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[SCM]

Don't get too excited because I'll probably have to take this down shortly after posting, but I'll see if I can't sneak in a test video before then. Why even build this? 

YOLOSWAG as the kids say. I've made a drop into a criss-cross butterfly. It's definitely the most complicated element I've ever built. The interesting thing is that I don't think

this element can be made much smaller, because not only does it need to be big enough for the individual cars to hit each other, but there also needs to be enough room for 

clearance. Names? With a criss-cross butterfly, Fluttershy is a perfect name. 

 

I'm joking about the name, by the way. 

 

*Fluttershy voice* You can, um, comment... if you don't mind, that is. *squee* 

Edited by SCM, 23 June 2019 - 09:32 AM.

[RidesByDaan]

Thats so cool! 

The side angle some kinda strange somehow. I think it is because of the angle approach the track makes to enter the top half of the loop. Knowing the shaping is good it is just weird to look at! But not in a bad way!

 

Great element I like it  

[CW5X]

I’m terrible at names but I like this. Fun element for compact coasters in a really twisty layout.

[Muzz135]

This is just awesome hopefully you can keep working on it and not have to take it down too soon!

[OddlyCreative]

This would be awesome for a eurofighter or infinity coaster! You don't have to tear it down!

[SCM]

Thats so cool! 

The side angle some kinda strange somehow. I think it is because of the angle approach the track makes to enter the top half of the loop. Knowing the shaping is good it is just weird to look at! But not in a bad way!

 

Great element I like it

Thanks! Yeah, that's probably why. 

I’m terrible at names but I like this. Fun element for compact coasters in a really twisty layout.

Thanks! It will certainly be compact with a really twisty layout. 

This is just awesome hopefully you can keep working on it and not have to take it down too soon!

 

This would be awesome for a eurofighter or infinity coaster! You don't have to tear it down!

Thanks, you two! It is for a eurofighter. Sorry I had to tear it down, but it was just a quick prototype. The actual one will be far more impressive.

 

I still have a lot of cleaning and piece sorting to do, but I just couldn't help myself! So I started on the start of the queue lines. Both coasters will have stations on opposite sides of the room. The queue lines will change as they get into their respective areas. The one on the left will become more forest-themed and the one on the right will become more factory-themed. There will be a gradient of themeing for this project, the queue lines included. 

 

 

I've forgotten how difficult shaping large things are, but I'll manage. 

Comment... if you want.

Edit: Hmm. Not sure why the quotes have a white space. 

Edited by SCM, 20 May 2019 - 06:24 PM.

[SCM]

DP, but I have an update. This side of the ride, which is named Darkness, stands at 21 granites tall. This is taller than any coaster I've built before. Even Ningen wasn't this tall. Anyway, The drop has been a pain to shape. 

Here's a view looking up from the pullout. I am so dedicated to SSC that I willingly got on the floor to take this picture knowing that, at any moment, a spider could crawl on me. That's probably happened before, come to think of it. 

Here's my attempt of taking a side view picture. Wow. This looks terrible on camera. Just like me. 

These... now these serve an extrempely important function: mobility. They allow the track to make a clean getaway. Hmm. I'll add on one more wheel: the third wheel. That way it'll be just like me.

 

Not a test vid by the way,  it's something else. Comment... if you want. Actually, please comment. Making a construction thread before was really fun and gave a sense of community but now I feel more like Will Smith in the beginning of I Am Legend. 

 

(By the way, the reason I am posting like this is because the coaster is named "Darkness" and so it's fitting for the theme. When Light comes around, it'll be happier. Dark and depressing for Darkness and Cheerful and Sappy for Light.) 

Edited by SCM, 23 May 2019 - 10:42 AM.

[Muzz135]

This is monstrously big!! Can’t wait to see some more of this.
Also liked the video

[Chaos]

I like it! Shaping looks fine to me. Excited to see where the rest of the layout leads.

[SCM]

This is monstrously big!! Can’t wait to see some more of this.
Also liked the video

Yeah me too and thanks!

 

I like it! Shaping looks fine to me. Excited to see where the rest of the layout leads.

Thanks! So am I. 

 

This is just a little update. I've done more than this but not enough to be on camera.  

That's for the first half of the criss cross butterfly. It's a rough draft. Building the structure for a criss cross butterfly is extremely difficult as it is, and I have to build another one interlocking with this later on. BTW the structure is 14 granites tall. 

 

I've started construction on Light's station. bill gates will move in opposite directions. If the makeshift 1/4 gear things don't end up working I'll have to make that X-Y movement graph like I did on Ningen, only double. 

Comment... if you want.

Edit: Then again, don't bother. This project is cancelled on account that I'm too much of a lazy piece of shit to clean my room, much less take on a project of any size. Too much shit is going on right now and don't expect any construction threads from me anytime soon. 

Edited by SCM, 13 June 2019 - 05:03 PM.

[SCM]

DP but I have an update! Well, sorta. I've started a mini side project: a small white-rod woodie. There's something I love about building things that have way too many pieces.

 

It's a little slow around here so I'm not expecting comments, but I'll always be watching... and waiting... hiding behind my screen with a sinister smile watching as you comment. 

Comment... if you want.  

[RCT2123]

The colors are ridiculous, lol, but looks interesting.