My Son's PWD Car

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My Son who is a Webelo, put this car together. It leverages all stock parts from BSA Kit that were worked over a tad with the tools that are sold through the Scout Shop.
This car is very stable. It is the fastest car he as ever built. I would say it has excellent alignment. It leverages the slots as per rules. Slots were filled-in and drilled. This car will probably be entered in Mid-America.
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Nice job!
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The paint is Testors Lacquer. It is easy for a scout to paint with this medium. They must wear a face mask in a well ventilated area. I am not a big fan of Green but he picked the color and it came out well. Sporty's favorite color is green by the way. :mrgreen:

My Son did not run in council because they used a plastic track with no center rail and an abrupt stop section. We let another father take this car to a large council race and ran it against the winner of the event (after the race).

Shawn's car smoked the track record by about 0.010 seconds. We let the Dad use it because he knew that the car that was presumed to win the race, was purchased off of Ebay. :shake:
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CONGRATULATIONS to your son. Beautiful car and obviously very, very fast.
I'm very curious about the car. May we see a side view picture of the car? I'd also like to know how the car was built, such as, type of weight used, where it was placed, CM, Railrider, weight of car, what type graphite or oil, procedure in lubricating etc.
What tools were used that were purchased from the scout shop?
Best of Luck to your son in his future races.
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The only work that I did was put the cut on the bottom of the car, with a mill at work, for Shawn. He cut the body out with a band saw and sanded it with belt sander and sand paper.

Most of the Derby Worx Tools were used including the Pro Body Jig, wheel shaver (cannot use lathe as per rules), outer hub tool, rail rider tool. Gage pins and plastic polish were used to round the bores before additional prep.

All wheel bore, outer wheel hub, and axle prep was completed by traditional pro methods which means as smooth as possible. Final prep on axles is done with paste instead of micro mesh. The bores were waxed with Legend. He used Max V graphite on the car. The wheels are considered very mild in terms of modifications. The car had two #7 wheel molds on the rear.

He build about 4 cars and this one stood out. I would not let him use the track for pack or district to tune the car. I let him use the track for council where he did not run the car.

The wight profile is considered aggressive by Scout Standards and we do not recommend this weight arrangement for an average Scout and Dad. Shawn and I race Pros so we have been at this since 2010 (I blame this situation on Sporty ;) ).

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:rofl: Uh oh. ! lol.


Car looks great !

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Thanks. That answers a lot. Good Luck in future races. Let us know how you do.
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Murphken,

Is it just me.. or is my eye sight getting bad?

The right front wheel is the DFW because to me it looks as if the left front wheel is running inside out.
And that little black sharpie mark seen on the front center of the car.
Well it's there to help with stageing the car on the track.

I like the Green Testers lacquer paint.. and the job your son did on the car.
Best of luck at mid America.
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The wheel opposite, the DOM Wheel is turned inside-out. The wheel is closer to the body by turning inside out. If the DOM wheel comes off of the rail it does not have too much sideways movement. The body is restricted to 1.75 inches wide.
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I must admit, that is pretty good you caught that inside-out wheel. It is really hard to tell from the picture!
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Nice car! I see the results of three years of working together really pay off.
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Nice job. Good to hear that your scout did so much of the work, too. That weight placement is blowing my mind.

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Nice work! In addition to the left fw inside out, the weighting appears offcenter, especially forward, I assume to ensure the DFW stays engaged on the track... am I reading that right? Very cool!
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