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[quote name='Dragon']Amazing! this thing is huge! can't wait till the end.

for the shaping i think i'ts perfect right now.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! I cannot wait to see the coaster setup in the end either.

[quote name='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.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the help on the shaping!

[quote name='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 ![/QUOTE]
Thank you!

[quote name='roidurct3']So smooth... IMPOSSIBLE !![/QUOTE]
Lol. Thanks man!

[quote name='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.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! I cannot do a fill setup anytime soon because of the weather (its been pouring rain, so that doesn't help out a lot). I'm actually planning on setting up the coaster when every part has been built so I can see if it runs okay full circuit or not. If it doesn't, then I'm just going to easily fix the errors that occurred.

[quote name='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?[/QUOTE]
As I said above, it will have to wait until the end of construction. And btw, I'm nearing halfway through my x-ties, so I have a lot!

[quote name='The Stig']

Claude says: "Yeah. Tell me about it."[/QUOTE]
Hahahahah, that was clever.

[quote name='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![/QUOTE]
Thanks! Who knows, maybe I'll give you guys a test video of when I setup a smaller portion of the ride.

[quote name='KahluaCoasters']Pretty Epic! Really cool! Great job![/QUOTE]
Thanks!

[quote name='Treeko890coastr']Your doing a very good job on this! I relly like how the overbank turned out![/QUOTE]
Thanks!

[quote name='Dragon']i don't see any difference between then they look the same.[/QUOTE]
I agree as well.

[quote name='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.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for siding with me on this one.

[quote name='A.S.C.']
Going to have to disagree with you there, yours is too rounded off and the entrance/exits both look too steep.[/QUOTE]
So after all of that effort of spamming this thread with a bunch of examples of how the hill is a little misshapen, here is what I'll do for you to get you off my case.
I'm going to fix the pull-in and pullout by making them a little less steep, but I am not going to mess with the crest for the crest is fine with the shape I have now. Hopefully this will satisfy you enough.

[quote name='maarten12']I did my best.



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Now that I have that, it will help with the reshaping of the pullouts. Thanks.


I thought I should go through and get these comments quoted before everyone else fills in with their opinions on this. I am just going to do an easy fix on the coaster as well as work on the next element.
I'll check back in with you guys when I get all that done.

Unless you guys think that I shouldn't change the hill's shaping, please say so.
Also, the side view isn't on the same angle that the overlay picture has.

[maarten12]

Uhm, the crest is fine for sure, it actually is really accurate. I see the real ones does not have the exact same pull in as pull out. The left side in the picture above seems fine to me, you might want to fix the right side, but that's up to you !

[A.S.C.]

So after all of that effort of spamming this thread with a bunch of examples of how the hill is a little misshapen, here is what I'll do for you to get you off my case.
I'm going to fix the pull-in and pullout by making them a little less steep, but I am not going to mess with the crest for the crest is fine with the shape I have now.

So giving constructive critisism is spam now? I'm sorry, I was trying to help you make a more accurate recreation. If you don't want my input I just won't give it to you anymore.

[Rollerfreak987]

Just re-shape the pull-in's and "out's" and it will be fine! Great coaster so far too, I must congratulate you on taking on the project, it's going to be amazing when it's done.

[LaMbChOpZ]

I think it looks good the way uou have it. I do agree with Maarten, that if you do fix it, just fix the right sidr since the rest is good. Sorry if my spellings bad, typing off my pgone and auto-correct likes too take over sometimes.

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Update time!

The fixed hill with the left side changed-


And the second high-speed turn that comes after the overbank!





From left to right side



Bonus cool picture!


So now I am thinking of going back and redoing the drop. Do you guys think I should change it to be exactly as the real one is, or leave it the same general shape I have now but put less of an angle on it than it has now?
I am personally leaning towards making it like the real thing, but I am up for doing whatever you guys think is best in order to make this build even better.

[RideOnKI]

I say make it like the real thing is, but its your choice on what you want to do.

[Maxwell58]

When are you going to do a full assembly? It would not be wise to build moar of the coaster before you know if it will make the elements.

EDIT: Durh, didn't read the other post. Shame on me.

So much epicness though.

[IOAgeek]

I say make it like the real drop, and can we see a test video please, but it would be neat to do it like real rides do when they first test it when the layout is completed!

[SCM]

Apart from the X tie not being at the end of the rod (it really bugs me) I say it's perfection so far, too perfect. I'd like to criticize on things but I can't. As for the drop, since you're making a recreation, try to get as close a match to the drop as possible. I guess it's up to you. I could be wrong, and I probably am, but I say you're taking a major risk, not testing the coaster so far. Sure you can just increase the lift height, but then the train might go through elements faster than you want it to.

If you're up for it, you should paint your trains the same color as the ride.

[Treeko890coastr]

Looks Perfect except for one little thing. There is a tiny little straight pot on the left side of the camelbacks crest. Other than that your golden!

[Knexrule11]

Amazing, hill looks like the real dealio now. Same with the turn. Also, your support structure on the turn looks really sturdy, good job!

[The Stig]

This is shaping up to be one heck of a model. "Shaping up" ! Bwahaha!
Honestly, whenever I see these updates, I get a hint of some Diamondback with a little bit of Balrog.
You've come a long way, Dude. But I'm saving the gratz for when you're done.

[maarten12]

I spotted a MacBook Pro . I like how much effort you put into this ride, mainly that you are trying to make it look exactly like the real thing. So I would like to see the drop as the real thing too !

[Helmut]

A test someday will point out if there is any shaking, but the supports look sturdy. Just make the drop like you want it, it's your choice. The shaping with greys is excellent.

[skimmer14]

It looks like the high speed turn needs to be banked more... That's just me though

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It looks like the high speed turn needs to be banked more... That's just me though

I added just a bit more because I agree with you!

It seems like a long time since I've last updated, eh?
I really have a good line of mini-updates for you guys including the last camelback, final overbank, and the reshaping of the drop.

To kick it off, the Second Camelback





Here we have the smaller and final over bank






I just had to take a father and son picture. As you can see, they are nearly identical in the way they look, but differ in size!


And finally, we can see the newly shaped drop, aiming now for Leviathan's actual shaping (sorry for the dark pictures, but it is night time here and the lighting in the hallway is terrible)





Only a few more updates until I can do a final setup, so stay tuned for more!

[Old_Hag]

If this thing works on the first attempt, I will be very impressed. All the shaping pretty much looks fine to me, although I'm thinking your first drop might be a little steep.

I can't wait to see the full set up.

[Rollerfreak987]

What happens if it doesn't work? Now wouldn't that suck? I think the coaster is awesome. I would never attempt building this myself, due to the piece count and lack of skill.

[~stεεlspectrum~]

I'm quite confident that it will have enough speed. I like the improvements.