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#21 Dragunov!

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Posted 27 March 2016 - 04:59 PM

Looks good. I however do agree with helmer, heartlining is needed. I also think that, for a giga coaster, the hill looks a bit too steep. Not that off but if u made both sides about a granite wider it would look better in my opinion. But either way, please continue!



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#22 IOAgeek

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Posted 07 May 2016 - 09:35 PM



Reminds me of Raging Bull so far. I'm excited to see where you take this, trying to fit a big coaster into a small space should lead to some interesting stuff.

Ya it sure does and Ik space constraints are always an issue for me but I have to be creative sometimes like in this update.

 



Thank you for including the testvideo in this update, it shows really well that the train has a perfect pace over the camelback. The supports on the camelback look very sturdy - similar to the rest of the coaster. I know this sounds very nitpicky, but there are a couple of minor bumps on the camelback and the one but last picture shows that you might want to add some heartlining there. The overall shaping looks great though! So far I really like this lay-out, keep up the good work!

Thanks and I see what you mean but I think I will leave ir for now since it makes the hill nicely every time and I do not really want to take all the supports off and such to fix the hill I try to smooth it out the best I can and I check it regularly.

 



Looks good. I however do agree with helmer, heartlining is needed. I also think that, for a giga coaster, the hill looks a bit too steep. Not that off but if u made both sides about a granite wider it would look better in my opinion. But either way, please continue!

Thank you! I think the size of the hill is fine for now and plus I really don't want to go back and change the whole support structure and track since I had to make it one granite longer if you know what I mean.

 

 

Hey everyone, since my exams are done with I have time to get another update to check out. So I finished the high speed turn and over bank turn around like on Fury 325! Well the over bank is super hard to make and doesn't look as perfect as the one on Fury 325 is but it is close enough and very sturdy, so I give props to helmut for making his so perfect on Titan even with tube supports too!! Anyways, the train makes the over bank and it is really smooth so I am happy with how it is and I want to finish the coaster soon so I can shoot the final video and possibly build one more coaster for you guys before I go off to college this summer at UF!

 

 

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#23 Mister Piglette

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Posted 11 May 2016 - 08:29 PM

Wow.... That is fabulous.... It looks flawless and the structure is fascinating. You should move on and not worry about the over bank being perfect because it looks fine from the photos. This flows amazingly and it is a great inspiration for my giga too! Awesome job!

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Posted 12 May 2016 - 01:18 AM

The shape of that over bank in real life is very weird or at least that's what I found. I assume it's that way for some added airtime but you've done a pretty good job in adapting it for your ride. I think the combined effect of that and the low hill probably kills a bit of speed but I can't argue with the fact that it flows and you've managed to fit it in the space as well which, in this case, is far more important.

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Posted 16 May 2016 - 12:40 PM

The supports on this coaster look very solid and strong. I have experienced myself that the shaping of the turnaround can be very tricky, but fortunately you nailed it. The video shows that the train has a perfect pace and flow through every element. Keep up the good work! 



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Posted 23 May 2016 - 04:03 AM

This seriously is beyond perfect. Building this big is really tough, but so far you managed to make it look so easy :P. I'm sure you'll be able to give this ride a great ending!



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#27 IOAgeek

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Posted 28 May 2016 - 11:42 PM



Wow.... That is fabulous.... It looks flawless and the structure is fascinating. You should move on and not worry about the over bank being perfect because it looks fine from the photos. This flows amazingly and it is a great inspiration for my giga too! Awesome job!

Thank you so much I greatly appreciate it!

 



The shape of that over bank in real life is very weird or at least that's what I found. I assume it's that way for some added airtime but you've done a pretty good job in adapting it for your ride. I think the combined effect of that and the low hill probably kills a bit of speed but I can't argue with the fact that it flows and you've managed to fit it in the space as well which, in this case, is far more important.

It killed a little bit of speed but it is fine to me cause I only loosed like two gray rods of height at the second over bank and I wanted that sort of pace of elements like fury 325 has! I managed to make the track and supports as sturdy as possible with the use of weight where the structure would shake the ,=most from my perspective. I tried to hide the weights in the support structure the best I could too.

 



The supports on this coaster look very solid and strong. I have experienced myself that the shaping of the turnaround can be very tricky, but fortunately you nailed it. The video shows that the train has a perfect pace and flow through every element. Keep up the good work! 

Thanks helmur, the over bank and high speed turn are very a sturdy elements indeed. I hope you like the rest of the layout, even though it was a tight fit and lack of pieces towards the end.

 



This seriously is beyond perfect. Building this big is really tough, but so far you managed to make it look so easy :P. I'm sure you'll be able to give this ride a great ending!

Thanks dude I greatly appreciate it! Well i have build some other big recreations before like CG987 and I have done at our home theme park of Busch Gardens Tampa! You can always check them out again if you want.

 

 

Well this is the last update sadly, I looked everywhere for pics of the completed layout for Omega and I could not find any anywhere. I have like two pictures on my phone, but the photos make it a little difficult to see the entire layout of the ride but this is all what I have below. Well the final video is just complete and the coaster was taken down all sorted about a week ago. The good news is there is plenty of footage of Omega running the complete layout and shots of the rest of the layout that I did not get to update you guys on. I was running out of pieces once again and size constraints made it challenging for me but I think I did do a good job finishing the coaster. As you can see I had a little to much speed into the brakes so I had to add some flexes rods as trim breaks to slow the train down towards the first brake run which looks great without a chain pulling it into the final brakes which leads to the station. Do not know if I am doing a coaster this summer or not, since I am going to college at the University of Florida for the summer B session but maybe I will build a small coaster when I get back form college during the break I have in between the fall session idk. Enjoy the finals pics and final video of this custom B&M giga and enjoy the rest of your day!!

 

The coaster is being shown off at the Tampa Maker Faire for the last time at the Florida State Fairgrounds, where we showed our Montu recreation CG987 and I built together in 2014.

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Posted 29 May 2016 - 01:16 AM

I think it's just insane how you can combine extreme support with very well track shaping. Very well done :P



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Posted 29 May 2016 - 03:49 AM

Great layout and great ride. I didn't expect to see it finished but it looks fantastic. Any effect of speed loss I was concerned about certainly didn't affect the final outcome. :D

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Posted 30 May 2016 - 11:38 PM

Awesome stuff man! Glad to see how far you are making it with your builds, they get better and better each time




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Posted 31 May 2016 - 08:28 AM

Great job! Always good to see an ambitious project get completed. Be sure to add it to the database too.




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Posted 31 May 2016 - 07:23 PM

Oh my god... Sir, you have done it again!



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Posted 31 May 2016 - 10:46 PM

Man, you really love doing these big builds don't you! I really like these new B&M giga layouts that people are doing - they're a lot more fun than the traditional hypers from last decade! Also very cool that you got to show it off like you did with Montu. Did you get to watch people's reactions to it?


#34 IOAgeek

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Posted 01 June 2016 - 08:47 PM

I think it's just insane how you can combine extreme support with very well track shaping. Very well done :P

Thank you I love supporting the track well it works nicely and I just can't help it you know!

 

Great layout and great ride. I didn't expect to see it finished but it looks fantastic. Any effect of speed loss I was concerned about certainly didn't affect the final outcome. :D

Yea I could not find the pics or I don't remember if I even took pics of the last part of the layout, but you can see it perfectly in the final video still!

 

Awesome stuff man! Glad to see how far you are making it with your builds, they get better and better each time

I have been showing my creations of you over two years or so. Thanks btw, I may not build another model for a couple of months though since I am going to college soon.

 

Great job! Always good to see an ambitious project get completed. Be sure to add it to the database too.

Thank you and I did yesterday!

 

Oh my god... Sir, you have done it again!

Thanks dude!!

 

Man, you really love doing these big builds don't you! I really like these new B&M giga layouts that people are doing - they're a lot more fun than the traditional hypers from last decade! Also very cool that you got to show it off like you did with Montu. Did you get to watch people's reactions to it?

Thanks steel, I have showed all my models off since I did that Superman Ultimate Flight recreation back in 2013. I didn't not show my Firehawk recreation off, since it was made with tube supports and that is hell to move in a uhaul, without taking apart all of the track and tubes off like how Balrog and Koloss which I would not do since I don't have to much time to put it all back together at the show.

 

 

Thanks for the comments guys! You can always keep commenting on the final video and the overall coaster if you want too!








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