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[DJMK]

Si senores! (y senoritas?)

Anyway, I plan on making a park for my next project. It will have one coaster made out of vv Slimtrack, another either a hyper or a woodie, and lastly, some small coaster with a loop and heartline roll. For other rides, probably a ferris Wheel, scrambler, and bumper cars (probably not).

What can I make besides the bumper cars?

[Britfag]

twister or slammer?
their quite easy to make,
or something like a miami?

[DJMK]

Well, the twister is like the scrambler. Maybe a miami. Any other suggestions?

Update on the Slimtrak coaster soon...

[KingsIslandFreak]

Ha i attempted this about 3 days ago... told my dad and he said absolutley not.
Well good luck.
Can you show me how to make the Scrambler on a tut or something. i wanna build it.

[Britfag]

uhrrm, i spose you could attempt a small drop tower?
orrrr, hmm *-) this is quite hard....
observation tower?
or something like slammer at thorpe park?

[DJMK]

Ill see what my pieces tell me.

[DJMK]

SOrry for dp but no one's posting!!

Anyway,

Spinny ride thing!


SmilmTrak coaster (only using pieces it came with)


The hyperish coaster:

POV



Video:
http://s45.photobuck...nt=DSCN0051.flv


So, what do I use for lubing the axels?

[Cardsandcoasters]

Gald I don't have to ride the spinny thing; that must be above 15 g's lol.

I think the cars slow down a little too much on the hyper. How tall are all the hills?

Maybe you could add a merry-go-round......unless it's too boring. Or a drop tower would work well. :tmbs

[DJMK]

That's it, you have to ride it. lol

Yeah, I need to know What's good to lube with. Like I heard that WD-40 corrodes it or something.

[Cardsandcoasters]

Don't use WD-40. It attracts lots of dust, so you end up putting it on every day. I use silicone spray, and weight the cars with 5 quarters.

[DJMK]

1. Where do I get silicone spray
2. How do you attach the quarters, and do they work better in the front of the train or the back?

[Cardsandcoasters]

You can get the spray at almost any hardware store (i think. I am just using the leftover that i found in the garage lol).

here's how i tape on the quarters:



close up:



Just because i had a lot of time, i snapped a pic of the silicone sparay. I use the brown one on the right (but i think it is out of date):

[Cardsandcoasters]

Sorry for the huge pics. I forgot to resize them.

[TripleHelix]

If I used quarters on my coasters, it'd cost me like ten bucks (literally...).

That's why I tape AA batteries where CAC put his quarters. They work nice.

[DJMK]

The little people add weight too I guess... But Should I put them more towards the front or the back of the train? (I don't have enough for the whole 4 car train.

[nickostick]

Ok, dont use silicon spray it's alright but IMO Pledge wipes work the best. As for weighing the cars use the coins because the people shake causing the car to slow down a bit.

[Cardsandcoasters]

nickostick: How would you get the pledge wipes to get the lube onto the axles of the wheels? If it just goes onto the wheels or track, then it shouldn't, really, do anything. Maybe pledge spray.

I will have to try out taking out the people. thanks.

[lazor 22]

i wold use something called orange-glo. its a wood fruntiture polisher. and DJMK i want to see a video of your slim track coaster.

[DJMK]

I have done some stuff to the coaster. Ill have pics and the slimtrak video tomorrow afternoon.

[msoccerkidm]

hey what i use for wierghts are fisshing werights the small ones that arent super heavy, they fit right in the bottom of the car and they work nice.