Scale Willy's build up
 

I was at Walmart tonight and found this cool Jeep Willy's from the movie Sahara. It came with two dolls, the driver is the homo Matthew mcconaughey, and the passenger.... his boyfriend. I got it for a discount because Mathew's right hand was missing. When I opened the box at home, his hand was sitting on the passenger floor. :)

This thing should be a sweet scale crawler since the wheel base is 13". I am thinking about using my spare bruiser axles with 1 leaf on each corner for a soft scale suspension. Not sure about the chassis yet, maybe I'll use a bruiser chassis if I decide to use the bruiser axles.

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aae.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aaf.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aag.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aaj.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aak.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aab.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aac.sized.jpg

Yup this is gonna be great scaler for ya :mrgreen: :lol:

this wouldn't be an RCC thread without someone saying "sweet, where'd you get that body?" even though it's in the first line of the post.

you gonna cage it all up? wait a minute, of course you are :mrgreen:

looks sweet.

oh no another blow to the rcc guys, wait, that is what you are going for in this scale right? :)

how much $$

i luv willys jeeps
the jeeps are cooler than Jeeps
i have a jeep & a Jeep
but the flattys are just kewl.
my 1:1 is a 43 ford gpw flatty//in lots of pieces

nice "action" shots this is the bumper sticker you should put on the rear


http://img492.imageshack.us/img492/1733/gayporn3lp.jpg

fyi, thats the same body as the 21st century jeeps. which is cool since they dont make the 21st century ones anymore...

$50. Normally it was $67.

Here are some mock up shots. I plan on using a bruiser chassis, captured springs, TLT axles, Pede or associated tranny, and swamp dawg tires.

I love this body, it has so much room under the hood to mount the electronics. 8)

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aal.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aas.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aat.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aao.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aap.sized.jpg

http://www.nor-calrcrc.com/albums/Sa.../aar.sized.jpg

Awwww thats going to be awesome!! Nice work badger, what other plans do you have for the body if anything?

btw, this is so not small scale...

i know a couple other people have large scale projects or finished rigs (myself included), you guys think its a good call to create a large scale (e.g. 1:6 and up) forum?

just gotta make sure all nylints stay in the nylint forum...

looking good badger, looks alittle like rbgerrish's gijoe caged jeep.

i think that you need bigger tires...only because it looks like a lowrider

Yeah, Jason told me the same thing this morning. I am going to get some Imex All-T's and see how they fit.

Dude! Why talk to Jason......call your old buddy King Cobra. He'll help you get that thing dialed!

Good point, I moved it to General crawlers.

Digler, yeah what happened to KC? He was building some nice rigs before he left.

Better yet.....you should just repost this at ClodTalk

Thats the first place I posted it.

Wow, that is much better than the version I picked up a while back. My hood doesn't open and it doesn't have the soft top and windshield. Although, mine was only $20, but I think the added features make up for it. Mine is the Sahara edition or something like that. It will need an OD green paint job to match up to the Slinky of course :mrgreen:


Mine appears to be a 41 MB slat grille where as yours appears to be a 42 to 44 stamped grille version which is what Slinky is. I think I need to pick up that version instead of what I have.

Here's mine:
http://www.SierraRockCrawlers.com/im...srccrawler.jpg

http://www.SierraRockCrawlers.com/im...prccrawler.jpg

What mine will become when done (someday when I have time)
http://www.sierrarockcrawlers.com/im...illyscanoe.jpg

-Sam

this is gonna be a cool project...............cant wait to see it done.


slinkysam,your 1:1 slinky looks awsome,what size boggers are those,35's?