Maybe you remember (just check the pictures above) there were two large parts that included all the carriages and ring parts. I added a support system to those parts, making them stackable. Part of this support system will be removed when the ride is assembled. So far these are the first parts that are not used in the final (assembled) ride; they only help with transportation.
For the center hub of the wheel I got a steel axle onto which I cut screw thread on both ends. Through this I was able to keep both ends together with wing nuts. During GWOH 1.0, it was rather annoying to install the center hub, because the axle had to be inserted manually. Now this has already been done, leaving me only with connecting the four large supporting beams to this contraption.
On the matter of the tube spokes (of which manufacturing sucks monkey balls): 12 of 24 spokes have been completed. On GWOH 1.0 there were only 12 spokes, so I'm past that mark. The other 12 spokes are halfway done. It will still be a long way from here, but now that I made the other parts stackable, I have more room to build in.
I also started work on the motor assemblies, which will be way simpler (and smaller) than on GWOH 1.0. They are not finished yet, nor tested, so no pictures of those just yet.
And I hope to build the lateral supports this week. They are supposed to be on one side only, as opposed to GWOH 1.0, which had them on both sides