Recent content by CivilWarTalk

John, So sorry to hear about your loss. My family will keep you and your whole family in our prayers!

I got it on Amazon, but I'll have to look it up, I don't see it in my history so it must have been a while ago. Yes, you must use an ink jet according to the instructions, I guess a laser printer would melt the vinyl. With the self adhesive monokote, yes! I've done that and it works well...

I'm really impressed with the vinyl, although it may be a heavier weight than some racers might prefer. This car vinyl was, if my math and memory are correct, about 3/4 of a gram. The only annoyance I had was the quality of the print job, but that's my cheap $99 ink jet.... Also, since it's...

Wow, that is a sweet setup!

Finished this build earlier today, racing soon!

Update! Well I submitted a claim to the USPS and got $50 plus my $14 postage back for the lost car.... the check arrived back around July 1st. Yesterday I found out that the car arrived at the Post Office, back on July 14. It took 45 days for the box to be found and delivered as originally...

Hi Dierte! That's awesome! Is the car your are talking about the one in your profile picture? If so I would guess that it might be an Eliminator or Unlimited class car. It's impossible to compare times across different tracks. Among Pro racers we usually run on 5 or 6 different 42' Best Tracks...

You know them, those pesky disks of plastic that you've got to gingerly install between the body of your car and the wheels. Those darn things can be a real bugger to get installed right. Usually they are plastic, there are the homemade ones that are made from the Revell Tube plastic, and the...

Okay, I'm just having some fun here, and making up a FAQ for new league racers. If you want to join a League, it's best to have a starting point, and hopefully this thread will be a good start... Disclaimer: I like using DerbyDad4Hire parts, tools, and supplies to make awesome cars, you can...

That is the same problem Mid America had this year.... I'm surprised derby videos get away with this so often. They must review Live to Replay videos more closely than prerecorded videos from other sources....

Yes, that might be true! Good points! My only reason for doing the photo study was to get an idea of what common build techniques were used in this class. For sure my study was actually much wider in scope than what I shared here, and I encorporated any ideas that I felt were important, and...

There wasn't much left to do to my car, so I got the chassis finished up... I used some printable self adhesive vinyl to print up three graphics for my new cars, I used scissor and razor blades to trim up the excess, and I have this left.... I like the matte finish of this vinyl, and I was...

I did some cleaning today, and as I hinted yesterday, I decided to do a quick tour of my tool boxes for Pinewood Derby... This is my main toolbox for PWD, a Harbor Freight 4 drawer roller cart, I got this for $99 last year. It makes a great work surface when my bench is crowded, or when I'm...

I was hoping to get these ready to run for the RMD race this weekend, but I still haven't finished prepping axles and wheels, so I'm a bit behind. I did manage to get the foil tape and tungsten weighting complete for all three cars the other night. No new photos to show... Tomorrow I may have...

Well, I've got Bad News and Good News.... The Bad News is that I've decided against doing an Eliminator car, maybe I'll revisit the idea over the winter, but right now it doesn't seem to fit into my racing plan as I'd hoped. I can't deny that this deep dive into the construction of Eliminator...