Requirement
7. Build the prototype, but the approval comes first, and it is in the last line
Required Often forgotten
Build a working prototype of the item invented for requirement 6, test and evaluate it against cost, usefulness, marketability, appearance and function, and describe how it compares with your original vision. Your counselor evaluates and critiques it. A note at the END of the requirement makes their approval a condition of starting.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THE APPROVAL IS IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE REQUIREMENT. "Before you begin building the prototype, you must have your counselor's approval, based on the design and building plans you have already shared." Read from the top, requirement 7 says "build a working prototype" first and states the condition on building it last. The plans being approved are the ones shared at 6(c), so the real order is: model and sketch, share them, get the approval, then build.
Where this step comes from
- Inventing Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 7 · Names requirement 6 by number, and closes with a note requiring the counselor's approval before the prototype is begun.