Posted by Steve | Posted in Carving Tools and Techniques | Posted on 30-06-2010
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STAR WARS SHIP QUESTION: I am helping my son build a Pine Wood Derby Car and he wants to design like a Star?
I am working on helping my son build a Pinewood derby car and he wants to design it as a Star Wars ship. I am not very handy but can get by. What is the easiest ship to make out of a block of wood? The maximum demsions are 7″(length) x 2-15/16″(width) x 3 1/16″(height). Any ideas, help, and pictures would be greatly appreciated. I would like him to be able to paint most when I am done carving it. He is 6 years old and is a good painter. Thanks in advance.
This is a cool place to find diagrams of the ships and things ,
would highly recommend scaling it down a bit if you do this one
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Executor_schem.jpg
Not space ships so….
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Landspeeders_negvv.jpg
Star ships
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Starship
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