Finally Finished! Ultimate Tamiya Wild Willy 2 Detailed Build. RC Labor of Love That TOOK FOREVER
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- Embark on an epic journey with me as we build and paint the iconic Tamiya Wild Willy 2 RC car in this ultimate detailed painting guide. This labour of love demanded an incredible amount of time and effort, as each intricate detail required meticulous attention and expert painting techniques.
Throughout this video, I share the challenges encountered during the process, providing invaluable insights and tips to enhance your own personal build. Join me on this exhilarating journey into the world of Tamiya Wild Willy 2, exploring the joys and challenges of this vintage RC icon. Whether you're a seasoned hobbyist seeking to refine your painting skills or a beginner eager to learn, this video serves as your guide, offering advice and showcasing important aspects to watch out for.
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For the last 2 weeks, I been meticulously putting together a Wild Wily body, painting every nook and cranny, adding LED light buckets, 3d printing a filler for the Jerry can. And then the end of your video struck me, I'll _never drive it_ with all these mods! Enter the pre-painted body from Tamiya, which arrived before I finished the one I'm building. Now I'm staring at my finished chassis, ready-set body, and the pile of original body parts and direly wanting to maiden it... must... hold... off... lol
Sooo much work but the end justifies the means. I have seen the driver online today, looked like $40 if you wanted to get a pro job. . FYI - NOS bottles are blue sorry to say :)
Being a static model builder originally, I REALLY enjoyed building the body, detailing and weathering it. I chose to do an Australian ADF Camo scheme on Willy's overalls.
DO makenthe effort on the roll bars. Oaint the in between parts the same as the body colour, and you can leave the foam black.
And I do drive mine!
I had the first one back in the mid 80's....wish I'd kept it..!! I believe you can get a 4WD chassis which doesn't wheelie as much..? Looks great and brings back memories 👍👍😁
Gavin that's really a WELL finished character car. You might want to look into a d.i.y. paint booth.
I had the original nearly 40 yrs ago! Gotta say, the WW2 motor placement is just NOT a good look. The original was a better location. The gigantic wheels and tires are also a miss in my opinion. I like the smaller tire/wheel combo with smaller sand rib treads. But, all-in-all, it's really cool that something like this is still around after a HALF CENTURY! Amazing!
Great video, thanks! 👉👌
For even fancier detailing I would highly recommend purchasing couple of Liquid Chrome paint pens by Molotow. They give rrrreally awesome chrome looks for scale model items, like bolts, knobs, rivets etc. I just painted a set of 1/10 wheel rims and even they look like "factory" chromed. Painted surfaces can take some reasonable mechanical wear and touching without getting dull. The Molotow's Chrome Spray (rattle can) is bit on the rubbish side thou... -Rami
Great build and design Gavin. Seems as if Tamiya wants to remind, they're doing static models, too.
Yep it really does have that feel about it.
I think how you contrasting colors anodized it perfect not kissing butt what you did a excellent job Gavin see you have to have somebody to look up to you have to have a mentor mr. Wild Willy did a great show it was all yellow 💛
Nice job buddy had a city turbo once. And saw a Wild Willy in an episode of Knight Rider the other day!
bear in mind , clothing isn't shiny (unless you're into PVC !) give his clothes a coat of matt varnish to look like cloth .
Really enjoyed learning about this one!
Didn't realise Wild Willy 2 was so involving. It's a perfect RC for anyone into serious scale modeling. Dunno if I could try it though - I love painting hard bodied grasshoppers but this is a different kettle of rc fish altogether.
Great that Charlie got a Cameo line.
verry good looks real nice ,the first gen was my firts tamiya
Nice build, looks great.
you need an airbrush i found it so much easier for things like drivers and other details
Looks ace and them lights are a good touch like your style sir 😊👊
absolutely awesome little rc :)
🤩👍👏Amazing job!
Awesome Job Gavin
Very well done! A great looking model. If I was going to build this I would not use the spare wheel cover because its smaller than the actual wheels and I would put something else like another fuel can in its place. Thats just my opinion but great job!
Beautiful really
Came out well really nice
I think you need a Wild Wendy 😁
Thanks for the discount code.. just ordered one from Rochester RC 👍 Any suggestions for where to buy the Axe/ Shovel and back of Jerry can in the UK? All I can find is based in the US and the shipping costs are crazy..
Try a few 3D RC printing services www.shapeways.com/marketplace/tech/rc-cars?facet%5BpdcId%5D%5B%5D=633
Stunning !!
I love it, it reminds me so much of my childhood.
I bought an avante comical last month, I had considered this one but I wanted the 4x4 for stability.
You really make me want to take it now.....
Just get the body and mod it to go on your Avante comical. It looks like an easy project
Awesome job 👍
Awesome job!
Great work Wild Willy looks amazing. Only thing NOS are always Sky Blue (x-14) or French Blue (TS-10) Classic look or moderne NOS look Metallic Blue (TS-19)
Would look good on a pair or GYAR RC Sand Tires for that Retro 1982 look 👌
Good work. I like it. Mine became more a static model than a driveable RC. To much bodywork isnt the way for the WWII when you like to drive it. Have fun
Yep, agree with you on that one.
Very nice Gavin. Shapeways has the jerrycan backcover👌
I’ll check it out
Looks great Gav..
story about a willys jeep. My brothers buddy had one with 48” tires on it and he did mud truck shows with it. He drove it across one of our local rivers and the game warden busted him not for crossing tge river with it but for not having a boat registration on it 😂.. that truck was in several magazines in the 80’s and he always said Tamiya copied his truck to make the wild Willy, but the Willy came out a few years before that truck was ever built lol
lol :)
Great work, love the details. Styrene sheet might be good for filling in the fuel can - it's easy to cut to shape and glue on, then you'd have a nice flat surface. 👍
Nice to meet you Gavin. You did an outstanding job finishing up "Wild Willy". Thanks for the experience of watching your detailed artistic adventure.
Best wishes,
Edward in Osaka Japan
I miss my WW2. When I built it, I just slapped it together LoL. They're pretty quick out of the box, I modded it with Bearhawk wishbones and made it a Wide Willy.
It seems like the wild Willy is the father of the lunchbox and midnight pumpkin 🎃. I love the Willy and lunchbox I just never really dug the pumpkin it just doesn’t do it for me. Everyone is different and has they’re own opinion’s I know friends who love that old pickup truck look .
If you think this was a challenge you should try a vintage wild Willy. The chassis build itself was multiple weekends.
great job Gav,yes the NOS bottle is supposed to be BLUE but anyways yours be mostly a shelf queen like mine is after so much work went into it......im pretty jealous you may just have made yours a touch better than what i did with mine .
First! As usual another epic video and build❤
Used plastic sheet to finish jerry can and strap. Glued front grill on mine so i could put headlights in. Ive seen wild willies in lots of colours and it always works .
Ps. Filled in square hole on the floor
Yep I was thinking about doing something about that gap in the floor. Did you see Ari’s Wild Willy 2 videos on the RC Retro channel. That blue works really well
Just watched it, looks good. My one is pink with white accents and extra chrome chassis parts. Could send picci if I had an address to send it to.
I love this Wild Willy 2 video series.
Now I'll be getting my first ever Tamiya kit since the Mini 4WD of my youth.
gav i got the alu oil shocks and alu wheely bar at back looks good painted my one in desert sand with green camo driver he was in green drab brown belts black boots green gloves deep green helmet with us army on sides and white star in front fuel tank in gun metal looks amazing scared to drive it hard for damage maybe change the wheels for the gold pumpkin ones anyway very nice build.
That's one slippery willy.
Gavin, that looks superb! I know the buzz when building/painting etc ‘do I don’t I, shall I put that on now or later….?’ The attention to detail on this one really does make it. Nice one, and thanks for the content 👍
You've done a great job of that Wild Willy 2 mate, well done!!
The hardest part is driving it after you put all that time and effort into painting it up really nice! The body is a challenge but it is a fun one to paint up. I almost painted the NOS bottle red too thinking it was a fire extinguisher but it stands out more in the recommended blue as a nitrous bottle. Great work and it looks great!
Your patience is way above mine. Great series. For added detail, I use silver on my dashboard knobs then use translucent red orange yellow on top to look real. Translucent yellow over your headlight stickers will make them pop.👍👍👌
PS paint on hard plastics, did it stick ok?
Ooh your Willy looks lovely! 😁👍👍
Turned out real nice man. Could be a good idea looking into some basics of miniature painting if you want to push the painting on driver figures, but keeping it neat( like you did) is always a perfect baseline.
Love the intros on this series, these are the videos that got me into the hobby as a kid…….spent hours in my local model shop just watching them in loop
You’ve done a smashing job on that, Gav. Top job!
Nice work mate, looks great!
You are one CRAZY detailed person! Amazing job on the details, paint and look of it!
Thanks. Still more to do but that will be off camera when I get some free time.
The details you put into it look totally amazing
Always fancied one of these as a kid….might treat myself. Another great vid Gavin 🙌 any upgrades you’d consider?
It drives really well surprisingly. The only thing I would upgrade would be the shocks, apart from that possibly a better steering servo saver
I wish they made a Wild Willy that was 4 wheel drive, having a 2 wheel drive jeep seems like sacrilege. Still a nice model.
Take a Wild Willy Body set and put it on an Avante comical chassis 👍🏻👍🏻
The NOS bottle is blue , Gavin
Someone didn’t watch the video
@@RCKickschannel Yes I did , but the nos bottle is supposed to be blue .. not red .. other wise you'd put out a fire with an explosion .
@@BLThackrey Yes and in the video I call it a fire extinguisher a good few times until I fit the Nos sticker and comment on my mistake in realising it’s a NOS bottle and not a fire extinguisher after I’ve painted it red.
Wild willy would reuse a fire extinguisher , fill it with NOS ! still makes sense ,after all he'd use far more Nos than fire extinguishers .. I do love the job you have done . Did you know The comical Avante Includes the parts ( rails ) in the kit to build a 4x4 WW ?
As someone who also paints miniatures as well as RC stuff I am impressed by your over-the-top completely unnecessary masking technique to paint something that could more easily be painted with a brush....
A tip for getting rid of mould lines is to use the back of a hobby knife to scrape them off and then smooth it out with a file.
Why thank you, I do try.
Super detail work on this build, Patience of a saint as well . Looks fantastic and good to see it out for a run at the end ;)
Thanks Andy 👍🏻👍🏻
I see a lot of PS paint. Is that the right stuff for a hardbody? I would think it’s easily scuffed and scratched as opposed to a TS paint.
I used PS and TS, it depends on what you are using it for and what you can get away with.
NIce work. I have an OG Wild Willy and I even managed to get it relatively cheap. I took it for that 'one gentle run' and er....rolled it. So it now has a scuff on the rollbar. I cheated in the end and bought a EXB body to use if I want to run it again.
Good vid as always.
What's EXB please?
@@TrevorThePilot expert built
Everyone I know has taken the easy way out and got a Willy figure painted by Rob Edwards.
Probably because no one can paint a figure like him, and for what he sells them for.. amazing work and amazing person
Fantastic!!
Looks fantastic Gavin!
Gavin, would the sand scorcher rear tyres fit on the willy 2 rims? They ought to be the same tyres as on the original willy right 🤷♂️🤔😊
It would be a bit of work to make them work
@@RCKickschannel what kind of rims was it on the original Willy? 😊
Looks brilliant!
Amazing work Gavin. I enjoyed every second of the series. As a long time scale modeller, I am amazed to see your journey along the modelling path. You are getting very good! When I built my willy (desert colored with desert camo driver) I used brush on all those parts, so I can avoid masking as much as I can after the initial basecoat. The flat coat afterwards hides all the brush strokes. For the drivers face, explore the Contrast paint from Citadel from Wargammer 40k, (guilimann flesh), the flesh comes to life after that product. It shades the flesh naturally, creating shadows and highlights. Also I used black Tamiya panel liner for putting shadowy wash around those small details and in the recesses, these makes them pop. Panel liner flows very well around the details, and you use whitespirit for cleanup if needed. I see you allready found the technique of drybrushing. Simply great work, Gav!
Great job Gavin!
Realy nice one, but why not paint the body?!.... I think the Willy is the most fun Modell to build. i had 3 but sadly i thought i sbould sell one, now i miss it. It was paintet in a Military gray, muddy on the underside, Willy got an orange blue race suit.😢😢 i love this model. 👋🎅🌲
I don’t know why, I was just happy with the look.
@@RCKickschannel ja, u just explained it in the Video, no it looks realy good👍
Looks cool 👍
Wild Willy2 puts a smile on your face. Great job.
You did an outstanding job and you have so much more patience than I have. You should be proud of your work. The car looks great. You gave us a lot of insight to the build. Thank you.
I'm not sure I'd want to take a car out and run it, after all that work!! I think it looks fantastic. Nice job. 😎👍🏻
Great work Gavin.. well done looks very nice worth the effort 👍👍😃
Looks really good. Only thing I would do different is matt finish the driver (but just gloss for the helmet).
I tried that using flat clear but it didn’t do much. 100% agree so I might try and find some from the local car shop
Looks good. The paradox of the Wild Willy 2. So much work to detail, but SO much fun to drive. The fun of driving it won out for me.