BSA Pinewood Derby Car Builds....Slightly OT but it is RACING

I sure miss those Scout days. They grew up too dam quick.
The Dad's had an open modified class. Standard 5 oz weight was the only rule

Good luck!!!!!!

 

Pack meeting last week gave us the Standard Block of Wood, 4 nails, & 4 Wheels. 2 weeks ago's Friday Art Show gave Logan an Idea for a car! I think we're going to base it on this post by BOSS 254.....

http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af294/hotrodrendering/hotrodrendering/indy1copye.jpg

If not this one, then the Design by Britt8m

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/020/a/e/bubble_top_bandito_by_britt8m-d37n99p.jpg

We'll Keep you informed.....Race Date is march 19.....

 

Well, you have my permission, I remember making my pinewood derby car with a bubble top plus 14 layers of gold and purple testors candy paint. We had skinny wheels then!
If you do use my sketch, make sure to send me a pic of the final car. Good luck!

 

BOSS!....Logan's pretty set on your car. We'll be posting pics of the entire build just like last year. I may build my car for the Parents Class based on the Britt Design, just depends on time.

 

sweet memories I was just at my grandsons pine wood derby race this past weekend and how the times changed since I had raced back in the in the 70' with the timing lights and all of the other electronic gadgets good luck to you and your son.

 

Im kicking around ideas for my new step sons pinewood derby cars . There are 3 of them and I planning on buiding me one to. Should be fun got lots of ideas from this thread. - Mayor

 

The start of one my boys Pinewood Derby car 57' Nomad - Mayor

 

Here's a few from adult competition I did at work. Got another one coming up, so need to figure out a design for this years.



Red and white is a .... well, I don't need to explain what it is here!
Second place for race, 2nd place for show.

Orange woody - again, you all know what it is.
LAST place for race (it was slooooowwww), 1st place for show!

Silver one is a 1938 Auto Union. Has removable wheel covers. Sorry for the tiny pic. 3rd place for race, 3rd place for show.

 

D-Russ, my boys is named Eli...we will have to borrow #173 for a few years. It will be a while though, he is only 3 right now.

 

check out this website full of info
http://www.derbytalk.com/

and if they liked building a pinewood derbycar
they will love one they can drive themselves
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Here's a pic of one I made to get a good car length or two head start. Once the starter peg started to drop into the track, this thing was gone.

 

Ed, if you're still around, this is a cool post. I can't believe I MISSED IT.

That car turned out great!

When my guys were participating, we had fun building these. There has rarely been more than 20-25 boys participating in my little town each year either so my guys did well more than a few times:

These are Ian the elder's, the black "Hot Rod" won it's pack, the over all and people's choice for design. The Patriot took 2nd and again won for design




Matthew, the younger did well too, I think the red 'stang (Venom) won over all the
year it raced I need to get pictures of his last on, a hot rod train:

 

Matthew has another one he designed and made, pretty much, himself, I'll need to dig up the photos for now, here's mine, built for the adult run that never happened. It couldn't
beat the top 3 kid's cars that year but it took the whole field the following year with no alteration. yea, I'm a big man...
The 7:

 

Jigger, love your car!

 

Update pic of the one we have been working on - Mayor

 

One more pic - Mayor

 

http://www.facebook.com/events/233587693386421/

3rd Annual Bluecat Motors Illegal Pinewood Derby!

 

One of my Webelos Scouts wants to build a General Lee- thought I saw a pattern on Google search a while back, but can't I find it now.

Has anyone seen a pattern on the web?

 

Ah, Pinewood derby, brings back memories. Wish I could remember what I did with mine. Good times!

Murch.

 

Heres what my son and I built this year. (our first)

The coupe is his:







This is mine for the fathers race:

 

I did a facelift to the Auto Union Streamliner I posted earlier (post 159)

Put a buffable silver on it, and then hit it with a silver past wax from the craft store. You can floss your teeth in the reflection.

 

^^^^nice work there!^^^^

 

Here are a couple of mine:

 

here is our first attempt.... pack 394, Alabaster, AL.... finished middle of the pack

 

Very nice cars Lcamino and calebob.

calebob, what did you use for the engine turned numbering? Looks real good.

 

My latest one.

 

saw this thread and decided to dust off my ol hunk a junk and post it on here, did this years ago with my dad to participate in my little brothers pinewood derby, i think i came around second or something. now seeing all of your cars i want to build another one!

 

They need to come up with more adult built racing. Cub Scouts get all the fun.

Love the white walls!

 

7car7....for the engine turned numbers, i copied an image of engine turned panel and photoshopped it onto the numbers...it helps that i'm a graphic designer. I wanna try to figure out a simple way of making mini moon disks without a lathe for next year.

 

I used small stainless fender type washers as wheel covers. The opening was almost exact for the nail/axles, but they dont have the shape a moon disc does.