Its Pinewood derby time again !

[DON]

Here are some pics from my sons Pinewood derby race. He wanted a custom paint job this year since last year a scout who's dad owns a body shop had a pro paint job. The decals are from the parts box. He did very well , finishing second in his den (his best friend won) and in the "king of the hill " it came down to a tiebreaker ,again against his best friend. They actually had the same amount of wins and seconds, and they both had the same fastest time. It came down to a best of three race final, and my son ended up second overall. It was a great day, everyone was a good sport, whether hey won or lost. Incidentally, can anyone think of the kit where my son got the idea for the paint scheme ? How about which kits the decals came from ?

[Deleted]

how good is that two best friends ending up first and second

[ACDP5859]

I'ld say it was the HIPPY HEMI and the LOVE BUG.

[KRAZY RICK]

Good Stuff Don, I wish we had more kids getting into this ......Vintagedragcrazy ( Vince ) ...... has kids come over from his club & build; Hopefully he'll get us some pics up soon .....I'd call the car "Mr. Herby Deal"

[DON]

Thanks guys ! We had a ball that day, I got the honor of being the starter.
Rick you pretty much nailed it, the paint job is copied from the Miss Deal box art; he saw it and his mind was made up. The numbers are from a Lil Herbie sheet. The skull is from a Tijuana Taxi set ; the hood scroll is from a Monogram Firebolt kit (1964 ish) ,and the flames are from one of the many MPC kits from the 1970's. Amazingly, they were all still good after 40 + years.I think its the first time I ever saw those flames used, I had a bunch of them and never used any !

[KRAZY RICK]

And isn't it crazy that all the old decals Worked ?!!! .......I know if I wanted to use them .....They would have all blown apart in the water ;D !!!!