The guys at the Bug Box, who were responsible for that magnificent 1:1 Sand Scorcher, are currently busy with a new exciting project: a 1:1 scale Wild Willy!
But what is a 'Wild Willy'? From Wikipedia:
The Tamiya Wild Willy, released in 1982 was a Jeep with a detailed hard plastic body and a short wheelbase, making it capable of wheelies and other stunts. Its sealed electronics box also enabled it to traverse water without damage. It marked a new concept in R/C modelling and was very popular among both R/C and Jeep enthusiasts for both its fun and realism. Like many vintage Tamiya models good condition examples are now considered extremely collectible and mint in the box (unbuilt) examples can fetch almost US $1000. The original Wild Willy kit was revised in 1985 to give it a slightly longer wheelbase leaving the earlier, shorter wheelbase version quite hard to find. Wild Willy 2 was released in 2000 utilizing a pre-assembled Wild Dagger gear box and tires from Lunch Box, but otherwise a wholly new mechanical design. Wild Willy 2 retained the Jeep body with only a few minor differences, such as horizontal front grill slits instead of the vertical slits of the original. There has also been a metallic edition of Wild Willy 2.
The Bug Box have started with a fibreglass Jeep bodyshell which will be mounted on a heavily modified IRS Beetle chassis. A few pics of the project so far... this is gonna be exciting! (And you saw it here on ACVWSA first
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Stay tuned
