The Making of a Pinewood Derby Car

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Yep, it’s that time of year. Time for Aiden’s first attempt at designing and creating a car for the highlight of every Cub Scout’s life – the Pinewood Derby. He went through several concepts before settling on the design for his car. He has the car’s name and color scheme already planned out. Now we just have to transform that block of wood into his design.

Before…
Pinewood Derby Car 2008It’s starting to take shape.  Look how aerodynamically sound it is…
Making the Pinewood Derby Car 2008Working hard on the sanding process. It’s gotta be smooth. Look at the intensity in his face!
Sanding Pinewood Derby Car 2008

It’s in the garage now with a coat of primer on it. I’ll post more tomorrow as the process

continues.

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Matt Todd

Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"
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