought back when the early ZJ's will still new to the market to try and combine the two. Only tricky part will be that the ZJ Kit is one ov the snap together kits that uses a platform/pan/promo chassis instead of one with separate suspension and drivetrain detail. Here's the pics so far.

Here the two are next to a Revell snap together C6 Vette

Stacked and nose to nose

[Joe Handley]

And the body lined up with the axles

Now the tricky part will be getting this chassis to work with the crawlers suspension.

I'm thinking I'll try and create some control arm mounts on the "frame rails" out of black Evergreen styrene I've got here as well as reform some of the floor pan's center and ditch the crossmember and mount the trans there. Either that or get my hands on a glue kit (Think I know who bought the one I had, and he's only going to steal the axles out of it)

Any suggestions?

[Joe Handley]

I'm aiming to have a build like this when it's done, but it'll be painted to look like the '94 ZJ I had for about 4 months back in 1998 and totaled in that short period of time.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=281787

[Romell R]

hey Joe I bet if you shortened the body of the Cherokee and made it a two door you'll be almost spot on for the wheel base of the micro crawler

[Harry P.]

That chassis with the molded-in suspensions is practically useless for what you want to do. Looks like you're in for quite a bit of scratchbuilding...

In fact I don't think that chassis is usable at all. You're probably better off starting completely from scratch with styrene sheet and various rectangular and square styrene rod. Looks to me like the only possible part of that chassis you could actually salvage is the gas tank... by carefully cutting it away from the rest of the chassis.

[Joe Handley]

I was thinking about it was Dad and I were doing some repair work on the garage today (rotted studs and a base board), I'm going to have to Dremel out between the 'rails and from core support to gas tank. Otherwide I'll have to talk to Doug (the guy who I think might bave bought the glue kit from me) to see if he'll sell me enough back for a complete unibody.