Lemme Phreak - D Guard Bowie build

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It's derby time!

 

Hopefully I'm not too late in answering. In our testing, yes, the heaviest you can make them, the better. We usually drill out hollows in the bottom of the car and put various sizes of lead fishing weights into the cavity, then back fill it with epoxy. Start out too heavy, then you can slowly and carefully use a small drill to remove weight by drilling a small hole through the epoxy.

However, and probably more important, you need to reduce the friction on the wheels as much as possible (else the weight doesn't matter as much). We usually chuck the axles into a dremel and polish them until they shine, usually finishing them with Flitz. Hopefully you get to use the brass shims that fit between the body and the wheels. If so, we polish the side facing the wheel, but not the body. This seems to keep the wheel spinning against the polished surface and prevents the brass part from rotating since there's so much more friction between it and the body. Finally, if lubrication is allowed, we use a tiny bit of some very light PTFE oil (RemOil) and powdered graphite inside the wheels. We've gotten 1st - 3rd with every one we've built (I think about 8 between the 3 kiddos so far).

That's looking pretty dern noice!!!

 

I just saw this on the interwebs. Thought it was interesting.

 

WOW!!!
As Fred would say,
"Yaba-daba-doooo"!!

 

^^^Yeah, this! Hoooeeee!

 

That, is a work of art.

 

You did a very nice job on that sheath.

 

Be still my heart... ❤️

 

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

ETA - BTW, what's the background in the past few pics? A big piece of paper stone? Nicely-finished concrete?

 

Ahhhh... lol...

 

I knew you used some vinyl tiles, but that looked a bt different.