auto 01.pdf

Toy Car

by Herman van Goubergen

Use paper which is a bit heavier than kami. (I prefer paper which is coloured on one side and foil on the

other side. I fold the car with the foil inside.)

Put 2 marbles in the front compartment (the engine). 15 15 cm paper will work with normal marbles. The

car moves easier if the marbles are larger (heavier) but to minimize friction they should not touch the sides

of the engine compartment.

Put the car on a serving tray or a box top which you tilt to ‘drive’ the car. With practice you can make

it follow quite complicated patterns. Tilting the tray very gently creates the illusion that the car moves by

itself.

At the CDO convention, the games committee got together and constructed a track for the car, complete

with hairpin bends and holes in the road which you had to steer around to avoid losing your marbles!

PDF version 1999 by Sebastian Marius Kirsch <skirsch@t-online.de> .

Distribution for noncommercial purposes is free. Please contact the author

if you want to use this model for commercial purposes.