Well, I was pretty nervous for this because there is a lot of pressure. You see, Rachelle's dad and her uncle John all were big winners of the pinewood derby (which means their boys all won the pinewood derby) in both design and speed. In order to be considered an official part of the "club", I felt like I needed to do something special.
Fortunately, Riley had a good idea. He wanted to make the Batmobile and I thought that would be pretty fun so we did it. Here are a few pictures of how it turned out.
Before painting and adding in the nozzle
After painting and adding in the nozzle:
Back view (where the weight is).
On the night of the race, I wasn't sure how it would go because I hadn't really run it on anything and wasn't totally sure that it would go straight. To make a long story short, it went straight and I feel like I can be part of the club now. He won both the design and the speed portion.
Now I just have to manage expectations for the next year because I don't want him to start thinking he will always win. He was doing pretty well I think. He went up to every kid after just about every race and told them how good of a job each of them had done. I was really proud of him for doing that but I told him afterwords that I wanted to make sure that he also did it when he lost. I think he will.
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You shouldn't have felt that much pressure, Jayson: my Dad didn't figure out how to make winning pinewood derby cars until after I had left cub scouts.
I lost every pinewood derby, and I had to watch every one of my younger brothers win everything. In fact, the last year I was in cub scouts, Colby was in cub scouts too. He ended up beating me to take third place and went to some regional competition.
I had plenty of opportunities to be a good loser. (It didn't help. I'm still a sore loser. That's why I am still whining about losing my cub scout pinewood derby.)
The awesomeness of that car blows my mind. Congratulations! it makes me so happy our family is artistically inclined.
Jayson you are an awesome Dad!
I was never part of cub scouts (being a girl and all) but my dad had made a track for the church so we had a church wide one and although my dad helped, I'll let you know that a kid can do quite a bit on their own cars (including painting, gluing together pieces, choosing nuts to weigh it down and stacking them in appropriate places, etc.). So it shouldn't be that the kid just does the sanding.
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Thanks for the great design! A bunch of my fellow church dads were asked last weekend if we wanted to take part in a "Dad's-Only Pinewood Derby". Then the asker pulled out the pinewood derby car boxes. All I've been able to think since getting it is BATMOBILE!
Once again, your design is awesome!
Awesome. Great to see the spirit of the Batmobile being passed on to new generations!
-J.B.
http://www.BatmanReview.com
my son loves your car and would like me to make him one. Do you have any tips on cutting/sculpting the car. Your car has some very intricate and smooth features.
Many thanks!
my son loves your car and would like me to make him one. Do you have any tips on cutting/sculpting the car. Your car has some very intricate and smooth features.
Many thanks!
Well, my best advice it to use a Dremel tool with the snake attachment. I started it with a scroll saw (because I don't have a band saw) and then used the dremel with a sand paper attachment for making the fine detail. It is a lot easier and safer than using knives or chisels. My son can even do that part. He is 11 now but on his last car, he did most of that work himself. We also made fenders from some spare wood and glued them on which made it much cooler and, I think, faster. Also, I did not use the original slots for the holes but actually made it upside down so that I just cut them off. Doing this, I could make my wheel distance from front to back whatever I wanted it to be.
Browsing for Batman pinewood derby car ideas and yours is far and away the best. Wow. This is actually the 2nd I'll be building this year so my steam is running out. I'm going to stare at this picture a little while longer and see if I can even remotely conceive of replicating your design by gluing on rather than carving off.
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