Helmand Willy (driver for the Nailer Scaler)

October 2013: So having decided on a pseudo-Military/Camel Trophy hybrid theme for the Nailer, I thought about how I might incorporate the latest custom Willy head I'd been working on as the driver...

Originally the idea was to create a CHP motorcycle rider helmet, but looking again it had more than a passing resemblance to the helmets worn by soldiers in desert theatre...

So I painted him up in dirty sand coloured fatigues (not being adept enough to attempt a camo pattern), and following on from Hang Loose Willy, thought it would be fun [if not slightly ironic] to have him giving a peace sign as he trundles along! note. As a nod to authenticity, the helmet netting is held in place with a strip of genuine rubber inner-tube - albeit from a mountainbike! I also ended up dabbing a dot of superglue on each knot, to help keep it in place... once behind the wheel, the overall effect looks like he has just busted out of Camp Bastion and made a break for it! Jx