Aaron wrote: > Kids making thier own berby cars, not a chance. Any kid with an male > figure in thier life who has any talent for woodcraft has no prayer of > actualy fashionning thier own car.
Well I made my own pinewood car. The only suggestion my dad gave me was to chuck the axle nails in the drill and file them smooth. It was modeled after the Blue Flame land speed record holder from 1970. It beat every other car that night except for one. Some POS that the builder didn't carve whatsover. It was a block of wood as supplied with the kit with some some splotches of spray paint for color. I came in second that night but won best looking car! Can't say I offered the same consideration to my stepson with his mousetrap powered car project. I built that thing all myself! ;-) Steve Tyng On Feb 11, 4:32 pm, Cobra <[email protected]> wrote: > Kids making thier own berby cars, not a chance. Any kid with an male > figure in thier life who has any talent for woodcraft has no prayer of > actualy fashionning thier own car. I know from experience. When I was > that age I had to sneek into the neighbors shop and cut out mine in > secret. Of course I was flogged for doing so without supervision of an > adult (my dad and grandpa were both more angry that they didn't build > it, more than they were mad that I didn't ask for help). Besides, my > nephew had me help him last year. It was his own design and I only cut > it out, he honestly did the rest. But I built a second one at the same > time for my own ammusement and he made me trade him for his when he > realized his was sub-par. This year he just contracted the work > outright to me to get a winner. I honnestly don't think this will be > the fastest, but he want's the looks. Yesterday I painted it red and > later added white stripes, but the white Krylon ran badly and the > making tape bled something fierce. So tonight It gets sanded back down > and perhaps et a few more details added to the bodywork. > > Aaron F -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
