THAT is beautiful!

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looks awesome... i think i would leave it shiny.... it would really compliment the work you've done. "thumbsup"

WOW!!!! I just found this , your work is that of a master !!!!!!!! I wow I have no real words how could you even think to build that out of flat sheets ! how many hours total in this ?

So far about 30 hours total give or take a few. Once the body has all the paint work done, I am going to have to think about where it goes from there, shiney or weathered. That is why I used red oxide primer in case I take some off.

take it easy... i got dibs!

outstanding. The paint job looks amazing. Thanks for sharing the pics

Your skills are amazing. What type of paint are you using?

paint has been all krylon for Home Depot. This is some shots that I took today, still have alot more detail work to do but It's almost there. Still can't decide on what finish to leave the body. Any input??

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that looks pretty glossy for rattle can paint. nice colors. I would vote for new, not weathered...

I vote weathered. "thumbsup"

weathered! c`mon its a willys crawler gotta be weathered. ive been watching this build for awhile and i must say that is sooooo nice excellent craftsmanship and kudos to you sir!! "thumbsup"

another vote for weathered................. "thumbsup"

"thumbsup"weathered is the only way a willy's should have been....i would have left it the primer red and i would have added rust spots....but thats only me...ALOHA!"thumbsup"

Awesome paint choice..!! My opinion... I'd say weather it, BUT don't go crazy doing it... slight rust here and there, and some of the paint beginning to "wear" away... ( possibly exposing some of that oxide primer...:lol:) that would look KILLER..!!! Sweet build man..!"thumbsup"

Yeah I like the weathere look too so it will stay this way for maybe the next week, I'm getting some scale accessories for it and will start aging it next weekend. I am not going to go overboard but primer coming through is a must, especially on the roof.

mild weathering.
any possibility of lowering the body a bit? looks a little suspensiony to me.
gorgeous truck.

Weather that beast for sure!!!! Looks killer man You should be proud..

I like the restored look better. That's just too purdy to weather! What are you going to do for bumpers?

Yeah I am playing with some suspension ideas to try and lower it. I have been thinking of simple bumpers for it, maybe just round tube? I do like the western bumpers but would need to make them from steel.

Absolutely awesome work.
I'm sure you have thought of this, but my vote would be go for the authentic look,
swap the springs for under sprung (axle over), just like the real willy's. Looks great so far.

Looks great! I'd go for light weathering!"thumbsup"

Haven't been able to work on it lately but I did order another tranny plate from tamiya so I can try a mod I am thinking about. Should give me atleast another inch of clearance. I am thinking of using rock crushers too to give me a little more. Still waiting on the lights from a guy on here so i can get them mounted.

Got to work on it a but so I'm posting pics. Got the bumpers done, wanted them to look as stock as possible and I found some pics of a 52 willys that has bumpers like this. Finally got the headlights, added tailgate chains/mirrors/gas filler/willys logo on tailgate. Also added some scale accessories from proline. This thing kind of looked weird with the mud slingers so I added some rock crushers, think it looks way better and added GC to boot!

Got a "one off" highlift 3 speen in the works that should give it 2 more inches of GC. Right now it goes over whatever I want so it should be fine when the tranny is done. Took it out last week in the snow and it was awesome, unstoppable! Springs are finally starting to relaxe as well. Still might add some red RC4WD leafs though. What do you think?

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that thing is lookin sweet :D the proline stuff is just a fit on there.

i got my proline stuff today and its all a little big for my build unfortunatly....


- tre

Yeah the "Jerry Can" is a little small for me but the winch was perfect. Thanks for the compliments!

Fantastic work "thumbsup"

Just UNREAL!!!! Fantastic!

Yeah it's looking better than I thought. Still haven't gotten up the courage to weather the paint though, waiting until I get some road rash before I do it I think. I flipped it once the other day and the body held up great, not even a scratch.

this should be in production

absolutely wonderfull, glad to see it up and running.

I did finally get ahold of a guy that can make a resin mold of it, the type of plastic models are made out of. I am tempted to send it to him.

do not resist temptation.
let us know when they're available, I want one.
if you can, have the cab and bed molded seperately.

Made some more updates to this, will post some pics tonight.

amazing build, and +1 on getting molds made, that body is awesome!

Wow! I am not worthy to even gaze upon this masterpiece. Incredible skills.

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:shock:"thumbsup"

Man you are a styrene god, that is some awesome work dude!!!"thumbsup""thumbsup"

What a masterpiece! Do you cringe when you take it outside to drive it around? I know that I would... all of the time and energy into creating such a great body. Way cool!

Killer build...."thumbsup" like those tires much better than the mudders...8)

The first time I flipped it, I thought OH CRAP! but it really didn't bother it, it broke one mirror off so I replaced the mirror anchors in steel instead of the plastic I had at first. My camera was on the fritz last night so I will try to get the pics today.