O.k. guys, I guess it's time to come clean with you. Here is another photo, one that will help me do that. Poor Ed - he loves riding in my 80 Series, and he's too young to have been around when I had the FJ40, and now it looks like he just won't get to ride in my new one:
This has to be just about the highest quality R/C model I have ever seen. It's made by a company called RC4WD. The ladder frame is all aluminum, it has very realistic scale differentials, and a very well engineered four link suspension setup. Interestingly, they offer a leaf spring kit for it as well, for the real scale enthusiasts. The body is styrene plastic, instead of the vacuum formed lexan ubiquitous to the hobby. The scale detail is amazing, right down to a full interior all the way down to the shifter and pedals. Here it is with the body off:
They offer an amazing array of scale accessories for this thing. A working winch (operated by a third channel on the radio), a scale spare tire carrier (I have one on order as we speak), a light kit, roof rack, jerry cans, a bewildering array of wheels and tires (and they don't take up much room in the garage
), and on and on. Good clean fun...
So, sorry for pulling your legs. Pretty darn realistic though, huh?
Here is a video. Not mine, but the same rig: