Hey guys, I wanted to share some pics of a Willys build I was stoked to be a part. But a little story first..!
About a year ago I reached out to one of the members of this forum for help. You see, I had just discovered the 1/6 Willys from watching Race730 vids on youtube, and absolutely had to have one. I bought a Hasbro Jeep on ebay for about $70 and had a beat up old wraith I was ready to use for parts. My problem was because of my disability I can't hold onto a screwdriver, let alone take on a build of this level. I began to despair as the amount of work became apparent, but as a last ditch effort I contacted a fella named Bitterend on this forum that I noticed was also from Washington. I was bummed that he didnt respond right away, and after a few months I sold my Wraith and forgot about the build... I didnt realize until later that I had left him a message in the wrong place on here, :ror: and to my surprise he got back to me, and was actually interested!
Long story short, Mark and I have been working on this build together for months. It's already pretty far along, and I don't want to show it all at once, so if you're interested in tuning in, I'll be revealing pieces of it in the weeks to come with some breakdowns of our build process.
Here's a teaser
<img src="https://bigfishgames.box.com/shared/static/ve3hb24kfalv5hdbbtuhj5fxk05u6eao.jpg">
He had recently done a sweet Willys build (here) using a Wraith skid plate which seemed pretty plug-and-play, so we started there. Of course, if you've done one of these builds before, you know it's far from plug-and-play.
To get the wheelbase right we decided to cut out the center of the skid and epoxy the two ends back together. We then filled the frame rails with epoxy for strength. The wraith plate is a little wider than the frame, so we had to cut some chunks out of it to fit.
<img src='https://bigfishgames.box.com/shared/static/zmik74y8zj2jlj44jof7i9v5s4gmbitd.jpg'>
<img src='https://bigfishgames.box.com/shared/static/2jo4ojaifcswv4vxtm5ri162mkxoysqb.jpg'>
About a year ago I reached out to one of the members of this forum for help. You see, I had just discovered the 1/6 Willys from watching Race730 vids on youtube, and absolutely had to have one. I bought a Hasbro Jeep on ebay for about $70 and had a beat up old wraith I was ready to use for parts. My problem was because of my disability I can't hold onto a screwdriver, let alone take on a build of this level. I began to despair as the amount of work became apparent, but as a last ditch effort I contacted a fella named Bitterend on this forum that I noticed was also from Washington. I was bummed that he didnt respond right away, and after a few months I sold my Wraith and forgot about the build... I didnt realize until later that I had left him a message in the wrong place on here, :ror: and to my surprise he got back to me, and was actually interested!
Long story short, Mark and I have been working on this build together for months. It's already pretty far along, and I don't want to show it all at once, so if you're interested in tuning in, I'll be revealing pieces of it in the weeks to come with some breakdowns of our build process.
Here's a teaser
<img src="https://bigfishgames.box.com/shared/static/ve3hb24kfalv5hdbbtuhj5fxk05u6eao.jpg">
He had recently done a sweet Willys build (here) using a Wraith skid plate which seemed pretty plug-and-play, so we started there. Of course, if you've done one of these builds before, you know it's far from plug-and-play.
To get the wheelbase right we decided to cut out the center of the skid and epoxy the two ends back together. We then filled the frame rails with epoxy for strength. The wraith plate is a little wider than the frame, so we had to cut some chunks out of it to fit.
<img src='https://bigfishgames.box.com/shared/static/zmik74y8zj2jlj44jof7i9v5s4gmbitd.jpg'>
<img src='https://bigfishgames.box.com/shared/static/2jo4ojaifcswv4vxtm5ri162mkxoysqb.jpg'>
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Don't want to spoil it! ;-)
