Pinewood Derby car done!

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78) 01/20/2018 at 10:15 • Filed to: None

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142 grams, or just one gram short of the max (before it would round up to 5.1oz, which is over the 5.0 limit).

It’s vintage Lone Ranger themed (wife and son dreamed it up, I painted and added the garish shiny flame and stripe decals). I would love to see this livery on a real LeMans car.

Bonus: one wheel is slightly raised, which is actually legal in our pack. Unintentional happy mistake to reduce rolling resistance. And allegedly a flat black nose helps gain a tiny bit with the electronic eye at the finish, but that’s just superstition...

Race isn’t until next Saturday, but we’re all done! I’ll probably toss some clearcoat on there for an extra gram or two. Then on race day, if we’re too heavy on their scales, we can just drill tiny holes in the tail until we get there.

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Rainbow > Ash78, voting early and often 01/20/2018 at 10:24

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Angle the other front wheel very slightly to the left. It’s faster to slide against the center rail than it is to bounce back and forth.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Ash78, voting early and often 01/20/2018 at 10:30

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Sweet looking car. My son is helping out at a derby this morning. We helped set up last night so the cubbies can race in the A.M., and a brownie troop will race this afternoon. He said he may bail after the cub scouts are done, as being in a room full of screaming girls would drive him up the wall. The last derby race we did, he had a tiger striped car, with the center section cut out. That did pretty well, if I remember right. Our troop is going to do CO2 powered rocket cars next month. That should be interesting. Hope your son’s car wins a few races.

Roadster Man > Ash78, voting early and often 01/20/2018 at 12:05

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can you still use graphite to “lube” up the axles these days?

Ash78, voting early and often > Roadster Man 01/20/2018 at 13:22

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Yep, basically any dry lube is ok.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 01/20/2018 at 13:25

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I like your backsplash.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often 01/20/2018 at 13:28

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And allegedly a flat black nose helps gain a tiny bit with the electronic eye at the finish, but that’s just superstition...

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 01/20/2018 at 15:24

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Funny, my wife hates it when I pee all over the....OHHHH. Thanks

GLiddy > Ash78, voting early and often 02/01/2018 at 20:52

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Nice work. Getting the tires inset is a tour-de-force. When my son was doing pinewood a few years back, we worked hard to add material to the side of the car to get the Camaro Bumblebee look he wanted.

Ash78, voting early and often > GLiddy 02/01/2018 at 22:28

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Thanks — yeah, these can eat up a a lot of time if you let them.

We ended up with the third fastest car after four runs (out of 10 cars), but my son didn’t get the podium because the races were done on a head-to-head points system, so he ended up in a tie for 5th. A little shady, but can’t change it now...he was a really good sport about it, which is refreshing at this age.