Metallic Orange Chrome Scout Car

[RSR]

Here is one of my Webelos' pinewood cars for this year (including his added photo edit graphics). We built a drilled axle cant and a bent axle car with everything else being the same. Balsa fenders with basswood spacers to not rub rail will be on this week after I can get the 9 year old to final sand and CA. My son has loved orange since he was old enough to pick a favorite color. The original plan was a metallic orange spray paint over silver base coat. Chrome orange vinyl wrap is so much easier than paint. 20 mins to a perfect "paint job" $6 for a 1'x2' sheet shipped from Amazon. The underside of the nose is sharpie black.

This is our first year that we have allowed oil in our pack race. We had the fastest car last year and after doing a lot of oil / axle / wheel prep research in forums I suspect we will stay at or near fastest this year at pack level. We will likely send in to April NPWDRL for first proxy race to gauge against the big boys after pack and district raes.

 

[Mojo Racing]

That is way cool ! ! !

 

[GravityX]

Flashy for sure! Looks good.

 

[BulldogRacing]

I love the paint. Sharp man!

 

[Cubscout Dad]

How do you wrap and glue for better a word underneath the car? Pic?

 

[Quicktimederby]

Great looking car!! Vinyl is the only way to color a car!!!

 

[RSR]

How do you wrap and glue for better a word underneath the car? Pic?

The vinyl is self-adhesive and about twice the thickness of packing tape. The underside is a separate piece from the sheet cut to cover the top and sides. We just folded the vinyl over from the car sides about an 1/8th of an inch. We put a strip of clear packing tape over the bare wood that overlaps the vinyl coming from the sides to make sure it can't peel off. That also makes the bottom nice and slick through the air. I think my son has decided to leave the wood visible through the clear tape on the underside so that people can see the ladder style car construction. In the end the cars will have either a layer of packing tape covered by a the vinyl or two layers of tape on the bottom to make it smooth and aero. I want 2 layers over the open ladder frame section for a little more durability when it is placed on the track. I will put up some more pics once the fenders are on later this week. I don't want to spend any more on building these cars and enjoy making the fenders myself. However, so that I can't get called out for building the car for him the fenders are taking a while.

 

[Cramjet]

Could you post a link or let us know what brand of wrap that is?

 

[RSR]

Amazon seller with storefront name metrorestyling http://www.amazon.com/Orange-Chrome-Graphic-Adhesive-Backed-Sticker/dp/B005JKEOAS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1453844294&sr=8-2&keywords=metro+orange+vinyl

 

[RSR]

It took until the weekend to get fenders finished. I am not sure I like the rears as the upper edge sticks out past the canted wheels just a bit. We made another pair that are just a bit narrower. Will likely mount those on this car and put the wider ones on 2nd car that lacks canted rear drilling.

The start gate is part of a constant slope start hill I use to compare acceleration between cars after alignment. It is probably 40+ years old and has a classic green outdoor faucet handle / knob that controls the start. I definitely appreciate the ingenuity our parents / grandparents generation built this "sport" on.