Which is the 1/10th model, and which is the 1:1 real deal? Just come back from an exclusive photoshoot on the full size homage to Tamiya’s classic Sand Scorcher radio control racing buggy. Built by Walter and his team @ www.bugbox.de, the project started only 4 months ago with a 1968 Beetle bare bodyshell. Why did he do it? Like so many kids, he saved up and bought a Sand Scorcher new in 1980. The addiction only got worse, with Walter starting a VW restoration business and then deciding to build a real Sand Scorcher Baja Beetle to co-incide with Tamiya re-releasing their iconic classic kit. Watch this space for a full feature soon in Evo and various other publications.
The boys at Bug Box don’t let Germany’s record snowfall bother them. Oh no. They were offered a truly battered (but running) mk2 Golf GT for 50 Euros, got the welder and some chipboard out during their lunch hour and turned it into a snow plough for the yard. Throttle stuck half open, the poor Golf made a surprisingly competent snow slave.
Did you hear that a guy in Billericay Essex has also built a scorcher replica (took 7 years to complete) and has already been featured in ultra-vw magazine- well worth checking out, pretty funny stuff eh ? great minds and all that !