Great looking Jasper.:thumbsup::thumbsup: The other ones (2) :) look great too.

That's one of the best imitations I've seen, Bob...I can copy anything...zilla :thumbsup::thumbsup: You ever sell Nike' shoes, Gucci handbags, etc. at the Flea Markets??? Team Jasper comes together and is looking good...Those colors do pop, I likes it!!! We could use a 3rd and 4th team from the West Coast and Northern guys...RM

Well today Fletcher (our 5 year old son) and I decided to build a custom AFX Woody slot car. Put a brush in his hand and let him go (gave him some pointers along the way).

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We are now getting ready to put some decals on this and will post more pictures up soon.

Fletcher painted the first coat of the roof, front end and fenders pretty well & then Dad (me) came back and touched things up. Used all flat paints to make things a little easier and faster. Future Floor Covering will go over this in the end to protect this First Build.

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I put Poster Putty under the paint bottle so it didn't get spilled accidentally.

Bob & Fletcher (Father & Son build)...zilla :) (me) :) (Flethcher)

Nice job Fletcher!!!!! Way to go dude!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Great work Fletcher!
Atta-boy!:thumbsup:

(Now you just let him have his way, dad. Don't be bossy! LOL)

Big Dude + Little Dude = Teamwork I likes it!!! It's great when the kids are interested in your stuff, turn him loose with a few pointers along the way...RM

Sweet job from Bob Jr... Soon to be all star painter...zookie

Well finaly got the clear coat on and the chassis mounted under it. The Hilltop Racing Jasper Lola Clone is done. Thanks Randy!

Hilltops version was #8 and this one is #80. Randy was even nice enough to send me the Bridgestone decals so, I could do this right.

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If you like a car that you know you can't pry out of someones hands then you just need to make a Clone of it. Glad I did this Jasper 2-tone red and yellow Jasper Lola.

Red is my favorite color and with the yellow, white and black to Pop any Jasper build there will be more for sure!!!!

Bob...color pop design by Randy...zilla

That is SWEEEEETTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great job on the Woody, Fletcher! Post a pic of the finished car when it's done! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Great job on the Woody, Fletcher! Post a pic of the finished car when it's done! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Will do resinmonger. Fletcher is pulling me downstairs rigtht now (no kidding...C'mon Dad let's go finish the car) I have created a kid size Monster.

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Bob & Fletcher...gonna goop her together now...zilla

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wes :thumbsup:

Awesome! A real 60's style wild ride!

Phred

Great lookers! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

I love it when kids get involved! It seems like for that time, they are genuinely interested and listen to every word you say....they practically hang on it. Now if they could do that all the time! LOL! Guess that's why we pay attention to them and begin practicing it now for when they get older MAYBE they will continue to do it....if not physically, then at least in that space between their ears! LOL!

Awesome work Fletcher! Keep listening to Daddy Bob and you will definitely not be steered down the wrong slot!

PD2:thumbsup:

Great, now another customizer better then me.......keep up the good work Fletch

I love it when kids get involved! It seems like for that time, they are genuinely interested and listen to every word you say....they practically hang on it. Now if they could do that all the time! LOL! Guess that's why we pay attention to them and begin practicing it now for when they get older MAYBE they will continue to do it....if not physically, then at least in that space between their ears! LOL!

Awesome work Fletcher! Keep listening to Daddy Bob and you will definitely not be steered down the wrong slot!

PD2:thumbsup:

i know what you mean about kids.when i was the house painter at my local comic shop painting warhammer miniatures,i would do painting demos every so often.one day i had a kid stay for like 6 hours,i think i showed him every trick i had!he was totally engrossed in every lesson about every technique i could think to show him!it was nice.
years later,i came back to that comic shop after moving away,and saw some of the miniatures in the case along side of some of my old paint jobs.i asked my old boss who had done these new paint jobs,cause they were very good.
.it was that same kid!he had taken all the tricks i had showed him and expanded way beyond what i could have imagined!nice when the student teaches the teacher,eh?:thumbsup:
i think it's really cool bobzilla is showing his son the hobby,to carry it into the next generation!wtg bob!

COOL WOODIE Fletcher :thumbsup::thumbsup: Great to see son following in dad's footsteps. Fletcher looks like a natural. I'm gonna move nextdoor to Zilla.....maybe he will teach me too:).

Great, now another customizer better then me.......keep up the good work Fletch

Ed,

No way anyone can be better than you man. You always come up with some nice color ideas that I realy enjoy looking at here on this Custom thread and you built one of my favorites of all times. Yes the Kid Killer Ambulance in black with blood splatter (all done in good fun of coarse). LOL

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When Fletcher and I were picking out decals for this build we stumbled onto these black skull decals from the Comic Book Store bit bin and asked him if he wanted them for drivers. Instantly a light went off in my head *let there be light* and there was. Fletcher and I both like to drive lighted cars in the dark now and then. Wait till the Las Vegas lights get instaled...Viva Las Vegas!

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I knew this had to be a one day build as he wanted to race this thing soooo bad Yesterday. Flat paint was the trick, Goop to hold it all together and Future to seal in all the decals and paint. Yeah paint chips get touched up and it is back on the track. Low maintenance kid car baby! We raced this yesterday and added the bulb in tonight.

Joez your post couldn't have been more correct. lol Got to keep it fun and the Poster Putty paint bottle idea was just the right thing. Although when coming back downstairs I did check the floor for paint. Nope only a little on his hands and the brush did end up half coated with paint during the fender painting. Hey it is all good. I again show him to only dip the brush tip in and not make a big deal of anything. Being bossy will end any fun right away for sure.

Yeah PD2 you nailed it on the head when you said they hang on every word when they are young. I also hang on his words also. Man kids are such fun. He says stuff like, "I didn't see that coming" and other fun phrases you just don't expect that just make you :) & :lol:. This is a lot of fun and now Fletcher wants to watch me put the black into the Sublime green Pt Cruisers "worlds first PT Hemi Muscle Car" silver front grill. Stay tuned for this one, coming sooner than you think. :wave:

Bob...Attitude is everything...zilla

Tell Fletcher - awesome job on woody!!!!! :thumbsup:

I hope one day my son will be interested in it !! he does race with me he must use his "CARS" lightening mcqueen and race against me. i always act like i lose alll the time LOL..

Wes

Nice to see the third generation involved Zilla.

I remember that you learned at the feet of your father. A nice legacy to pass on.

Cool Woody too, definately a great choice for someones first!

Fletcher, the woody turned out great! Awesome job! :woohoo:

Zilla, I agree with you too about hanging on kids words. My daughter is 8 now, but the things that she comes up with, whether its pondering something or just a response, it can be very funny and make you think. There were things that she did as a child, even before she could speak, that just made us think WOW, these kids already have some sense of humor within them cause we never showed her that stuff!

There was a time I had her interest in the cars, but now its just a moment or fleeting interest....not anything like spending time wanting to know more.

I definitely look forward to more Daddy-Son builds from you and Fletcher! Have fun racing the new build!

PD2:thumbsup:

Way cool job to both of you!!! Zilla and Son Custom Shop is in business!!! Looks super cool with the light inside!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: WTG Fletcher!!! :thumbsup: :woohoo:

Woodies Very cool.. Now Bob send back my Son....lol...


Dave "Fletch's real Dad"

hey bob once again you and your boy did a great job!love the bulb in the cab!really plays up the creepy motif!hope i can get my son into it too,but hes just a year and a half old,so plenty of time yet!he does like watching the semi go round,though!he just wants to chew the wires,though,so i gotta be careful!lol

Outstanding Bob!

Fletcher (and dad), the woody is so hot! I am surprised that it has not combusted on you guys! Keep up the great work, men! :thumbsup:

I think Fletcher needs a raise on his allowance money!!! Nice work Fletcher and Bob...I still own the shop for now...zilla. Looking gooooood guys :thumbsup::thumbsup: ...RM

For some reason the color combo there reminds me of Spongebob :thumbsup:

Looks cool! :wave:

For some reason the color combo there reminds me of Spongebob :thumbsup:




Ssshhhhh,...I wasn't gonna say it. :D:thumbsup:

Expecting to see the Groovy Goolies pile out of that ride Bob. Keep up the good work (teaching the boy about hobbies) !!!! Remember this one??? A-Roo-Roo!!!! nd

I like the skulls in the windows - neat idea!

I like the skulls in the windows - neat idea!

Thanks kraz and everyone else for your comments. I read them all to Fletcher and he was very excited. Wanted to make this one special for him. Something I will make sure that will be around for him forever to remember his childhood slot car days. :)

Demo Derby lovers of the world,

Well this last week I have been keeping the kids busy on their new bench by helping them build some Demo Derby cars that will get used on our track layout. First we went to U-tube and watched a bunch of videos of Demo Derby's. Our kids have been to dirt track races but, not to a Demo Derby yet.

I had a pack of six of these ho scaled cars that people throw down on their train layouts. I need to get more soon as this keeps them busy and is fun to watch them make. Thought of you Joez while mixing the Pink up on a peice of cardboard for Bree. No you can't have it. lol

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Again Dad helped a little but, they did most of this themselves with a brush. I try to give them flat paint to use when possible so that the paint can dry faster and is less of a mess. They don't like to wait very long before getting their little paws all over them.

We snapped the axles off and painted the tire and rims white. Then went back and put down the X on them. It is fun to watch them push them around and see the Xs move just like real Demo Cars do. Also need to put flat toothpicks on the drivers window post to give it that extra realism touch....Yeah!

Bob...smash, crash and bang em' up baby...zilla

Aww man!! thats sooo cool!!! :thumbsup:

Wes

Man, are you Superdad or what! You should have a big "S" on your chest, mate. I love the way you have been involving your kids! Their cars look GREAT! :thumbsup:

Man! Now that is cool Bob! I haven't seen a demo derby in a long time! I remember as a small kid playing with my Hot Wheels that way - in fact, I'd paint them up like that too! LOL!! Way to jarr some old childhood memories bro....while making some new ones for your kiddos!

They done good Bob!
PD2:thumbsup:

That is an excellent idea on so many levels, Bob!!! Keeps the kids occupied, let's them be aspiring artists like their daddy, and has them active in the table's scenery dept. Keeping the kids busy with something creative that makes good use of the final result is genius! Super Dad is right!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::woohoo:

Bree and Fletcher, great job on the cars!!!! Hope to see more!!! Great job!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Not that I want to promote anything PS2 due to its brain cell killing addictive nature, and it being a major cause of carpal tunnel, but one game comes to mind when I see the kid's cars. Test Drive Eve of Destruction (not to be confused with test drive) was a fun game to play.. Even I got into it for a while, after I gave up going for perfection on GT4. The whole game revolves around a "career" as a demo derby driver. Drive granny's hand me down car in a few demo races, win $$ and trade up for better cars. Run a few street races to get extra cash, earn reputation, and unlock the shop where you can upgrade your car, and paint it. :thumbsup: :cool: :thumbsup:

UtherJoe

Only from the mind of Zilla ......:lol: Tell the kids I love the cars. :thumbsup:

and the torch is passed to a new generation of slotheads!

way to go with the kids,bob!can't wait to see if my son takes it up too!he's got lotsa time,and i am in no hurry to see him grow up and move out!it really goes quick,seems like yesterday when he was crawling...
bree and fletcher,keep it up!we all love seeing what you guys are painting up with your pop!

Bob-can you hear'um crunch-Zilla
Nice concept ... Can't beat'um...Crash'um...

Love the demo cars

Bob, I think I saw those cars in San Francisco, back in the 70's. "Flower Power" It's great you have the kids involved...very cool!

The kids did a great job on the demo cars :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Thanks everyone for all the coments on the Demo cars. :) Will be reading all these coments to the kids soon...

After a few, "Dad lets go downstairs and make another Demo Derby car" From Fletcher we headed downstairs and he popped off the axle on his next car. I put some poster putty on a paint bottle and stuck the axles down for him to paint the tires and rims. This time we painted the tires and rims RED.

Well we got stuff going on tomorrow but, hope to get back downstairs to lay the yellow Xs down.

The one thing about this that I am being very careful about is to let our kids do as much of this as possible themselves. Fletcher wants to paint the Number on the next one. They have both been good about letting me show them what to do and then taking over.

I went upstairs and let Fletcher alone with the red paint and came back to find him saying he did get a little red paint on his hands and a dab on his belly. Before going upstairs to let him do his own thing,we had talked about not getting the paint on his hands or over the bristles of the brush. I wasn't mad at all as this is how they will learn. This time the paint wasn't on the brush handle so, he did learn something. Heck I showed him the red on my thumb from opening the paint bottle...

Next will be teaching them to put just a little paint on a smaller brush to paint their numbers. Just like a pencil only with paint. We are going to make a bunch of Junkyard cars also after this Demo Derby gets 18 car entries.

Bree was feeling a little under the weather tonight but, I know she will bounce back and Demo up again soon.

Bob...just think of all those good old cars that met their demise in Demos...zilla

The one thing about this that I am being very careful about is to let our kids do as much of this as possible themselves. Fletcher wants to paint the Number on the next one. They have both been good about letting me show them what to do and then taking over.


Kind of reminds me of the Mad TV episodes with Stewart in them - Lemme do it! LOL! While what Stewart does is extreme and funny, the ironic thing is that so many kids want that same ability and power to do it themselves. Guidance and teaching is key - not recreating mini-me's! They have their own individual talents, creativity, etc. - the last thing I want is for my daughter to be exactly like me and do what I did! But as for the mistakes in life, I definitely will lead and guide her and help her to clearly understand the consequences of making those wrong decisions and choices and encourage her in making the right ones when its time for her to make them on her own.

Great lessons of life from painting a slot car! Gotta love it! And who said we were a bunch of grown men playing with toy cars and acting immature? LOL!!!

PD2:thumbsup:

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Great to see the kids going at it Bob...it runs in the family...zilla!!! I saw some of those on the Speed Channel. Cool looking Demo cars!!! I saw a Demo Race the other day, they were pulling camper trailers. Those big bombs make great crashers...RM

and the torch is passed to a new generation of slotheads!


My though exactly. Next week, can you say Hello Phssssssstttt! ;)

Great Demos kids! :thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Slot Tard, the Next Generation directed by Bob Zilla! Good on ya, Zilla! Let the kids find their way!

Rock on Bree and Fletcher! You two got da skillz! :thumbsup:

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Great to see the kids going at it Bob...it runs in the family...zilla!!! I saw some of those on the Speed Channel. Cool looking Demo cars!!! I saw a Demo Race the other day, they were pulling camper trailers. Those big bombs make great crashers...RM

i love train racing!saw one day they had motorboats on trailers!i saw the campers,too,hilarious!:thumbsup:

rr, Pssssssssssssssssssht this summer for both of them.

There was a Demo School Bus Derby on T.V. earlier tonight.

Fletcher went with me to the Hobby Store tonight before his tumbling class. We picked up 12 more Demo Cars! That will make 18 total which is a pretty nice field of cars for a demolition derby to have.

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I have dibs on 2 of these cars. One for a reproduction of a car my friend Dan & I did up for a real 1/1 Demo Derby he was in Waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when. You will know it when you see it...hahahahhhaa :drunk:

Bob...Yes that is the start of a hot dog car...zilla

you gotta shoot video of the hot dog goin round las zillas!