Can you see the madness in his eyes?
Not the most popular model here on TC. Only a few pictures of it on this site, appears in only four other showrooms.
I do like it, although it drives Willy completely mad. :)
Never liked boxart on this one so spraypainted it silver and metallic red. Cut out some extra decals from self adhesive mirror. Painted city cousin Willy in the same colours and fabricated something he can 'sit' on. Changed the original wheels and tires immediately to StreetRover setup, later on changed to FY10 carson truggy wheels/tires. Cut out the chassis so it will accept 8,4V humppacks for some extra punch. Added red stabilizers front and rear and ball bearings all around.
Drove it with the included Torque Tuned, now upgraded to Carson 10T Brushless, it now pulls wheelies on demand (which makes Willy feel completely at home).
Real easy to build and great fun to drive!
Please comment and let me know what you guys think of it.
UPDATE 20/08/2021: pictures (stills from a video) I made in June 2017 already.
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Original setup.
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Truggy wheels.
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Rear end view before the stabilizer.
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Loves the beach!
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Loves the sunrise,
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and the sunset as well!
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Willy's seat and stampede springs in the rear.
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Chassis with humppack installed.
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Willy in the making. (looks like his own ghost)
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This thing and a beach makes me happy!
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Carson 10T brushless and homemade wheeliebar.
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Having a blast on the beach and in the dunes.
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Take off
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jump start
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JUMP mid air
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almost landed
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landed
If you liked those pictures, you should see these...
Willy^s NEW ride !
Comments
Basket Case
Willy looks really wild. Much better than my version who looks more like 'Mildly Fed Up Willy'!
Tamiyastef
There is indeed a significant difference between those two. I kinda followed the how to paint a Willy here on TC.
Re-Bugged
Looks like the ideal beach companion. These are great underrated cars. I’ve come close to one a couple of times they look sweet with Madbull wheels too.
Tamiyastef
With some modifications these are crazy things. Too bad the standard tires come in such a hard compound but you can't go wrong with one of these, heeps of possibilities.
MAD-BEE
Pic 11 is one of my favourite things to do too happy days indeed! I really need to start getting out again more with some rc again ASAP!
Love pic 5 too! very nice!
and yeah interesting really this car it seems its over looked totally! But like you said makes a great little runner!
Tamiyastef
If they released this with Blitzer family tires instead of the Street rover ones (or even better with Vayra wheels and tires) it would have been a big hit for Tamiya I reckon.
MAD-BEE
Absolutely mate the wheels/tyres were a poor choice by tamiya they looked odd on this!
Really didn't give it a chance!
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