1/6th Scale Savage Conversion

[Finnster]

Ordered all my materials Sunday night from metalsonline.com. I have a lg sheet of 1/8" 6061 coming, some .25"/6.35mm 7075 for some possible towers (we'll see on this) several feet of 12.7mm nylon gs rod for a custom rollcage, as well as some 6061 tubing that will slip over it. Have some ideas for the mounting using the tubing.

The wheelbase I am planning on will be basically an increase equal to the diameter of one 40series MT wheel. IOW, take one of those mashers mounted as in the OP and move it out by one tire size. Not a radical increase, but a substantial increase none the less and I should be able to keep the truck in scale. The only big wildcard on this is the width of the bug body. Its quite wide compared to 1/8ths, so hopefully it look in scale and not have any potential rubbing issues. They are not cheap either @ $150 shipped.