Don't kid yourself, this is going to be a great build to watch from start to finish. The drop's shaping looks perfect as far as I can tell. Are you finding it easier to shape since you're using the blue-rod boxes to support the track this time? It seems like the track should hold its shape a lot better.
Hopefully it will be fun to watch from now. I think the track will be pretty easy once the supports are the right proportions. I just need to figure out a couple of things and then it should be good. Thanks
God, this makes me want to get back into building big coasters, though that won't be for another 7-8 months at least.
The drop looks awesome, I like the Balrog-esque support style you're going for, I think it's a good choice and hope it works out for you. I can't wait to see the next update!
Thank you. This choice was inspired by Balrog.
Looks good for what I can tell, I like the drop a lot so far I would just say support the track on the drop better since you'll be using a 6 car train I am assuming so you need to save tons of sped as possible to finsh the layout which I think you can. Maybe do some updates outside so we can get a test video too!!
I think all of them will be outside from now on. At least I can leave it outside now. It's got pretty warm for us recently. Thank you.
Seeing this has made me get my k'nex back out over the holidays
Its looking pretty good so far!
I think it's probably better using the box spine on a coaster of this size, especially when you're going to be moving it about. It should keep its shape better than Gargantuan.
Also are those the tubes you'll be using for the whole ride? I think they should be chunkier.
Looking forward to the next update.
I use these tubes just so I can spread my pieces around a bit. I have a few long grey rods but not overwhelming numbers for my collection size. I may replace them near the end on the more noticeable onces if I have the parts. These are surprisingly strong for what they look like.
I am very, very excited to see that you are building on a recreation of this coaster! I might need some extra photos from other angles to be absolutely sure, but from what I can see the shaping of the drop looks good. Great work!
Have some more angles now
I guess I did get quite a bit done over Christmas. I haven't built anything new since then. Still not happy with a couple of spots in the drop but a work in progress is never perfect.
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I think these pictures are sideways. Don't know why but hopefully it isn't too much of an issue.
Thanks for reading