Recent content by Sly Fox

Why 11 instead of 12, Tre?

Sweet! Thanks guys.

Ah, dental floss! There you go, I knew that there was a simple answer that I was not thinking of. Thanks!

A rudimentary, but perplexing question (at least for me). I am having trouble pulling my wheels and axles out of the car after I have pushed in the wheels and axles into the body. The clearance between the wheels and the body is so close, I am having trouble fitting anything under the hear of...

Thank you to everyone who posted with your advice. I am going to start calling my son the Pinewood Whisperer :-)

I should clarify. The pic I posted is the DD4H latter cut (off his website) just showing the weight pocket size on my son's car, not the distance for axle placement. While I got the block from DD4H, I got a block that had the axle holes drilled in the same distances that the slots on a stock...

Thanks for the reply Obsessed. Yeah, I get it on the trade secret of the exact weight placement. I guess what I am most concerned about is whether 12 cubes behind the rear axle on a stock scout car is too much with 11 in front (with a com of 1/2"). That combined with a wood track that I will...

For a clearer idea of the weight pockets, the car has Derby Dad's ladder design with the standard scout wheel placement and wheel base. http://www.shop.derbydad4hire.com/images/030.jpg

Hello I was hoping that I could tap into the knowledge of the people who post on this board. By hank you for sharing. I have been lurking and learned so much simply by reading all that has been posted. My son and I are building his scout car and I need some weight placement advice. Our...