At this point it was obvious that a more positive means of holding the helmet on would be required to stop Willy's new head falling off - this involved drilling a 2. Again, start by pulling the figures head off - this will leave more of a neck on this figure. The neck increases in diameter as it goes up - which we can make good use of.
The helmet needs the retaining nut area removing I used a craft knife, patiently , and the base of the helmet opening up with a Dremel or file, etc until the helmet sits at a natural level on the neck. The features can also be made a bit more "kawaii" by painting the eyes slightly oversize later.
You might also want to have a go at emphasising cheekbones, but I saved that for the other female figure. Fitting is as for the female members of the family, just without any changes to the Tamiya face.
I did however cut off the rubber cape, front shirttails, and batwings off the arms attempting to sculpt them to a more normal shape with a craft knife. I also went back and reduced the length of the shirt collar, later. At this point you'll have a set of figures with holes in the back of their heads, and very obvious seam lines.
My method is to fill the holes with pegs made by gluing strips of styrene together, then turning down to the correct diameter , but any method that fills most of the void with solid material is fine - bits of sprue, etc. I think it's well worth spraying a suitable primer on the new helmets before painting, but given the number of moveable joints on the figures, it's more questionable whether or not to prime the whole figure. I painted the stripes on the pockets and yoke top back of the shirt at 45 degrees.
The paint should be more of your base colour, darkened down. On the adjacent horizontal lines, paint the pattern one intersection over. See pic 11 for an example — I was a bit overly heavy on the white it seems.
Download categories Search Downloads. Member Benefits Registration. Top gallery. All ads For sale ads Wanted ads Search ads Trade room rules. Before we start, some basic tips: The standard of the finished driver will depend not only on your skill yes, I know I have room for improvement there and patience — but also on how much effort you put into preparing the driver figure before you touch a paint brush.
See the previous articles on paint preparation for a fuller explanation. Already a member? Login at the top of this page to stop seeing this message. Sponsored Links. Re: wild willy drivers. Try a searh for Wild Willy lots of good threads on this.
How do you fix Wild Willy into your Wraith? I do mine with firesutes and helment paint to match truck. Thank you MT. Dew for postings some pics, wow did you make the heads and what are they made of, did you carve those or were they cast in a mold. I did not make the heads.
They are from Matt Hicks Designs. A little tuff to get but worth the wait, Great detail! As far as Willys body. I trimed his back with a Dremel to fit a Wraith seat. And used epoxy autobody filler to fill the gap at his butt. I also removed the screw hole an glue him in. I cut his legs off to make him fit the Proline Bronco body. Whatever it takes to make him fit and look right. Last edited by Mt. Dew; at AM. Originally Posted by Mt. Heads were made by Matt Hicks, you should be able to get them here.
Link- Welcome Matt Hicks Designs. I think krawlerkonceptz. Here's my Willy.
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