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[Kevkillerke]

hello guys,
I will start this morning...

6 a.m. : the wekker rings(urgh)

6:26 a.m. : i am finaly out of my bed!

7:07 a.m. : we are in the car, ready for a great adventure!

8:48 a.m. : arived! Now I need to find Marco (the organisator).

8:52 a.m.: I know where i can build my coaster! I was a little disappointed because it was't next to Max, but it wasn't that bad, since my neighbour had an awesome model o_0

9:15 a.m. : Max arrives and he helped me with finnishing my model

10:00 a.m. : The first guests are arriving, and my model is ready ,just in time!

At the beginning, there wheren't that much guests, but after a while, there was much interest in my coaster!

as it was also an expo for organs, there was a lot of noise(music)...

before noon, everything went great!, so i could explore the halls with the other models,
they where really cool!

i met a lot of nice people with beautiful models(some of them where with lego, but still!).

but then the motor for the lift was getting a little to warm, so I replaced it with a TT motor.
It worked good for about 45 minutes, but it became weaker and weaker, so I set the elektric motor back, and changed the batteries of the TT-motor.

I changed it back after 30 minutes, and it worked fine.
one and a half houre later, the batteries where allready empty, so, back to the elektric motor.

Then the problems started!
first, the gear blocked, so the motor was wearing off! a big problem, but Max could fix it!

but then another problem occures.
when the train reached the lift, the chaindog was next to the chain, to it blocked.
it took a while to fix that, but we fixed it!

there where also some minor problems, which i could fix easy.

i will now explain some pictures(46):

building the model:








max arived(without myDutch Details t-shirt )


last clicks:


led's + logo!!



nice!!



done!


some guests:


see him?






kind kid with a camera






the organs+my neighbour:


this one was verry noisy!




















others:
my head true a loop


the problems with the motor:


another nice model


tatarataa


taking down double O:







hi max


bye!


empty...


home again:







So, that was that!
comment please

p.s. i am not good in english, so please correct me!

[Kevyn230]

Wow, that seems like alot of fun! I wish we had something like this in the UK.

Thanks for using my logo!

[Kevkillerke]

Wow, that seems like alot of fun! I wish we had something like this in the UK.

Thanks for using my logo!

thank you for making it

it is a lot of fun, but my legs hurts!!

[ForgotToGrowUp]

That's awesome!!!

[HamenChiz]

Your coaster stands tall against the other coasters.
Also Max's coaster looks cool.

[jespercoasters]

Very great im looking so much forward to the expo were i will stand. Greets jesper

[floris2burn]

The model looks great.
But could you fix the last image? the ] bracket on the right side of the link should be on the left to make the image appear.

[Kevkillerke]

The model looks great.
But could you fix the last image? the ] bracket on the right side of the link should be on the left to make the image appear.

done!
didn't saw it first

[LaMbChOpZ]

If only the USA had Expos for this type of stuff...

[Maxlaam]

What a great weekend, had a blast. Nice to meet al the other themepark/funfair related people. The organs were very beautiful. They are all very old too, which results in their mechanics sometimes jamming or them randomly speeding up or producing strange notes. (Compare it to a broken Merry-go-round in RCT1). The organs are very loud but I totally didn't mind. I like that music, and I like the fact that there are still people taking care of those organs of which some are over 100 years old.

C&F didn't encounter major problems. The large yellow gear is only held in place with a tan clip, done this on purpose, if the coaster would jam I can quickly slide the clip[ away from the gear and the motors would turn freely. However sometimes the clips managed to slide away by itself after about a good hour of running.

The second day was a bit worse but still no damage to any of the parts. The coaster would occasionally roll back on the lift. I fixed this by adjusting the bottom part of the lift and unsnapping the middle tubing so the chain would be a little higher. This and some extra oil on the axles made the coaster run without any problems for the second part of the day allowing me to abandon my stand and talk with all the people who were only there on Sunday.

The expo was in a large complex where the showman Hinzen keeps all his rides (and organs) during the winter. We heard that the Huss "Magic" ride was in the Hall next to the expo, we asked if we could go there and so we did. The trailer is absolutely huge (25m) the bolts that keep everything together are thicker than your arm. It's absolutely a massive machine! It was wonderful to get so close to all the mechanical parts, usually they are behind some sort of decorative cover to keep people from getting ground up in the gears , which would easily be possible because of the massive size.

Another fun thing is. The Showman Hinzen is actually a big family. Cool and Fresh is from the brother from the Showman Hinzen who organised the expo. However the brothers don't like one another that much. I think I should do some more research next time
Wrong model!

[Kevkillerke]

^ i wish i was there on sunday to!

lol about the model

[sdrawkcaBsihTdaeR]

Looks better than your neighbor's theme park, but that was cool too. Nice job! Seems the Expo went perfectly to your plans.

[Kevkillerke]

^
his model was verry cool, all those small parts moved all!
with nice lights etc

[Maxlaam]

Looks better than your neighbor's theme park, but that was cool too. Nice job! Seems the Expo went perfectly to your plans.

It's all funfair, they place the models in such a way that it looks like a real german fair.

^
his model was verry cool, all those small parts moved all!
with nice lights etc

It's just amazing that Faller makes those models that you just glue togheter and work in a fairly realistic way!

[Jogumpie]

I hope you had a lot of fun, Kevin.

[The Stig]

I bet it was fun. Looks like Double O was easily the fastest model at the expo

Those ride models are cool looking, but they're so expensive. And they're so tiny! This is coming from a vv builder... they're tiny!

[tornado96]

You spelt Organiser wrong. It's Organiser (or z in some countries) you spelt Organisator! LOL Sorry couldn't resist

Look's like it went well! How often do these expo's occur?

[Jogumpie]

Can't expect all Dutch and Belgian people to speak and write English fluently. As long as you get the idea.

[pkiknex25]

Wow, that sounds like fun Kevin! Nice report too.

[ForgotToGrowUp]

I just realized you dutchies stole the dolby digital logo for yours. Watch out, trademark infringement lawyers will be after you! LOL