Only one XC chassis is available from Tamiya right now. It's a great fast off roader and also a very good scale crawler so you're not in the wrong forum. The XC chassis has quite a following and you will see many scale crawlers and off-roaders on this chassis. Ya, it can go through water, but you have to water proof the electronics. You'd have to do that with any car anyway. The 350 has the 3 speed gear box, the XC does not.

The current kit is the long wheel base version. It does still have the option to make it a short wheel base to fit the Pajero body. Unfortunately the Pajero body is a hot item and will be tough to find. You may have better luck with the Jeep body.


http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXGMR7&P=7

Here's a build thread for it:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_46...tm.htm#4692161

FYI, this kit has been discontinued by Tamiya, if you plan to get one, get it now. Parts will still be available for a long time. Tamiya doesn'tg discontinue kits due to problems, they just have limited runs of certain kits.