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[coasterguy]

The long wait to get my sets is over. i now have

enough pieces to make my recreation. construction has begun today starting with the

destruction of Mustang. i am going back and forth between making the lift 45 degrees

like a usual knex coaster or more like the real thing. any suggestions? making the

more realistic will give me more room for the bunny hops but will take more pieces,

although i should have plenty of pieces. pics will come in as the construction

continues.

[nitro9003]

If you don't think it'll frustrate or bother

you I think you should do the real thing.

[Peaches]

Whenever I see a re-creation, I like to see it as accurate

as possible, but it's your choice.

[coasterguy]

i have decided to make it 45 degrees. ya know how

when you make the hill if you go ahead a long gray piece and up a long gray piece it

goes 45 degrees (a slope of 1/1)? well i originaly tried to make it go ahead a long gray

piece and up a medium gray piece (a slope of 1/2) and it was too flat to be the real

thing. so i decided it looked closer at 45 than the other way.

update on

progress: so far i have the station done and most of the lift, sorry no photos yet

[Westside7th]

I find that having it go up by a half grey rod and over

1 grey rod is a nice slope and easy supports. Do whatever you think is best. I

don't think the rest of the ride will take up very many peices.

[coasterguy]

i finished the first hill! some minor tweaking will

been done to it over time as well but for now i have a pic of it. it shows the first hill

and a clutter of knex which is what remains of mustang. i hope to at least have the

second hill done by tonight.

[Westside7th]

Looks good but the steep lift looks funny next to the

drop. I guess I am used to Magnums not so steep lift. Your off to a good start.

[gforce]

I sure hope you can get it through the whole layout.

[Shockwaver]

Looks a bit small, I don't think it will work.

Maybe you will be able to pull it off. Other than that, looks great!

[coasterguy]

its only about 5 1/2 or so feet high, but i think i can do,

or so i hope. the second hill is actuall pretty high (i have the top of the 2nd hill done so

far). i am using every possible thing to make it go faster: using different gears

powered by 3 motors to make the lift go faster, wd40 on the trains, very stiff supports,

smooth track, anything i can think of. if it doesnt make it though i can just make it into

a big looping coaster .

[coasterguy]

here is a pic of the first hill and half of the second. as

much as you may not believe me it does make it over the second hill with plebty of

speed. the trick is to put weight on the trains along with plenty of supports. the way i

did it was i taped coins in a certain way to the bottom. i may put a guide on my site on

how to get extra "go" on the coaster. if i can i am gonna try to get a video

with my digital camera so you can see it.

[nitro9003]

If you mean that the lift is 5 1/2 feet high.

That's wrong. It's about 6 grey rods high according to your photos. My

coaster that I'm currently building is the same height. I'm

4'10.5" tall and my coaster is up to the tip of my nose.

[coasterguy]

youre right, i didnt actually measure it, just kinda gave a

rough estimate. it is probably a little less than 5 feet. you got good eyes

[nitro9003]

Okay, between measuring my coaster and trying to

match it to yours, Your coaster should be about 4'2.5" which isn't

close to five feet. Thanks for the good eyes compliment, I get that a lot.

[coasterguy]

the more i build this coaster the more i realize how long

it really is. every day it seems more impossible to get the train back. im not giving up,

though, cause it may still be able to get back to the station, but its looking grim. i will

probably fins out if it will get back by tonight or so.

update on coaster

progress: i have completed the 3rd hill, i now have to decide how to build the pretzel

turn. i have a pov photos from the 1st hill. there is a coffee table with a bunch of junk

on it that is knida in the way of seeing the 3rd hilll completely

[FunkMaestro]

Remember just use loads and loads of lube and

oil!!!
Its gonna be awesome with all those hills!

[Shockwaver]

Didn't he already say he's trying to do that.

Even if he does that it still has a chance it won't work.

[nitro9003]

That is awsome, wow. Your skills are great. Magnum

should be a success.

[gforce]

Even if it doesn't work I would just build it for

looks.

[nitro9003]

True gforce, but he could also add more lifts to make it

work even though the ride would be different.