Pinewood Derby Time…
Well, it’s that time of year again for The Oldest’s Cub Scout pack. It’s time for the Pinewood Derby. Last year was my (and his) first year and it was…an experience. I know more about food allergy testing Austin than I know about the Pinewood Derby. I had no idea what I was doing and didn’t figure out until a couple nights before that I was severely underweight. For those of you not in the know, a Pinewood Derby car can be up to, but not over five ounces. So, I had to drill about ten screws into the car to get it up to weight. And wow-zer, did it make the car ugly.
This year was going to be different.
We got a body picked out and our neighbor/den leader cut it out. The Oldest sanded it and put the weights on. I’m currently still painting, but I expect we’ll be ready to go by this Saturday. If you follow me on Facebook, you can see a bunch of pictures of the car as we complete it. The idea this year was to model it after the R-9 refueler trucks I drove in the Air Force (see picture).
Obviously, I can’t make it as detailed as the actual vehicle. It’s more of an inspiration, but I think it will be cool. Hopefully, we’ll do okay.
Last year was rough for The Oldest. He doesn’t take losing well. It’s something he hasn’t learned well and it’s hard to teach. He got pretty teared up last year. I’ve tried to prep him more this year as last year caught me off guard.
We’ll see how it goes this Saturday.
January 24th, 2012 at 7:00 am
My son was in Boy Scouts one year (he had commitment issues with his extra curricular activities) and we did the derby. We made the bat mobile (batman and robin version). It looked cool and all until we taped a bunch of nickles to it to make it heavier.
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Patrick D. Reply:
January 24th, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Got pictures of it?
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January 24th, 2012 at 9:30 am
Good luck to dad and son! Keep us posted!
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January 24th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
At our pack’s Pinewood Derby weigh-in there was always a couple of dads ready with drills and weights for cars that needed to be heavier.
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Patrick D. Reply:
January 25th, 2012 at 6:37 am
The weight in our car has a couple links I can break off if necessary.
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January 24th, 2012 at 10:53 pm
GO, [last name removed] boys!!!
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Patrick D. Reply:
January 25th, 2012 at 6:39 am
I edited your comment. As a general rule, I don’t post my last name on my blog. Actually, more of a guideline. It’s not a big secret, but I like the boys anonymity as much as possible.
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