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[Jumpge]

That was pretty good. I forgot what today was, so nice work making me think I was gonna get an update and see... well whatever that was...

[Mister Piglette]

Okay, for a real update I have real pictures! (Sorry about yesterday, but I really had to do it. I hope this update makes up for it.)

I had to set up the rollercoaster in our dining room and then go through into the kitchen. My mom is getting paranoid about it being there, and its been two days, so I had to hurry up and get it back in sections and put it upstairs. II have all the way up to the turn which connects to the first camelback. I know that I could have more TTS connections, but I was more worried about having the track completed so I could move on quick. This will probably be the last setup until the final run for this side. Then I will move onto the other side.


Here are some valuable photos:









These are all just a few overviews.





More overviews.















That's it guys, thanks!

(I'm having trouble uploading photos so Iwill be uploading more photos in a few minutes along with a test video.)

EDIT: https://youtu.be/yhSFGVEA-jM

Edited by Mister Piglette, 02 April 2015 - 03:27 PM.

[timtimlaz]

You have very nicely shown how good of a builder you are with this coaster! The only problem I see is that the turn looks a little bumpy in some pictures, nothing too drastic. Keep it up!

[-=Zach=-]

It's a shame you are limited to so few crossties per rod, but you still somehow manage to have perfect shaping. That's not terribly easy to achieve, so congrats. You seem to have no speed problems either, which is also impressive with a layout of this length. Nicely done.

[G Force]

This is so good, wonderful work.

[Kool Coaster Kid]

Dang this is bigger than I expected. Really nice job so far.

[IOAgeek]

Looks nice u should move it outside or somewhere else though not in the middle of the house lol. U still have the other sides to build though.

[Mister Piglette]

Wow, has it been a long time! Construction had slowed due to school, but since school is reaching it's end, I have found time. I was also held back by lack of pieces (Don't worry, its not like I ran out completely, I just needed clips, flexies, cross ties, and some ball joints, along with some blue rods) and construction is also reaching it's end. *cough* so is the available space *cough*

Looks nice u should move it outside or somewhere else though not in the middle of the house lol. U still have the other sides to build though.

I'm thinking about moving it to my church where the have a huge place I could put it for a day, to test and assemble, and etc. You'll see that I have almost all of the other side done.

Dang this is bigger than I expected. Really nice job so far.

Thanks! Its taken a long time too. Much larger than I could have comprehended during the earlier phases of building.

This is so good, wonderful work.

Thanks!

It's a shame you are limited to so few crossties per rod, but you still somehow manage to have perfect shaping. That's not terribly easy to achieve, so congrats. You seem to have no speed problems either, which is also impressive with a layout of this length. Nicely done.

Thanks, Zach!

You have very nicely shown how good of a builder you are with this coaster! The only problem I see is that the turn looks a little bumpy in some pictures, nothing too drastic. Keep it up!

Yes, yes. There were a lot of bumps! However it was mainly due to the poor tubing I used for the middle of the crossties. (Assuming you are talking about the camelback-turn.) I have fixed the turnaround using ball joints to get the small, custom banking.

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Thank you all! I have one picture to show because 1. Its no longer in the living room, kitchen, and dining room any more and 2. My camera broke so I have to take selfies with the front camera to capture the photos.

Well here it is!



Enjoy =D

[Connector1o1]

Piglet, we need to talk. Repent from your ways or wrath shall come upon you. Do you not see the evil image you have created?!

Spoiler

Do you not see the obvious winged-demon vampire? Please destroy it, humanity is at stake now! If you need to talk about it... Please PM me.
Thank you all, I hope you have enjoyed my post...
-A fellow Redditor.

If you couldn't tell, this was a joke. The coaster looks amazing Piglette.

Edited by Connector1o1, 24 May 2015 - 12:19 PM.

[IonZer0]

That edit looks more like a crappy fan art combination of Tropius and Pikachu...

The coaster looks great. The same thing happened to me, but with the front camera, so now I only have a back one.

[Rollerfreak987]

God that thing is beautiful, I'm actually quite surprised by your skills!

[SCM]

Woah I didn't expect this to look that intense...

[pǝʇɹǝʌuı]

Wow. I can't tell you how many times I've been on The Racer. It makes me super excited to see it come to life as a k'nex model. Can't wait to see the final product!

[Muzz135]

Wow! That is much bigger than I thought it would be, and not to mention fantastic!

[-=Zach=-]

The size of this thing is unbelievable. It's absolutely insane!
You pretty much got it from here too, all you need are a couple of rises, brake runs, and stations. nicely done

Edited by -=Zach=-, 26 May 2015 - 07:43 AM.

[Jumpge]

That's huge... And it looks really good!

[Cobra Roller]

My god, that's hot.

[RollerManiac]

Just would like to point out:



The pullout needs a lot more support. Add some boxes and track to support connectors.

[-=Zach=-]

I'll let Logan reply to all of the comments.
So this weekend, I went over to Logan's house to "finish up" The Racer. In no way at all did we EVER waste ANY time, especially not by playing 9 ball pool or 007 on the N64.
Anywho, we didn't completely finish the blue side, but there is only track on the brake run, and the station area left on that side. We did, however, manage to finish, and set the red side up outside, when there was a opening from rain. We had a ton of issues to work out, like how Logan's driveway is on a slight slope, which meant that we had to rotate the coaster 180* from where we originally had it. But we did finally get the ride to work wonderfully. I should have a test up pretty soon too.
Alright, let's see the ride!













Edit: Test (Featuring Logan's dad )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPY0rxm-t2c


So Logan is borrowing some tubing, and my train, so expect to see a familiar paint job in the final video
Thanks guys!

Edited by -=Zach=-, 01 June 2015 - 01:19 PM.

[pkiknex25]

Looking great, guys! I'd love to see some laterals for the lift hill once you get the brake runs finalized.