Want to see some pictures of my Willy?

[shodog]

When I first started to collect R/C I was never really interested in the Wild Willy. Even when I came across a huge stash of WW1 parts about 10 years ago that would have restored 3-4 vehicles, I never got one. Instead I sold it off to finance other follies. Then I found one at the flea market which was beat but runnable. I realized how intricate and over engineered the jeep was, I knew I wanted a pristine example.

I started buying really nice looking Jeeps and new parts. Then I ran across this Wild Willy 1 that was supposedly new built which turned out to be maybe one or two runs. I Switched out a few parts. Stripped the body and repainted. I went with the darker of the two Olive drab's Tamiya produces. The driver figure was painted by TC member Fabrizio and the detail is just phenomenal



This Dead Willy 1 was built from the best stuff I had leftover. It's a runner with a futaba magnum jr. radio and Futaba ESC. I bought Dead Willy's skull at Disneyland. It was a keychain in a trinket shop. I got the inspiration to use him when I caught my dog chewing on my son's GI Joe helmet. It looked like bullet holes so i went with it.



Wild Wendy 2 Was built basically for Wendy. A TC member who is a sculptor made the figure and custom painted it to resemble my Ex. I modified the hood to accept a motor from a Muscle Machines toy. I sprayed the front grill with alclad Chrome paint and installed the working head light bezels made by another TC member. I modified the Sees aluminum wheels on a mill to accept the shorter rear axles that the to WW2 has

[CAT3K]

Those driver figures are amazing work!

[bearrickster]

Very cool rigs

[Coelacanth]

I never thought you'd post a picture of a girl riding your Willy online.

[RedScampi]

I never thought you'd post a picture of a girl riding your Willy online.

Nice work Shodog! Those are some great looking cars.

[Lowgear]

Those are among the best examples I've ever seen!

[Charlie don't surf]

I usually avoid looking at Willy's (not my thing) and there have been times where I was afraid that I might be intimidated by one, but I got to say nice Willy!

[tamiyadan]

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[Lowgear]

I'd like to add a bit of information that some don't know about with the WW1. There was a short and long wheelbase version. The easiest way to tell the difference is by looking at the side metal brackets that the ladder bars attach to. The SWB version had a hole, and the LWB version had a slot like shodog's. There were also some changes made to the gearbox assembly between the two versions.

[Kayne]

Those are really cool shodog. Great job on the Wendy.

[cooltoys]

Great work on all the willys you have... Pretty wendy lol..

[CNA75]

I usually avoid looking at Willy's (not my thing) and there have been times where I was afraid that I might be intimidated by one, but I got to say nice Willy!

Hats off to you Mr Shodog, those are some great and unique WWs. The Wild Wendy is probably my favourite just because it's so different.

[Der Kommissar]

Wow, fenomenal work Shodog!

[slotcarrod]

I was all excited by the title and then I got very excited seeing the 3 units!

Nice work as usual sho!

[ireg]

Im not a fan of Wild Willy, but seing the mods you have done in "Wild Wendy" makes me change my mind