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[thegamingninja]

In light of the new uk wide lockdown, Ive been forced home again lol, so time to get building, ive since got a new freind to join me along the way called Leo. happy little lizzard. Decided to recreate somthing a bit easier this time and hopfully wont take long. then after I can start somthing more difficult that will eventualy get canceled XD. (knowing me)

 

installed fresh bearings on the cars as the old ones were getting rusty and not runing as well. would like to know where I can buy more as these are my last set (5 cars worth)

 

any tips for themeing as because its a smaller ride I want to do super cool themeing !!!

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[CrayCray for coasters]

try and do knex theming when you can, but if you cant, just wrap a packing peanut in layers of cardboard until you get your desired shape

[thegamingninja]

oh havent done an update for a bit, gunna try do daily updates so at least theres a lot to come back and view... also would be nice to keep the comunity alive

[thegamingninja]

drop Is complete going into the first element. going to keep the supports some what realistic with block supports for the lift and tube supports for the rest. the lift can be made taller if needed. remember the car dose have to clime back up allmost 3-4 granite rods to reach the final break run so I has enough speed to compleate the indoor section.

 

I dears for the indoor section? like how dar is to dark for a camera and such

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[CrayCray for coasters]

i would say, just a sheet of paper would work as a roof for the i section, it would let about enough light in

[thegamingninja]

Just a quick update tonight. finished the imulman. going to finish the right hand turn tonight and then the over bank and maybe the airtime hill tomorrow

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[thegamingninja]

work I wanted finished is done tonight, tomorrow the overbank and airtime hill

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[SCM]

Looks good so far! Though, if you're going for accuracy, the immelmann doesn't look like that on the actual ride. 

I never realized how interesting this particular inversion is. It's upside-down for longer yet slightly banked in one direction at the top section then quickly exits while twisting itself sharply in the other direction. 

Edited by SCM, 09 November 2020 - 12:55 PM.

[thegamingninja]

yh, little bit difficult to do sharp twists with knex, but I can try fixing it. probably work in it again in a day or 2 but ive started a new cf drug called kaftrio / trikafta.

[thegamingninja]

not much done in terms of the coaster..... but a lot to my health over the last 3 days.

 

So I started this new drug for cystic fibrosis called Kaftrio. and holy crap im blown away, my normal lung funtion / cepacity is around 66% fev1 3.5L and 80% fcv 4.5L...... only 3 days after starting its now up to 88% fev1 4.4L and 101%fcv 6.2L

 

crazy improvement. and a lot more energy and sleeping way better.

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[rgarner42]

Looks nice so far. The only thing I can see that's not quite right is a bit of a straight spot as the immelman goes vertical. 

 

Glad to hear your triple therapy is doing it's thing, hope you stay well.   (It's FVC* - forced vital capacity - btw). 

Edited by rgarner42, 13 November 2020 - 06:21 PM.

[thegamingninja]

Looks nice so far. The only thing I can see that's not quite right is a bit of a straight spot as the immelman goes vertical. 

 

Glad to hear your triple therapy is doing it's thing, hope you stay well.   (It's FVC* - forced vital capacity - btw). 

yh ik, I do a lot of typos lol. but thanks

[thegamingninja]

small update tonight, been playing to much Call of Duty: Cold War lmao, so havent been building much. I guess as long as the entire out door section is finished buy the end of the week, then its easily on time for getting finished before december 2nd. and my twitch is TheGamingNinja08 if anyone want to watch me playing cold war zombies lol

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[BGTKing]

Looking really good! BTW, your wall reminds me of EPCOT!

[thegamingninja]

some progress been made today, got the bank full finished, re worked the lift and drop also made it a little taller, kinds lookds a bit more realistic by doing this, also finished the airtime hill and have the foundations finished for the bank to mid breaks.

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[thegamingninja]

The final update with a test run on the youtube channel. works greate but I had to make the lift a bit taller. still look good though. final bit of trck work tweeking tomorrow and probably doing the indoor inline twist. and finisheing by the weekend.

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[Mister Piglette]

Looks really good so far! Only issues I can see are just a few shaping problems but that's okay since building with tubes is very difficult. Keep it up (:

[SCM]

That banking in the second picture is looking sharp. Are you going to add themeing? I will say that the vertical tubes on the second to last picture are an eyesore. If you have the pieces, you should make them thicker, even if they are structurally sound. I remember how much a pain in the apps SheiKra's immelmann was. I think the problem area on yours is right where it goes vertical. There's a straight spot. The top has a few kinks as well but those seem to be minor. 

[Chaos]

Lol, I love how with vertical lift coasters, you can just make the lift taller without any other layout issues!

 

Not sure if your done with this or not, or how  many more pieces you have to work with, but I feel like most of your banking/shaping issues can be solved by strengthening the track by adding more crossties and flexirods.

[thegamingninja]

Lol, I love how with vertical lift coasters, you can just make the lift taller without any other layout issues!

 

Not sure if your done with this or not, or how  many more pieces you have to work with, but I feel like most of your banking/shaping issues can be solved by strengthening the track by adding more crossties and flexirods.

yh I have used the same trck method for years now, 6 cross ties per gre / flexi rod, Ive moved over to 7/8 cross ties on my more reicent gci style woodie ive started, going to be a more compact and sturdy. saw was finished and flimed just not had time to edit it yet lol. been working 1pm-10pm 10 days in a row lmao