Provides ideas, tips, and patterns for making a sharp-looking, fast car to race in the Cub Scouts' Pinewood Derby.

First timers and seasoned competitors alike can separate themselves from the rest of the pack with these speed secrets from an undefeated pinewood derby champ. Includes hundreds of photos and diagrams for making the fastest Pinewood Derby car in the race.

Build the coolest car in the pinewood derby! In this ultimate design guide, Troy Thorne shares his expert tips, techniques and amazing patterns so parents and scouts of any skill can build a jaw-dropping, prize-winning car that's quick out of the gate.

In this ultimate design guide, Thorne--woodworker, artist, and Derby-winning dad--shares his expert tips, techniques, and amazing patterns so parents and scouts of any skill level can work together to build a great-looking, prize-winning car.

Presents a guide to building Pinewood Derby cars, featuring designs and techniques, eight car patterns, priming and painting instructions, and weighting and alignment advice.

Originally constructed in the late 16th century for the notorious Bess of Hardwick, Countess of Shrewsbury, Hardwick Hall is now among the National Trust's greatest architectural landmarks, with much of its original interior and ornamentation still intact. This splendid publication is the definitive source of scholarship on the remarkably well-preserved exemplar of late-Elizabethan style. Composed of extensive research and newly commissioned photography, this beautifully illustrated book traces the history of the house and its inhabitants through the centuries, showcasing a remarkable collection of portraiture, tapestries, furniture, and gardens, and providing readers with a genuine sense of the house's environment. Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art