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[RCExtreme]

Hey guys. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to build anything for the last couple years because I don't have enough space where I live. But since I'm at my dad's house petsitting, I decided to bring my K'nex out of storage to build a coaster. I'm trying to get this finished by tomorrow, so I won't be able to make many changes to it, but feedback is welcome anyway.
 
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Edited by RCExtreme, 08 July 2018 - 09:19 AM.

[SCM]

Everything is looking great! One of the pictures are a little dark, but nothing to worry about, given the short time you have. 

[JayketheKid]

Looks very nice. I like the uniqueness of this. Track looks pretty smooth and the structure looks very sturdy. I'll be interested to see what you can do in that short time period!

[RCExtreme]

Quick update.

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[rgarner42]

This looks great. 

The shaping on the drop is a little funky, but it's all very smooth. I like the layout too, and it's even more impressive taking into account the short space of time you've built it in. 

[Ghostbuster]

This looks great. 

The shaping on the drop is a little funky, but it's all very smooth. I like the layout too, and it's even more impressive taking into account the short space of time you've built it in. 

I Agree with rgarner on the shaping of the drop, it gives a very unique feel to the coaster. Overall layout and shape look good.

[YolosweggLord]

That element after the loop looks amazing! Sort of like a sea serpent roll but the first half is replaced with an overbank; it reminds me of Karnan's non-inverting sea serpent roll.

[RCExtreme]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I know that some parts of the coaster aren't shaped very well and I really wish I had more time to fix some things. I'm not completely satisfied with how this coaster turned out, but I'm glad that I was able to build something again.

 

So I have a complete circuit, but my original plan for the ending didn't work, so I had to make it like this. Kinda boring, but whatever. Also I didn't have time to make a station. My dad is letting me store the coaster in sections in the spare bedroom, so I might be able to set it up again sometime in the next couple months, fix it up a bit, and add a station. I got some decent pictures and video of the coaster, I'll upload the pics and maybe edit a small "final" video, and if I get a chance to come back to this coaster, I'll get better quality pics and video, and make a proper final video. 

 

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I really enjoyed building this, and hopefully I'll be able to make some more coasters every once in a while.

Edited by RCExtreme, 09 July 2018 - 08:47 PM.