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by dubldart340
Wed Jan 22, 2014 10:35 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated
Replies: 14
Views: 16786

Re: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated

The Mongoose has a Snake and other cars: We finished all of our cars for our pack's "Family Fun Race", which allows the Cubs to test and tune before the "Official" Race in February. My one son built a replica of Don "The Snake" Prudhomme's 1978 Plymouth Arrow to go with...
by dubldart340
Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:41 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated
Replies: 14
Views: 16786

Re: 2014 Season is approaching

To be honest, most people made something that looked more like a real car. No one was really into the super high-performance. They just wanted to have fun. This is the way I try to teach the scouts in the build workshops, too.
by dubldart340
Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:55 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated
Replies: 14
Views: 16786

Re: 2014 Season is approaching

Might we see pictures of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners if you happen to have them? I don't have good pictures, but I can do my best. 1st place was the red Ohio State Car in this pic: http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o630/dubldart340/pinewood/IMG_1635_zps21a14688.jpg 2nd was my own Surfer R...
by dubldart340
Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:59 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated
Replies: 14
Views: 16786

Re: 2014 Season is approaching

Here are a few pics from the race at work. Like I said before, we had 24-25 people build cars and used loaners from me and others to make a 32 car field. It was cool to see adults have fun with what is usually considered a kids thing. http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o630/dubldart340/pinewood/525...
by dubldart340
Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:27 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated
Replies: 14
Views: 16786

Re: 2014 Season is approaching

Where do you find mailing label material big enough for your logo? Do they sell it in sheets other than the standard pre-cut sizes for mailing labels? I bought both regular white and "invisible" label material in 8 1/2 x 11 at Staples. I use the white on dark colored vehicles, or where I ...
by dubldart340
Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:28 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated
Replies: 14
Views: 16786

Re: 2014 Season is approaching

No, I made it with photoshop and mailing label material.

He may win, bu the mongoose is pretty fast. I came in forth place in the race at work and the loss was close.
by dubldart340
Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:19 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2014 Season is approaching - Updated
Replies: 14
Views: 16786

2014 Season is approaching - Updated

Well, it is that time of year where I start lurking more here on the board. We had our pack build workshop this past weekend and have a family fun race coming up in December followed by the official pack race in February. My twins are Webelos now and are pretty much doing their own builds now. My on...
by dubldart340
Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:15 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added
Replies: 11
Views: 13707

Re: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added

Noskills wrote:Looks like they could each use a third arm :mrgreen:
Seth
Not only that, I had to build a new shelf for their bedroom for all that they have won in the last year! They are very proud of their accomplishments though.
by dubldart340
Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:43 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added
Replies: 11
Views: 13707

Re: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added

Well, we went to Districts on Saturday for my son to represent the bear den and his pack. His twin brother also came and entered the open class. In addition, they entered the district and open classes for raingutter regatta. At the end of the day, my son's pack champ car had won the bear class and a...
by dubldart340
Sun Feb 24, 2013 12:18 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added
Replies: 11
Views: 13707

Re: Ready for this years Pack Race - Race Results

Well, the race went well from an operation standpoint. Everyone seemed to have fun. From my boys' standpoint, they did pretty good. The green wedge won the bears den and his twin brother was runner-up. Unfortunately, with twins they both can't win because they are always in the same den. They both a...
by dubldart340
Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:45 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added
Replies: 11
Views: 13707

Re: Ready for this years Pack Race

Yes, this year they both definitely had different ideas of what they wanted. Last years cars were both similar to the blue converitble, and did well at both pack and district, but were beat at both in later rounds by flatter cars, therefore my one son decided he wanted the wedge car this year so tha...
by dubldart340
Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:59 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added
Replies: 11
Views: 13707

Re: Ready for this years Pack Race

Actually, it is a Dart. It is based off of my real life car. Here are a few shots from the build: http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o630/dubldart340/pinewood/IphonePics013.jpg http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o630/dubldart340/pinewood/IphonePics037.jpg http://i1151.photobucket.com/albums/o630/d...
by dubldart340
Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:24 am
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added
Replies: 11
Views: 13707

Ready for this years Pack Race - District Results Added

Well, the boys and I have the cars ready for Saturday's race. In addition, we knocked a badge requirement of the list. One of their Bear requirements is to build a toolbox with common hand tools. Well, we have enough toolboxes around the house, including their own, so we decided to build carry cases...
by dubldart340
Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:08 am
Forum: General Off Topic
Topic: So, what does your username mean?
Replies: 77
Views: 917273

Re: So, what does your username mean?

My wife and I each have a Dodge Dart, both with 340 cu in engines - plus we both have names that start with "D" and have twin boys, so the double thing was easy to come up with. The spelling stems from back in the days of AOL where you had to limit the number of characters, so we came up w...
by dubldart340
Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:46 pm
Forum: Car & Semi-Truck Photos
Topic: 2013 Pinewood Derby Cars
Replies: 19
Views: 21900

Re: 2013 Pinewood Derby Cars

I thought I would tag onto this thread with pics of our family's cars for 2013. This is my first post, but I have been reading the board for over a year. Thanks to what I have learned here, my son's green wedge, which he built 90%+ on his own, won our packs family fun/test-n-tune race back in Novemb...