Chicken Man
Rock Stacker
Hey guys, I recently found some old New Ray 1/24 toys that have pretty cool bodies.
Now that SCX24 has really good oil dampers and so many other options you can actually run a diecast body and not have it look like a wobbly mess.
In light of this, I was hoping to stea... borrow other people's experiments and lessons learned when trying to fit other diecast bodies.
For this New Ray Toyota body, the wheelbase is 125 ish, can run stock wheelbase jeep links or combine jeep rear with deadbolt front to more closely match (just from my measurements, haven't had the energy to actually do this yet.)
I also filed the rear wheel arch slightly to take away what was a pretty pointy.. well, point.

New Ray "Johnny Greaves" 1/24
WB: 125
Weight: 215g
Mods to fit: rear wheel arch is a bit pointy, round it off with a file.
Tested at my local spot - incline was a big issue, front to rear weight balance needs addressing but I have the body on my first rig with an OG Komodo and nil brass.
Would I recommend - well, if you are happy to add about 200g of brass down low I think you can get to a decent place. Sidehill was great because of the small tyres/+4 axles and flipped stamped steels.
I will change it over to the intended chassis with the much heavier cast axles and proceed to waste more money on it, fun times.
So the premise is - share a pic, note the wheelbase, weight and any modifications you thought were required.
Now that SCX24 has really good oil dampers and so many other options you can actually run a diecast body and not have it look like a wobbly mess.
In light of this, I was hoping to stea... borrow other people's experiments and lessons learned when trying to fit other diecast bodies.
For this New Ray Toyota body, the wheelbase is 125 ish, can run stock wheelbase jeep links or combine jeep rear with deadbolt front to more closely match (just from my measurements, haven't had the energy to actually do this yet.)
I also filed the rear wheel arch slightly to take away what was a pretty pointy.. well, point.

New Ray "Johnny Greaves" 1/24
WB: 125
Weight: 215g
Mods to fit: rear wheel arch is a bit pointy, round it off with a file.
Tested at my local spot - incline was a big issue, front to rear weight balance needs addressing but I have the body on my first rig with an OG Komodo and nil brass.
Would I recommend - well, if you are happy to add about 200g of brass down low I think you can get to a decent place. Sidehill was great because of the small tyres/+4 axles and flipped stamped steels.
I will change it over to the intended chassis with the much heavier cast axles and proceed to waste more money on it, fun times.
So the premise is - share a pic, note the wheelbase, weight and any modifications you thought were required.
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