Army Tank - Pinewood Derby 3D Car Design Plan

Easy to follow instructions!

14 Mar 2020

we found this kit helpful, easy to follow, and thorough.

17 Feb 2016

My son and I had a great time building this Pinewood Derby Tank. We should have used a flat green color instead of gloss but It looked great after completion. As long as you add weight you should reach comparable speeds. The speed was average at 3.28 sec. The fastest cars reached under 3 sec on the track we used. It wasn't the fastest but commendable.

17 Feb 2016

These plans are the BEST!

20 Feb 2015

Easy design to build, great and easy to read download instructions.

30 Jan 2015

My son earned 2nd place in his division. Be sure to emphasize importance of rounding the wheels, sanding the nails, & using graphite & placing the weights in the back.

07 Feb 2014

The instructions were great all except for building the turret in the top of the tank. The tank was perfect weight until I added the turret and my son painted it. I had to remove weights and drill holes in the bottom to take weight off. He did not place in the race for speed but got a 1st place trophey for design.

15 Mar 2013

My son did everything on this himself (we believe in that.) He was able to complete this using a skin for the camo color instead of painting. He built the turret using scrap pieces of wood from our kindling pile and some questions answered from us. We are very pleased and will be back next year.

19 Mar 2016

The Army Tank was a simple design and we only had to add around 2.2 ounces of weight. The Tank was very fast and we came in 3rd overall in the Tiger Division and 2nd overall in the Grand Champion event

03 Feb 2013

Great design that guided my son to take first place in racing and in best design. Cub Scout did sanding, painting, designing, and final details with stickers/paint. I did cutting and turret.

17 Nov 2012

The army tank car is nice for a beginner its easy to cut out

17 Apr 2012

It is built with a great desgin for speed!Took 2nd place.

17 Mar 2012

tank ran great 2nd place overall. we bought a model tank and i installed the moveable turret. we beat it up to make it look real (my sons favorite part)

07 Feb 2012

The Army Tank is a great little car design. My son LOVED the look of the tank. I am no craftsman with tools but was able to cut it with the design templates in this plan with little problems. My son painted it camo and we added some guns to the top of it. He won the best in show. Great time building it with my son. Will be buying again when it comes time for us to race again. Thanks!

03 Feb 2012

I was worried that it wasn't very aerodynamic, but it was our first year and I wanted my son to have fun no matter what. He won 2nd place for two different packs, and had a blast!

03 Feb 2012

My son was completely impressed. Easy to put put together. The car came in 2nd place. This was our first race.

27 May 2011

If you're a beginner, this is the kit for you, plus, if you have a boy who loves Army, this is the one for you.

08 Apr 2011

Easy to follow plans. Son (tiger scout) was able to help with most of the build except for the gun touret.

28 Mar 2011

My son won best design Pack 7, Lowell, MA

18 Feb 2011

It was very fast and easy to do, he won 1st place overall in his pack. I used a gun turrent from his toy tank. This was the 1st one that I had ever built and I was really impressed.

16 Feb 2011

Awesome design. My Tiger Scout won best in show "non-car" design. He did 70% of the work himself.

29 Jan 2011

Great plans and pretty easy build. With some imagination, you can get really creative with it. Get a toy tank, dissasemble it, and use parts off of it for the pinewood car!

16 Jan 2011

Won best paint job and won favorite design! Came in 2nd place overall. The 1st place winner was super fast! Got lots of compliments on this car. It's very easy to use the directions on building this car. I used a turret from a toy tank instead of cutting one out and this car was just beautiful! I place a weight from the scout shop on behind the turret and painted it to match, was 5 oz exactly. File your axles smooth and plenty of graphite and it will go fast!

06 Apr 2010

My 6 year old just wanted to have a "cool" looking car that he could be proud of - he wanted to be fast but wasn't obsessed (like some parents) with winning. Anyhow, this plane was simple (modified it a bit) and fun. As a bonus, we were about the middle far as speed goes... and there were 60+ cars.

29 Mar 2010

Who knew a tank could be so fast! 1st place overall in his pack.

28 Mar 2010

Instructions were easy to follow, especially for someone with my lack of skills. My sone won 2nd place for coolest car.

27 Mar 2010

easy to follow the directions

17 Mar 2010

This was a great help and a great step by step plan to follow.

16 Mar 2010

My son won most creative design at his Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby race last month. It was easy for him to paint the camouflage and it turned out great!

16 Mar 2010

WE LIKED THE WAY IT LOOKED AND THE WAY IT RACED WE ARE GOING TO USE YIOUR HELP AGAIN NEAXT YEAR. SINCE DAD WILL NOT BE HOME TO HELP AGAIN.

15 Mar 2010

Overall body design is great. The car is still heavy so you don't need a lit of extra weight. Turret design can be modified with a dremel tool to round out the gun. Polished axels and wheels made all the difference! Son loved the car and was a 2nd place winner!

15 Mar 2010

Very easy to follow and able to do.

15 Mar 2010

Bought this for my nephew that came over to build his car and had no idea where to begin. He liked the looks of the army tank. Ordered the plans at noon and we were done with everything but the painting by 5 PM. He reported that the car did very well in the races

15 Mar 2010

The instructions were very easy to follow.

16 Feb 2023