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Team Chesterfield's late entry. The entry form will be completed today and they'll be packed and posted this weekend.

The SCX Touareg came from this forum's For Sale section. Advertised as needing the front gear set-up adjusting, it turned out to be a bit more complex than that. The double-ended motor is set above the axles and the drive is carried down to them by 'slave' gears running freely on fixed shafts inserted into housings in the chassis. The front shaft had been inserted too far into the chassis at the factory, leaving no 'nub' protruding to centre the crown wheel. It was pretty fiddly to say the least and necessitated a complete chassis dismantle.

It is straight out of the box apart from the front end rebuild, lubrication and removal of the magnet.

   

It's team mate, a Ninco Ford Ranger 'Pro' truck, is also straight out of the box and apart from removal of the magnet is totally standard.

   

Thinking is that the two are quite different in appearance and factory chassis set-up.

The SCX Touareg is 4WD with a long drop arm, unsprung guide and no suspension, whereas the Ninco Ranger is 2wd with a short drop arm, sprung guide and suspension. Hopefully where one struggles on a particular track the other will do well - but not having run either of them, other than with a 9v battery, who knows?

The Touareg looks to be pretty robust. Not so sure about the Ranger though? Just hope that each returns in one piece.