Good luck with your race today Ken... Please let us know how it turns out and post some photos!

Just to clearify....

On my son's car he came up with the ideas for what he wanted to build. I did the basic shaping of the body and he sanded/shaped the body then I did the final detail carving. Together we primed and blocked the body (5 times). I mixed the paint colors but he airbrushed the base Orange by himself. We worked on the graphics together, him doing all the paint work and he and I masking the car together. I sprayed the final clear. The main reason for building the cars is parent/son interaction. With that in mind I am teaching him as many skills as I can with this project, so we approach it just like building a real car. We spent around 50 hours building his pinewood racer this year! That is a lot of quality time!!!

There is also an alterior motive at work here. I figure if I teach him good work habbits and good work skills, he can help me built a real car some day!

Dave Brisco