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MathFish
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Last year I made a Brook Trout Pinewood Derby car for the outlaw class that my son's Cub Scout troop holds to accommodate overzealous parents. I was really happy with how the car turned out and I posted photos of it on the forum last year.
Brookie Pinewood Derby Car
In that post, I said that I would attempt to make a brown trout for this year's outlaw class - and today was derby car construction day for my son and I. For a model for the Brookie car, I found a painting of a brook trout on Google and went from there. For this Brown Trout car, I decided to model it after the first wild brown trout that I caught at Meadow Run this year.
First Wild Brown
I am attaching a photo of that particular trout below for comparison with the derby car that I made today. I made some tweaks to last year's design and I spent a little more time and effort into the painting of this year's car. I didn't go too crazy with trying to match the spot pattern or the parr marks, but I am really pleased with the way it turned out. I still have to spray it with a clear coat, add some weight to it (Outlaw cars can weigh up to 10 oz) and mount the wheels to it, but the hardest part of the build is over.
Unfortunately last year there were only 3 people competing in the Outlaw Class - a 4 year old girl, a 6 year old girl and me - a 40 year old bearded guy... So I did this build just for kicks - I don't think that I will race it - unless some of the other dads decide to build some outlaws...
This year though, I won't make a promise to build a rainbow trout car for next year - my son is bridging over to Boy Scouts so this brown trout was kind of my last hurrah for derby cars...
Thanks for looking and Happy New Year to everyone!
Brookie Pinewood Derby Car
In that post, I said that I would attempt to make a brown trout for this year's outlaw class - and today was derby car construction day for my son and I. For a model for the Brookie car, I found a painting of a brook trout on Google and went from there. For this Brown Trout car, I decided to model it after the first wild brown trout that I caught at Meadow Run this year.
First Wild Brown
I am attaching a photo of that particular trout below for comparison with the derby car that I made today. I made some tweaks to last year's design and I spent a little more time and effort into the painting of this year's car. I didn't go too crazy with trying to match the spot pattern or the parr marks, but I am really pleased with the way it turned out. I still have to spray it with a clear coat, add some weight to it (Outlaw cars can weigh up to 10 oz) and mount the wheels to it, but the hardest part of the build is over.
Unfortunately last year there were only 3 people competing in the Outlaw Class - a 4 year old girl, a 6 year old girl and me - a 40 year old bearded guy... So I did this build just for kicks - I don't think that I will race it - unless some of the other dads decide to build some outlaws...
This year though, I won't make a promise to build a rainbow trout car for next year - my son is bridging over to Boy Scouts so this brown trout was kind of my last hurrah for derby cars...
Thanks for looking and Happy New Year to everyone!