CustomRCmodelsMember since:28-August-2005
The photo shows my second 6WD Bullhead truck with which I won the photo-contest for still images
in the 1996 anniversary edition of the RC Car Action magazine ….
I absolutely love Tamiya R/C models and especially enjoy the modifying
and the complied own designing of R/C models based on Tamiya parts …
it all started in 1986 when I watched Bob Chandler with his Bigfoot in Kansas City USA and I said to myself ,
that would be something for an R/C model ..well ,guess what , Tamiya must have heard me , ha ,
the Blackfoot was released ..
after modifying this Blackfoot to death , I realized how many awesome Tamiya R/C models I had missed over the past years and started to collect them ….
A trip to Japan fulfilled a lot of my wishes of already discontinued models ….
I could not leave any of these models acquired back then in there original condition ,
they all had to have there “Wild Willy upgrades “ ( Wild Willy is my nickname given by my friends back then )
even thought I did build my first Clod Buster with a self-made 4-link suspension before even ESP introduced there Clodzilla chassis ,
the most fun I had with my over-powered Brusier…
then CRP made there custom-chrome-parts which I had to have ,
so I ended up building a few more Blackfoot’s and Clod Busters with the added Chrome-shine …
when I got seriously in to the collecting of the earlier released Tamiya R/C cars ..
which was also the start of my website ( back then : Wild Willy Racing ) ,
but instead being a collector site it turned real quick in to a show-room for all my wild creations ,
as well to help new-comers with the how-to’s and where to get special parts for all the custom creations ..
CustomRCmodels was born .These days I bean building a lot of semi-tractors and the recent released full option tanks ,
which again for both trucks and tanks I had to make up my own parts and modification kits ..
Just recently I got a lot of my buddies hocked on to rediscover there old love for the good old Tamiya R/C cars ….,
Means that I am also back on to modifying and rebuilding some of the good oldies ,
As well building replicates from older discontinued models but with today’s technique for better drivability and performance ..
I could write a book about all of this , guess it’s better you’ll check it out for yourself ..
But bring some time , the world of CustomRCmodels is huge …..
Willy
CustomRCmodels 01-2007