Newarcher Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hey all, my son's pinewood derby is this Saturday and I can't be more psyched. He needs to win this......he needs some victories in his life right now. We built a pretty cool looking variation of my winning car when I was a cubber. It is a soft and thin wedge with a small raised cockpit on it. We drilled 1/4 inch holes in the side and pounded lead into it with most of the weighting in the back portion of the car. We have done everything we possibly can to get the speed up on this car. I have scoured the internet and we focused on both speed and beauty. The paint scheme is two coats of enamel primer. Then two coats of emerald green (proper sanding of course). Then we hit it with several coats of a clear spray that has very fine lime green glitter in it. Lastly, we sprayed it with several coats of glossy clearcoat. Lastly, we waxed it with some liquid car wax. There is nothing I can think of that we can do to make this car faster. Here is a pic of the raw car. I will add a finished picture later...I thought I had one on my system here. I won't ask y'all to say a prayer because that would be praying for other kids to lose and I don't think God chooses sides like that. But positive energy would be appreciated. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IL_HuNtIn_KiD Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Sounds like its gonna be a beaut good luck to your son and I hope he comes out on top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Hope all goes well. Keep us updated on how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Good luck in the derby. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday For some reason, I can't edit my own post but here are a couple finished pics: You can see the glitter...the finish is smooth but has an almost line-x type texture to it: And now the finished project: The car is hard to photograph but in the light it is like there are a million flakes of diamonds in its paint job. I gotta install the graphite and then we should be ready to go for the weigh in on Friday and the race on Saturday. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday great pics New!! and good luck bud!! sure looks like a happy camper ya got there!! let us know the results!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Good luck!! Nice looking car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Nice looking car.....It looks fast too! So you should have painted it red and put a #8 on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted January 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Thanks, there is nothing I can do to make it faster. I scoured the internet looking for tips and did every one I could legally do. I won and never forgot that feeling, I hope he wins. But the real fun was working on it together. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Nice job there New. Good luck to your son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckslayer Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Awesome job and good luck to you both! I can't remember if I ever won (don't remember the feeling so probably not.... lol) but I do remember it and remember my car and the fun I had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest outdoorgirl Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Re: Pinewood derby this Saturday Good Luck the main thing is to have a lot of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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