A few weeks back, I posted a thread asking about building a Pinewood Derby car with my 7 year old son. Well, the race is tomorrow. We built it following my son's vision of what he wanted. I'd say he did about 75% of the work on the car...I only helped in spots where he could get hurt, such as getting a cut started with the coping saw.
The car is Richard Petty's Superbird, sponsored by Pokemon. The rear wing is actually made of a cut out styrofoam cup. The paint is how he wanted it. I asked him if he wanted to paint it more or wax it, and he said no. So the first picture is how it looked then. Problem was that it only weighed 4oz like that. I gave him all kinds of options on how to add the last ounce (filling stuff in the bottom, etc...). But this is his car and he came up with this idea. So I was more than happy to go with it. He is pretending the batteries are "turbochargers". I asked him if he wanted to paint them to make them look like a turbo jet engine, and he said no. This is what he wanted. He's very proud of the car, and I had a great time building it with him.
