"Show me your Willy!" PHOTO THREAD - Wild Willy drivers and derivatives

[Johan]

I made 2 models, 1 with the wheels straight,and 1 with the wheels turned a bit. And ofcourse the dx3s transmittor..

They are 3d printed in some sort of nylon..

https://www.shapeways.com/product/G5SLA9XJM/wild-willy-m38-model

https://www.shapeways.com/product/NR7URZT62/wild-willy-m38-model-with-turned-in-wheels

https://www.shapeways.com/product/QAMJGVB2D/rc-car-transmiter-model

[IBIFTKH]

Brilliant! I think I know what my kids are buying for me for father's day...

[Cesco]

This is the first one I painted:

And here is my pitcrew:

 

And I have bought the Aryton Senna (Williams) from Rob, als shown earlier in this topic.

[Cesco]

New editions for my Honda City Turbo builds:

[waterbok]

On 2.6.2016 at 10:49 PM, Johan said:

I made 2 models, 1 with the wheels straight,and 1 with the wheels turned a bit. And ofcourse the dx3s transmittor..

They are 3d printed in some sort of nylon..

https://www.shapeways.com/product/G5SLA9XJM/wild-willy-m38-model

https://www.shapeways.com/product/NR7URZT62/wild-willy-m38-model-with-turned-in-wheels

https://www.shapeways.com/product/QAMJGVB2D/rc-car-transmiter-model

So cool, but last two are not for sale however, just when I needed a new TX

[Johan]

On 11-8-2016 at 8:18 PM, waterbok said:

So cool, but last two are not for sale however, just when I needed a new TX

ha, something went wrong I guess... I checked the box "make this available for selling" but somehow it did not do just that.... now it does..

[MR BMB]

Here is my Willy hanging out

[TheMidnight Pumpkin]

Here's my Ramblin Ron from back in the 80's. I painted him when I was like 11 or 12 years old. He's looking pretty good for spending his free time sliding around in the bottom of my tackle box!  -lol

I'll buy him a new Blackfoot to pilot after I get done with my wheelie collection.

[moffman]

6 hours ago, TheMidnight Pumpkin said:

Here's my Ramblin Ron from back in the 80's. I painted him when I was like 11 or 12 years old. He's looking pretty good for spending his free time sliding around in the bottom of my tackle box!  -lol

I'll buy him a new Blackfoot to pilot after I get done with my wheelie collection.

I always think no matter how good "ramblin Ron" is painted he always looks like Michael Myers out of the Halloween movie! 

[moffman]

The grey Willy was totally made of all spares I had over the many years of owning many Willy's!, the chassis and gearbox I got for £10 

[topforcein]

5 hours ago, moffman said:

The grey Willy was totally made of all spares I had over the many years of owning many Willy's!, the chassis and gearbox I got for £10 

whats  that caravan for in the background used for and is it self made

[moffman]

6 hours ago, topforcein said:

whats  that caravan for in the background used for and is it self made

The caravan was a bird box which was successful on the side of my house but I took it down when the chick's flew and never put it back up!

[Cesco]

My latest additions to the Wild Willy family.

This is Super Willy.

 

And Bling Willy:

 

 

[s2-g2]

Couple new Willy family members at my shop...

 

Future Willy and his year 2319 wheelie machine

 

All my current team drivers and support crew...

 

 

[JennyMo]

I thought I might revive this thread with the latest addition to my Willy family...

When I saw the theme of this year's summer competition - Motion - I admit this was the first thing that came to mind I'm afraid...

Yes, it's a rather obvious joke I know - but actually it made good use of some otherwise redundant spare parts (in this case, actual body parts!) I had in my stash...

The feet/legs are from a Jack Osbourne figure - I'd already used his torso as the driver of OK TC the Defender 90, paired with some Wild Willy 2 legs which fitted really well in the footwells and seat of the Defender interior...

The upper body is actually the second ever Wild Willy figure I'd painted (Dirty Willy in my showroom), who has been a driver in a succession of vehicles including the Stumpkin and the Fro-Sco at some point, and most recently as a test-pilot in Desmond (the 2.2 crawler) without his boots - hence why I thought I might be able to mate these two parts together successfully.

I cut the Jack Osborne trousers down so they looked more as if they were around his ankles, then used filler and sanded them with a Dremel to create a recess into which the sculpted legs would attach.

I then sanded and sculpted the original plastic overalls of the Wild Willy figure smooth into legs, cut and repositioned them slightly, and also used more filler around the back of the knees, before attaching them to the dropped trousers with superglue and then Araldite.

His right arm was already raised (and the hand re-shaped to hold the roll-cage in Desmond), so that was perfect to hold the toilet roll aloft - which I made front scratch using a thin piece of cardboard (formed by rolling it around an alloy tube and sticking together with tape) and strips of real toilet paper rolled around.

His left arm was modified so that his hand was more in his lap - to protect his modesty for photography - and I'm still debating whether he should be holding a magazine or these days an iPhone perhaps!

The receptacle for his 'motion' is a scale fire bucket which I customised with Letraset - Sh!tterton being the name of a real village in Dorset in the UK.

You might also notice I modified the ProGear sticker on his helmet... oh how we laughed!

Anyway, I don't expect to win the competition with such crass comedy, but at the same time, I hope it gave you all a chuckle!

Toot toot (poop poop!)

Jenny x

[topforcein]

Here be my willy looking like he sat on something unfamiliar but he's taking it in his stride and carrying on.

[waterbok]

On 2/24/2014 at 3:16 PM, JennyMo said:

!Helmand Willy

Again a modified right hand - this time giving a peace sign...

 

more...

Looks like he is giving the v finger to whoever is honcking behind him. 😂

[JennyMo]

4 hours ago, waterbok said:

Looks like he is giving the v finger to whoever is honcking behind him. 😂

Ha ha - yes, I recall I suggested something similar at the time...

edit. I just trawled back to the original build thread in 2013, and sure enough:

Glad you appreciated it ;o)

Jenny x

 

 

[Busdriver]

My first Willy!!!

[Mousseyboy]

This is my Willy figure (1st one) it's "Boomer". Painted as a nod to my Boomerang original colours before a new body and some changes to the car 

Cut, chopped and filled to fit in my Boomerang drive shaft and battery wires run under his armpit lol. 

I used the how to guide but can't find it now. Linky anyone?

I can see painting these becomes addictive. 

[moffman]

I just love the different willys and long may tamiya diversify him!

[Re-Bugged]

Willy is also a closet MB driver to..

[Re-Bugged]

This tutorial is over on the main site @Mousseyboy

https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=134279&id=1

[Flare65]

[Mousseyboy]

6 hours ago, Re-Bugged said:

This tutorial is over on the main site @Mousseyboy

https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=134279&id=1

That's it thank you.