Wild Wanda

2018 Update: I realise I never photographed Wanda with a better camera, and most recently she's also got herself a LEGO spanner just like Jack's.

Previously....

January 2014: Having been thoroughly inspired by IBIFTKH's Wild Willy Pit Crew thread (and in turn huge thanks to ToyKid for revealing how he created Moto-Willy in the first place), I have bought myself a Jack Osbourne figure and made my own little companion to all my drivers...

However, I was also keen to see what could be done with another member of the Osbourne family - the sassy and sartorially challenged Kelly!

Fortunately her head comes off in a similar way to Jack's, and it was easy enough to Dremil a neck-hole in the Willy's Samba helmet, and fit everything together.

While the Jack Osbourne clothes are quite appropriate for a mechanic for example, I felt Kelly's red and green outfit while fun, could certainly be improved... and I wanted to practice painting on this 'waxy' type of plastic anyway.

I painted her clothes with a combination of Humbrol and Tamiya acrylics, and am pleased with the overall result - although I would say the textured finish of her jacket and shoes does not accept paint so readily as the smoother trousers did.

In an effort to feminize the original Willy face to a degree, I took a tip from Matt Hicks' Wild Wendy and exaggerated her eyes into the corners, and at the same time gave her a 'subtle' nose-job... with a Dremel!

At the moment I still need to paint the helmet, and will certainly photograph all these shots again once I get my decent camera back next week... In the meantime, please say hello to Willy's new friend!

Jenny xx