This year, Caleb's scout troop had a space derby. The year before, they had a
Rain Gutter Regatta where Caleb and Brad built this shiny vessel:
He really enjoyed it but for the Space Derby, he really wanted something special. So Caleb and I went online and tried to decide what he wanted his rocket ship to look like. He decided that he wanted this:
Whoo, an x wing from
Star Wars. Tall order. Luckily, we found via the world wide web, some scout and his dad that did the exact thing. We used their template as a starting point. (To be honest, I think the dad did the majority of the work, it was was too detailed for an 8-10 year old to accomplish.)I think Caleb did a really good job, he worked really hard on it and I breathed in more balsa wood sawdust than I care to think about. First he carved out the basic shape using a potato peeler:
Then he used The
Dremel to fine tune the shape (the photo doesn't adequately show how the visibility in the kitchen was greatly reduced due to the
airborne sawdust):
Instead of the traditional colors of an x-wing, Caleb wanted his gold. So after the painting and the prepping of the motor (rubber bands sprayed with silicone-who knew?) we took it to the pack meeting.
An important thing to remember when winding the propeller is to make sure your fingers are clear. There was blood drawn from many a person, including mine.
His rocket was not the fastest (although it was pretty fast) but it was for sure the
awesomest! All the boys expressed their admiration and more than one adult did as well. Good job, Bubs!
He really enjoyed it but for the Space Derby, he really wanted something special. So Caleb and I went online and tried to decide what he wanted his rocket ship to look like. He decided that he wanted this:
Whoo, an x wing from Star Wars. Tall order. Luckily, we found via the world wide web, some scout and his dad that did the exact thing. We used their template as a starting point. (To be honest, I think the dad did the majority of the work, it was was too detailed for an 8-10 year old to accomplish.)I think Caleb did a really good job, he worked really hard on it and I breathed in more balsa wood sawdust than I care to think about. First he carved out the basic shape using a potato peeler:
Then he used The Dremel to fine tune the shape (the photo doesn't adequately show how the visibility in the kitchen was greatly reduced due to the airborne sawdust):
Instead of the traditional colors of an x-wing, Caleb wanted his gold. So after the painting and the prepping of the motor (rubber bands sprayed with silicone-who knew?) we took it to the pack meeting.
An important thing to remember when winding the propeller is to make sure your fingers are clear. There was blood drawn from many a person, including mine.
His rocket was not the fastest (although it was pretty fast) but it was for sure the awesomest! All the boys expressed their admiration and more than one adult did as well. Good job, Bubs! 
3 comments:
Okay - that is one cool rocket! Wow! What a great job, Caleb.
I really miss Cub Scouts.
I love it. That's a keeper for the rest of his life. I wish the activity arm for Elders Quorum adopted Cub Scouts. Shouldn't we be like children? Shouldn't we?
Your ward does some really fun things with the Cubs. We just do the traditional pine wood derby every year, as far as I can tell. Way to go, Caleb!
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