You saw my rough cut Pine Wood Derby Car in my last post. Here are the fininishing steps I took.

After sanding to a smooth finish, I painted with a high gloss Yellow, in very thin coats.

I think you can see how smooth it is now. I want it to really cut through the air.

I cut blue masking tape to protect some of the yellow.

After a black gloss coat, and removal of the tape, I get this.

Like Brian suggested, I added weight. I used lead shot that I got at the local gun and ammo shop (they had some ready to give to cub scouts). I also smoothed more with some oil.

Here is an edge view, and what I hope happens with the wind, in color.

We tried to get a picture, like for a car ad, with some background.

I hope it looks like this on race day, but it has been fun to make no matter how it races.

Race Day to come!