Rowdys 1/6th Willys Jerp

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by ZoSo

We used tiny hinges from the smallest craft box .... we got it at Michael's arts and crafts.
Use the stock screw for holding down the cowling.
You can hold down the hood with magnets or a little Velcro.
The battery will fit perfect against the firewall...a piece of aluminum angle bolted to the bottom of the chassis.
Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks man.

Originally Posted by TEDROCKZ

Rowdy knows nothing of aluminum









j/k I bet a lot of cool bits gets made up for this thing.

Thanks Steve!

[sellenk]

Not much done on it, got the front grill started and working on getting the axles the right width.

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by ZoSo

Use the stock screw for holding down the cowling.

The original screw post for the cowling has been removed, I will have to come up with something else.

Pic from original build thread:

Originally Posted by sellenk

Not much done on it, got the front grill started and working on getting the axles the right width.

Do a build thread, I'd love to follow along.

[Frankenwheely]

It's nice to see you have come out of the closet to buy all these scalers.

[mjderstine]

that's a bummer man. you can put a plate behind the cowl and tub where the meet on the side and glue them together. then use some bondo, and fill in the crease. should make it look really good

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by Frankenwheely

It's nice to see you have come out of the closet to buy all these scalers.

I know right...

Originally Posted by mjderstine

that's a bummer man. you can put a plate behind the cowl and tub where the meet on the side and glue them together. then use some bondo, and fill in the crease. should make it look really good

It's no biggie I have a few ideas.

[dadrab]

Really nice work, man. I love what you did integrating the windshield into the cage.

Originally Posted by ROWDY RACING

I need to cut the hood and hinge it. Those of you that have done this how do you secure the cowl piece afterwards, glue? The screws that hold both that and the hood on are all in the hood so once separated no screws for the cowl.

The type of Willys you used has no screws under the cowl. The Hasbro ones do, but not this one.

I used the same type on this build. 1:6th scale Willys - yeah, yeah...another one.

I glued hell out of the cowl once the hood piece was cut away and it's stayed in place just fine.

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by dadrab

Really nice work, man. I love what you did integrating the windshield into the cage.




The type of Willys you used has no screws under the cowl. The Hasbro ones do, but not this one.

I used the same type on this build. 1:6th scale Willys - yeah, yeah...another one.

I glued hell out of the cowl once the hood piece was cut away and it's stayed in place just fine.

Thanks but I cannot take credit for the original build, I buy and mod.

Mine had the cowl screw post I can see where it was removed.

[ROWDY RACING]

Since moving to VA hammer really misses cruisin in Tommy's Jeep.
He is working fast to get this Willys ready. Cut the hood from the cowl.



Soon, Hammer rides again!

[ROWDY RACING]

The team brood refrigerator magnet showed up for this rig today.

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by ROWDY RACING

The team brood refrigerator magnet showed up for this rig today.

Ehh, that's only impressive if it can do that and open a bottle of beer.

[ROWDY RACING]

Battery mount/firewall, got a date with some flat black later.

[rangercat23]

That's a very small motor???


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[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by rangercat23

That's a very small motor???


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Got you fooled...

[Fumbles]

Another Willys rides again!!! Freakin' Awesome!!!
Wish all of you Willys owners lived in Wisconsin, no one here believes in that scale...

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by Fumbles

Another Willys rides again!!! Freakin' Awesome!!!
Wish all of you Willys owners lived in Wisconsin, no one here believes in that scale...

Wish I lived there too, I love cheese.

[Big Mike]

Hammer is back!! Yea!

How did he cut the hood free with a pizza cutter anyway?? nice clean cut.

Battery tray shames me, that looks nice. I need to rebuild my Jeep over the cold months...

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

Hammer is back!! Yea!

How did he cut the hood free with a pizza cutter anyway?? nice clean cut.

Battery tray shames me, that looks nice. I need to rebuild my Jeep over the cold months...

Thanks!

I have a feeling hammer has had lots of practice with pizza cutters over the years.

[Szczerba]

I sawer this rig back at Nats or ECC a few years ago. Rebuild is looking good. I am liking the bigger scaled rig builds these days.

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by Szczerba

I sawer this rig back at Nats or ECC a few years ago. Rebuild is looking good. I am liking the bigger scaled rig builds these days.

Yeah it was at nats last year at lrc. I am having fun with this rig, only making a few performance tweaks not messing with it much cosmetically. I think the larger size makes them more fun.