So I used to own a Jeep TJ and I loved it. Life happened and I had to sell it. During my ownership, my Jeep went from an unassuming stock '03 TJ Sport to a pretty capable weekend rig on a long arm lift and 33's. I had big plans for it that were never realized. I wanted to build it into "Scrappy The Wonder Jeep 2.0." In 2006, Four Wheeler Magazine featured a 4 cyl TJ on stock axles that boasted a Avenger Supercharger and 37" BFG Krawlers.
2003 Jeep Wrangler TJ - Scrappy The Wonder Jeep - Jp Magazine
Never having completed the build of my 1:1 has bothered me for years now. So in the last few weeks I have picked up a couple SCX10 chassis's and figured Id give it a go. I picked up a New Bright body on the cheap from eBay. While I was waiting for it to arrive, I took a hardtop from an old Tamiya YJ that I had laying around and cut/chopped/and rebuilt it. I had some chrome 1.9s laying around for another project that I thought were close enough to Scrappy's wheels to merit their use on this rig. The fisrt day of styrene work went fast when the body got here so not many pics until the first mock up....
Next, I added some styrene rod to the front plat fenders and built up the grille on the backside.
I managed to turn the stock SCX tranny around to make enough room inside the cabin for a passable interior without modifying the chassis.
Got the wheelbase shortened to 10.75 by shortening the rear links and drive shaft. Then trimmed off excess from the frame rails and took a couple shots before prepping for any paint.....
Next I did a half door chop and modified an Axial Wrangler roll bar set along with a modified roll bar from a wall mart crawler to complete a cage for the interior and re-purposed the bed cover from the same wal mart crawler to cover the bed for now....
After recessing the tail lights and doing the door chop, I hit the Jeep with some filler primer to aid in sanding......
I ordered some RC4WD 1.9 Rock Crushers for this project to match the BFG Krawlers that were on Scrappy. They arrived today and after some filling and sanding on the body and a little white paint (to help locate some finer low and high spots) I mocked up the wheels and tires for some progress shots...
Tomorrow I hope to get the first color coat on it. Im planning on shooting it in Tamiya PS-13 which I have used before in this type of application with good results. After it is cured Ill hit it with a couple coats of clear and see where we stand.
Hope you guys have enjoyed my little Scrappy build! Updates when I get them....
2003 Jeep Wrangler TJ - Scrappy The Wonder Jeep - Jp Magazine
Never having completed the build of my 1:1 has bothered me for years now. So in the last few weeks I have picked up a couple SCX10 chassis's and figured Id give it a go. I picked up a New Bright body on the cheap from eBay. While I was waiting for it to arrive, I took a hardtop from an old Tamiya YJ that I had laying around and cut/chopped/and rebuilt it. I had some chrome 1.9s laying around for another project that I thought were close enough to Scrappy's wheels to merit their use on this rig. The fisrt day of styrene work went fast when the body got here so not many pics until the first mock up....
Next, I added some styrene rod to the front plat fenders and built up the grille on the backside.
I managed to turn the stock SCX tranny around to make enough room inside the cabin for a passable interior without modifying the chassis.
Got the wheelbase shortened to 10.75 by shortening the rear links and drive shaft. Then trimmed off excess from the frame rails and took a couple shots before prepping for any paint.....
Next I did a half door chop and modified an Axial Wrangler roll bar set along with a modified roll bar from a wall mart crawler to complete a cage for the interior and re-purposed the bed cover from the same wal mart crawler to cover the bed for now....
After recessing the tail lights and doing the door chop, I hit the Jeep with some filler primer to aid in sanding......
I ordered some RC4WD 1.9 Rock Crushers for this project to match the BFG Krawlers that were on Scrappy. They arrived today and after some filling and sanding on the body and a little white paint (to help locate some finer low and high spots) I mocked up the wheels and tires for some progress shots...
Tomorrow I hope to get the first color coat on it. Im planning on shooting it in Tamiya PS-13 which I have used before in this type of application with good results. After it is cured Ill hit it with a couple coats of clear and see where we stand.
Hope you guys have enjoyed my little Scrappy build! Updates when I get them....
