Derby Talk

Very cool lookng car. I'm jealous.

What did you make your "bumper" out of.

What did you do to make the silver stripes? It doesn't look like paint.

Sorry for the ignorant questions, but my son and I are starting our first cars and I want to give it our best effort. Thanks.

I bought 5 PWD kits and just out of curiosity, I weighed the wood blocks. What a surprise! The weights varied from 2.9 oz to 4.6 oz. I went through the boxes and was able to come up with sets of #12 and #5 wheels for my son and myself. (The other builders are doing it just for fun) My question perta...

OK. So I've bought the PWD kits and been doing a lot of reading on this great site. Now, my son and I are about ready to start on our first cars. I've got most of the basic tools; Dremel, files, etc. But I'm thinking of getting one or two specialty tools and need some suggestions/advice from you exp...

My son and I are just starting our first PWD car so I have no experience with this big trophy/little trophy issue. But I kinda look at it the same way I view the lottery. Why the heck do they have such big prizes for so few people. Why not increase the odds of many more folks winning one of many sma...

Hi all. Found this wonderful site several days ago and have been lurking since then. But I had to jump in and say "thanks" to all the great contributors. I'll be helping my son build his first PWD car soon and with any luck and some of the tips here, we should do alright. It's been almost ...