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[RCExtreme]

[tornado96]

Wow... how long did just that take?

[RCExtreme]

It took about 10 hours. It should go faster now that I've gotten everything figured out. I'll have more pics when I get to my mom's house tonight.

[LaMbChOpZ]

Well, I love it already. I'm just curious how the train gets up the lift hill; rocket, magic, a combination? (JK, not a big deal).

[RCExtreme]

Well, I love it already. I'm just curious how the train gets up the lift hill; rocket, magic, a combination? (JK, not a big deal).

Thanks, and I actually started working on that.

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So here's a long overdue update. I have more progress made than this, but I can't get on the internet on my laptop right now, so all I have is some pics from a couple days ago.





I haven't done anything on the inside "rail" of the track for the turn yet, and when I do that, I'll actually add the crossties there.

And here's a bunch of pics to show how I got the banking.

First, I started off with this...

This is the base for the heartline. It curves upwards, as well as a little bit to the right, then to the left. So the end point is .5 meters to the left of where it would be if there wasn't any heartlining. I also used the protractor to measure 90* angles from each point.

The width of my track is 1.6 meters (from outside of one "rail" to the outside of the other.)


Then, to create the banking, I would draw a line along each guide that I created with the protractor (the line on the first one was 1 centimeter, the second was 2 centimeters, then 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, etc. until I got to 70, then it went to 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, then 80.

Then I would draw a line from that point onto the line connecting the two outside points of the heartlining guide, making sure that the line was 1.6 meters long.


This is the result




Then I copied and pasted the shape of the whole "rail" for one side of the track a bunch of times and aligned each of them with one spot along the guide like this.


Then I connected all of them by hand


Then I added the texture to all of the sections.


Then I did the same thing on the inside.


And to show the shape of the turn


So yeah that's basically how I did that. And I have more work on the turn done, as well as most of the shape for the drop.

Edit: The turn has about 30* of banking, and the lift is 30* steep as well, I know it looks steeper than that from the second pic, but it's not.

[RNB]

How do you make these striped lines? And what are they for?

[Maxlaam]

^Measuring lines if I'm correct. You can draw them with the "ruler" tool.

This is looking bloody sweet! I hope you can keep your enthusiasm for this and create something epic! I know how frustrating some of these things can be! Hearthlining is very nice!

[RCExtreme]

^Measuring lines if I'm correct. You can draw them with the "ruler" tool.

This is looking bloody sweet! I hope you can keep your enthusiasm for this and create something epic! I know how frustrating some of these things can be! Hearthlining is very nice!

Thanks! And the guide lines were made with the protractor tool, I used it to measure out 90* angles.

[RCExtreme]

Here's a quick update before I go to school.



Comment!

[TheRandomGuy]

Neat turn there! Are you going for a GCI layout?

[RCExtreme]

This is not an update, but I need to know how I should make the lateral supports.

Option 1:


Option 2:


I just wanted to know what you guys thought before I started doing any major work on the supports.

[-=TK=-]

Definitely option 1! This looks really good so far, i can't even work with sketchup and you just build a coaster in it

-=Tk=-

[~stεεlspectrum~]

I'd go with option 2! I like that style better, plus it's what GCI coasters use.

[Josh Monster]

Option 2. I love the coaster, I can't wait to see more of it!

[A.S.C.]

Most woodies tend to use a mixture of both.