Japan Rail 500 Shinkansen

[PerRock]

My boy scout troop was recently invited to take part in one of the local cub scout pack's Pinewood derby (google it if you need) I came up with an idea to make a JR 500 shinkansen pinewood derby car. the only problem is all i have right now to go off from is 4 pictures in a book. I have come up with a basic sketch of what I think I can do. but I want to know if my sketches have come out closest to what the real one looks like. I have a great side view pic but that is about it. I'm wondering if someone could either scrounge up some drawings of one (preferably: top down, on-end front, & on-end back) so I can compare? or if no one has any drawings if someone could load up the 500 in TRS and take some screenies? If I get my computer back anytime soon I'll scan my drawings in and show em, but that wont be for another week at the earliest (or so I assume)

peter

 

[RooRocz]

Dude... You like totally stole my idea from 6 years ago. Think of something original, really.




Actually I did a 300 series, but a 500 should be feasible. There are of course, pictures on the good ol' interwebs, (wikimedia commons has a few) and for construction, I'd recommend a dremel tool. Also, those cars are pretty low slung, add some sort of extension to the top so as to model the train properly.

 

[PerRock]

adding to the top would make the car too tall; most shinkansen cars are not that tall but very long. Due to that fact I will be squishing the car down a ways (length wise).

for those who are interested my other PWD cars include:
Amtrak Dash 8 (pepsi can)
Thrust SSC
a "generic" race car with a US Flag paint scheme (glow in the dark stars )
an Recycling truck
and something else that I'm not remembering (my collection is in storage)

my dad is known in the boy scouts here for his amazing and bizzare cars; such as:
a spider
the roadrunner (from loony toons)
harry potter catching the snitch
and the one he is currently building: Willie E Coyote.

I might wander down to the BSA office again and get another kit and make an Acela I've come up with a fairly nice idea of how I want it to come out (or I'll do that if I can't get some good JR500 pics)

peter

 

[Kaleb]

I am a scout. (not a Cub scout, the next level up.) I plan to bring the event to Australia to my troop. (our groups are called troops rather than packs.)