Slide of the Month Extra - Philmont Arrowhead Zia

May 2020

Time to make: 2.5 hours

Finishing: 1.5 hours

Original design: Philmont\Bill Macfarlane

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This is another one of my favorate designs combining several of the elements (Tooths of Time, Arrowhead, and Zita) found in Philmont logos. A layered slide withe the Tooth of Time on top, then the Arrowhead followed by the Zita.  Carved from southern yellow pine, the rays of the Zita were a challenge both in crafting and in painting. The slide was painted with hobby paints and finished off with a couple coats of Poly.

Slide of the Month Extra - Phillmont zia

May 2020

Time to make: 2  hours

Finishing: 1.5 hour

Original design: Philmont\Bill Macfarlane

Days till PhilmontCountdown

OK, I'm running a bit behind in my posts but there has been a whirlwind of change going on ...

Our crews are all holding our breaths for the June 1st announcement.  What will it mean for us? Are we still going? Will our treks be different? Will crew size change? Will we be wearing mask and sleeping in tents by ourselves? Will we get in one last training in before we hit the trail? So many questions and the only thing we can do is to keep preparing as individuals. 

I found this design and thought it would make a great slide especially with a different background. Carved from pallet wood (southern pine) it has a couple of interesting features. The letters are raised with the exception of the Zita O which is recessed. The letters are painted with hobby paints and some golden shellac finishes it off. 

Slide of the month - Pizza

May 2020

Time to make: 2 hours

Boys Life "Slide of the Month"

June 1983, page 45

Original design: Kenneth Kobb

Cheese (repeat)

 Sauce (repeat)

Anchovies (repeat)

Pizza (repeat)

Eatta Lotta Eatta Lotta Eatta Lotta Pizza (repeat)

Oh No Don't Drop The Pizza (repeat)

If You Drop The Pizza Nobody Eatza (repeat)

Gobble Gobble Gobble Gobble Gobble Gobble Belch (repeat)

The perfect slide for our Pizza Playoff! It's also the favorite food at Rotary Scout Reservation for our Scouts. The pan is made from the end of tube of one of those popping tube of dough and the dough in the slide is wood putty. The sauce is red paint and the cheese is white paint. The sausage or meatballs are made of brown craft paper rolled into tight little balls. The pepperoni is cut from some red sandpaper and the green peppers are pieces of green plastic wire insulation. The surface is coated with super glue. A wire loop is epoxied to the back.

Slide of the Month Extra - Tooth of Time

April 2020

Time to make: 1.5 hours

Finishing: 1 hour

Original design: Philmont\Bill Macfarlane

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One of the most iconic symbols of Philmont, you can find the Tooth of Time as a part of quite a few of the patches and other items at Philmont. This represents not only an early patch but also the logo for the Tooth of Time Traders.

Carved from southern yellow pine, the mountain rises off the slide to give the patch a 3D effect. The slide was painted with hobby paints, lettered with water slide paper, and finished off with a couple coats of poly.

Slide of the Month Extra - National Scouting Museum

April 2020

Time to make: 1 hour

Finishing: 1 hour

Original design: Philmont\Bill Macfarlane

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So one of the things I'm looking for when I get to Philmont is getting a tour of the Scouting Museum and hope to see some of Whittlin' Jim's original works.

Carved from southern yellow pine, it is a fleur-de-lis on an arrowhead and the simplicity of the design is a clean modern look. Painted with hobby paints and waterslide lettering, the slide is finished off with a couple coats of poly.

Slide of the Month Extra - Philturn

April 2020

Time to make: 2.5 hours

Finishing: 2 hours

Original design: Philmont\Bill Macfarlane

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As I've mentioned in an earlier post, I was really confused when I saw patches for Philturn Rockey Mountain Scout Camp. Was this some other councils summer camp? Perhaps another high adventure program? There must be an answer! (Yes, I Googled it eventually.) Philmont Scout Ranch, as we know it today, began in 1938 after Tulsa oilman Waite Phillips donated his summer home Villa Philmont , the UU ranch of 35,857 acres and livestock to the Boy Scouts of America.  The name Philturn come from a combination of the Phillipps last name and the Boy Scout slogan "Do a good turn daily". A great page to see some of the early days of Philturn Rockey Mountain Scout Camp can be found here.

Carved from pallet southern yellow pine, this is a multi-level slide (even though it doesn't look like it in the picture. The Philturn logo is the top-level followed by the Tooth of Time. The near foreground is next with the sky and lake rounding out the center. The lowest level is the circle on the outside and the three spikes extending to the base of the slide. Hobby paints and paint pens were used to decorate the slide with waterslide paper for the lettering. A couple of coats of poly finish the slide.

Slide of the Month Extra - Tooth of Time marker

April 2020

Time to make: 1 hours

Finishing: 1 hour

Original design: Philmont\Bill Macfarlane

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A no-carve slide but I still like it. The geographic marker was printed on waterslide paper and then transferred to a painted wooden birch thin plywood round. Finished off with a couple coats of Poly.