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[Geartooth]

^A giga coaster is a roller coaster that is 300-399 feet tall, and not by what style of track it is. Leviathan is 306 feet tall making it a giga coaster.

[TheRandomGuy]

Holy crap! This looks absolutely amazing! A recre of one of my favorite coasters!

[Helmut]

I hope the train makes it. Looks great though! And do not say it took you long to do an update again, not everyone has the opportunity to build the entire day.

[Jumpge]

This is totally reminding me of Steel Force. No joke, it's amazing. Keep it up!

I can't even tell you how long I've been wanting to hear something like that! Thanks!

For some reason the camelback looks mishapen. I don't know why, and when I look a it, it just looks weird. I also see it's mirrored. That may be why

That track design it too cool. I think it will look just like B&M if you don't even put the middle rail on.

It doesn't look parabolic enough.

I agree with ASC, it looks more like an Intamin camelback. Please try to make it more parabolic

I disagree with you guys. If you look at the real one, it isn't shaped like the true B&M camelbacks which are tall and very parabolic. This one is for sure a lot lower and is a lot wider than most.

Just checked this out, looks nice, hope you can pull it off with the speed though.

I hope the speed pulls it off too, but I will probably raise the lift if any speed issues occur.

Holy crap! This looks absolutely amazing! A recre of one of my favorite coasters!

Why thank you!

I hope the train makes it. Looks great though! And do not say it took you long to do an update again, not everyone has the opportunity to build the entire day.

Haha, I hope so too! But your right, not everyone does get the opportunity to build this often... *cough* Helmer *cough*


Okay guys, I have probably had the worst time trying to shape this overbank, and this is the best that its gotten so far. I've taken the track off a few times now and re-done it, but there is no breakthrough to a nice shape for some reason. With this being the best attempt, I know it could still be a lot better.








I want to avoid having the ride's exact shape because from the pullout it turns, has a giant straight spot, turns at the top, has another giant straight spot, then turns again. I want to do this shaping, but eliminate the giant straight spots that are on the real over bank. Could you guys help me out with getting this shape better?
After the many mini-overhauls, I still can't seem to put my finger on it.

[Dragon]

Amazing! this thing is huge! can't wait till the end.

for the shaping i think i'ts perfect right now.

[Knexrule11]

That looks a LOT better than last night, you did what I said and made it steeper. I think it looks enough like the real thing, I can see anything wrong with it.

[maarten12]

You're building so fast! I could do so too if we wouldn't have left for a 2 week holiday in France though .

The Overbank looks rather good to me, in real it is shaped pretty awkward in my opinion, but you did a good job recreating it looking at this picture !

[iCoaster44]

So smooth... IMPOSSIBLE !!

[Maxwell58]

I think the overbank looks perfectly fine. Fine meaning absolutely awesome.

When are you planning on doing a setup of the ride. To see if the train makes it. I wouldn't build anything else until you are sure the train makes it over the hill.

[pǝʇɹǝʌuı]

I hope this thing performs well. All the elements have excellent shaping, strenght, and size. This could turn out to be the best model on the site.

[SCM]

This is too good, an excellent job on this. You should put all the main elements together, and do a test run, because it would suck being like "I'm finally done!" and to have the train not make it over the hill or something. I think the hill looks good at it is, too. How many X ties do you have?

[The Stig]

I have probably had the worst time trying to shape this overbank.

Claude says: "Yeah. Tell me about it."

[IOAgeek]

Wow great job, it's smooth, and you do it with the gray rods, but, you layer your x ties too! I want to see a test video of this so far!

[KahluaCoasters]

Pretty Epic! Really cool! Great job!

[Treeko890coastr]

Your doing a very good job on this! I relly like how the overbank turned out!

[A.S.C.]

I disagree with you guys. If you look at the real one, it isn't shaped like the true B&M camelbacks which are tall and very parabolic. This one is for sure a lot lower and is a lot wider than most.

Going to have to disagree with you there, yours is too rounded off and the entrance/exits both look too steep.

[Dragon]

Going to have to disagree with you there, yours is too rounded off and the entrance/exits both look too steep.

i don't see any difference between then they look the same.

[pkiknex25]

ASC, that is not a good reference picture. If you want to argue against his sideview shot, you need to match his with a sideview of the real one.

[A.S.C.]

Fixed.
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[maarten12]

I did my best.