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[Dakanektr]

Glue rods together.

it would look beautiful for the observation thing. And what about the logo on the

support tower? A Will you laminate it to make it look better?

[sixflagsfreak56]

I was planing to glue the rods together all along. And

about legos, I dont even have them. And what do you mean by laminate them?

[cotton_eye_joe92]

To laminate something is to put a plastic covering on it

all around it, it protects it, and keeps it in nice condition...

-Joe

[sixflagsfreak56]

I knew it had something to do with wraping...

[cotton_eye_joe92]

How about for the supports and things you use doll

rods? They look great, just paint them and glue them sterdily. They should be kind of

cheap too, so you don't have to waste some of your k'nex rods...you can

find them in hardware stores, and they come in different sizes...I reccomend you look

into that, but do whatever you want, it's your coaster...

-Joe

[Jack Rimer]

We do offer the support tubes separately at CoasterDynamix. Just e-mail our info for details. We will soon have our whole catalog up on our site to order all parts individually. As far as realism, did you check out picture #4 in our photo area under iHobbyExpo?

[NitroRyder33]

That picture is sweet! Does the Scorpion really come with the trees, bushes, "ground", and people?

-Ryan

[sixflagsfreak56]

O boy! Supports! Bushes! People!

[Dakanektr]

WOw, so when is

the first set coming, Christmas or sooner?

[sixflagsfreak56]

Ok, the more I think about a LIM launch, the more I

think it wont work. Right now, I think I'll be using a regular weight drop launch

to launch the ride. Hopefully though it will be wired to a control board like I would like

to have. Also, I'll have to figure out how to get the spike to raise the train up a

few extra inches...maybe just have LIMs there.

[sixflagsfreak56]

A little update-

I'm going to use a

weight drop launch on this ride for both sides of the ride. I'm not sure what

I'm using for the spike since my dad and I had a conversation and agree that

it's almost impossible to do it since you need to digitaly switch the magnets very

fast.

For brakes, I came up with an idea. To add themeing, I'll be

puting "LIMs" on the launch which will clamp shut to slow the train down

when coming back to the station! I'm probebly going to be controling it

with k'nex some how. It will be fun to see how it turns out.

More

on the ride soon!

[Antinos]

[quote]Originally posted by sixflagsfreak56@Oct 31 2004, 03:02

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[b]I was planing to glue the rods

together all along. And about legos, I dont even have them. And what

do you mean by laminate

them?

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He said logos, not legos. This sounds really cool.

When are you going to get the set(s)?

[sixflagsfreak56]

Christmas, unforinutly still a little wait til then...

[flat_cat63]

But hey, if you are doing this much planning already,

I'm sure you'll have a great model. It will be interesting to see how it turns

out

[Dakanektr]

I am sad to see a

weight drop, I wanted to see LIMS. did you mean it would need to be digitally

controlled to turn it on and off?

[Antinos]

I never knew what a wieght drop was. I would like to

see LIMS though.

[sixflagsfreak56]

Dak- Yeah, it's really fast, I think it would have

had to been about 10 switches per second.

Flatcat- Hopefully!

Rollerdude- I'll leave it to someone else to find out how to make

them.