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Definiteley a Raider not a bad buggy for an entry level kit, that looks like a ready to run version however they are not worth a great deal even in excellent condition. Especially with that electronics set up sorry but i hate anything Nikko. If anyone buys it i have a box full of spares for it if you need anything.

There seems to indeed be quite a difference in value between the Scorpion and the Raider...
I'm a Kyosho nitwit tbh (and don't mind much keeping it that way).
Although I did notice there's a 2012 Scorpion now!

Tamiyanut - is the hatred of Nikko related to "Cos everyone who doesn't know, thinks they're great" or have you had some personal problem with them? (Or other?).
I'm not a fan either, but it has to be said, I HAVE had a lot of fun with them in the past!

For "Toys" they're not that bad - fairly well engineered, fairly quick, priced to suit the beginner. The problems with them only come if you consider them to be a semi-equivalent of Tamiya/Kyosho etc models, which they're definately not.

I know someone with their 1/10 Dodge Viper, & to be honest, it's as quick as a standard TL, uses proper 540 motor & Tamiya-style race pack batteries. I'm pretty sure it had standard size 12mm hex wheels on it too. Things that "let it down" were the one-piece enclosed chassis/radio-box, useless radio range, heavily limited ESC & lack of hop-up parts. But then, it WAS a sub-100gbp RTR "Toy".

Personally, I've owned a few second-hand 1/16 Nikko cars, they were cheap enough to vandalise, so that's exactly what I did with them! The end result of some "mad" modification was hilarious, fast, cheap, resilient work's carpark bashers!
Mods were literally as simple as: swap the 280(?) motor for a mabuchi 380RS, cut out the chassis to accept home-made 9.6V AA stick packs, & use with a proper transmitter. Other mods have included: grafting in a proper steering servo, replace front suspension with sprung kingpin type (A'la Mardave & other 1/12 pan cars), upgrading the ESC power transistors for more power delivery, modifying the back suspension to give some damping effect. Like this, these things fly! Nearly as quick as a 6-cell Mardave stock car, but controllable with it

Like eddrick said it's a toy, it's for fun not for racing, and it's rough enough to never break down for 12 years. The nikko electronics was actually a modification I made,so that if something broke down it would be cheap and easy to replace.

Good thinking re nikko bits being cheap & easy to replace, but the proper things are so much better & well worth the extra expense in my opinion

Here is the pictures of one of the bags of bits i have located in my loft im sure i have the driveshafts too somewhere but cannot locate them at the moment. All Raider spares i think not 100% on all of them as the bag was marked Kyosho only but im 99% sure they are all raider bits. They are all used from a raider i took apart for i higher cause they are all still useable though as i would have binned them otherwise. Let me know if i can help in the rebuild

Bingo! those are the joints I was looking for, now the bearings and driveshafts and it's good to go. I replaced some parts with metal ones and the motor with a modified thunder tiger silver500 for a "little" more power . Once you find the rest PM me. I'll post some pics of the progress I've made tomorrow.

I have a lot of driveshafts in a box if i knew the length i could see if i had a set that would fit I have a shelf queen raider in a box in my attic ill dig it out take a shaft out and measure it for you then see if i can match it up for you. do you plan to run the raider if so i can send you all the bits as i wont have a use for them now.

Also found these rattling around inside the bag dont know if they came out of the raider and it depends if you wanted to ballrace it as these are original brass bushings.

Yes I am planning to use it, and the length of the driveshaft is 6.9 cm. Will do with 7 cm.