Last year I worked with Dagen Armstrong to prepare an “AWANA” car.
You begin with a block of wood, a proposed design, some old paint, drills, planes and general woodworking tools. The shape begins to emerge from the wood.
Our previous design was a race car with flame stripes surrounding the side panels. We (note the “we” — I guess I’m taking a little more credit than I should) placed second in the race — a sloped track with four cars racing side by side.
This year we decided to work on this once again.
This time the idea was to create a tank. We chose a picture or two off the Net. Google images provided sites to view — within seconds we had a design and colour scheme.
To the basement we proceeded. The drill whirred, the plane scraped and the jig saw chomped off all the pieces that didn’t fit. We then primed the shell and chose our paints from leftovers stashed behind a wall. Monday we will paint again. By the end of the week I’ll be displaying the marvel of a “car” on this website! Tune in then!!