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[commando]

^ya what he said. the last 90* seems to be rushed

[CCI]

It looks fine to me. You might want to start the twist higher up though. This thing pretty damn awesome!

[~stεεlspectrum~]

I agree with pki, it looks like your pullout starts before it's done twisting. Other than that this thing is incredible. Does the tower shake at all?

[Rollerboaster]

Agree with the above comments. It looks quite awesome only thing is I think your proportions are off a somewhat.
Kingda Ka pic
If you compare that to your first pic I think you'll see what I mean. Its not a huge deal but fixing it would make it that much closer to perfection.

[maarten12]

Yes, I see what you mean. Actually I saw it already before I updated, but the POV looked good to me, I just wanted to know what you guys thought. So I'll fix this and probably update tomorrow, hopefully I can get it close to perfection

EDIT: I changed the twisting and I think it looks better now







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[maarten12]

dp, and update.

I have finished half of the airtime hill, the only problem now is that I've only got about 4 grey rods left. Hopefully I'll be able to buy a SS or find another way to solve this problem. Well, for now, I would like to hear your comment about the hill.

(bad picture )

pull in, pull out

side view



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[Jogumpie]

The whole coaster is looking pretty awesome, but... I think you are making the crest of that airtime hill too small. The pull-in to the hill is good, the right size. However, the crest is very small compared to the rest. I don't know how much space you have left, but you want to have that crest larger and longer.

[JPCoaster]

The heigh is good but I think it needs to be longer. Here's a picture that I took last year, you can compare.

[maarten12]

^^ I'll fix the hill
^ Thanks a lot for the reference picture, that's exactly what I need.

Today my dad picked up his new camera, I may use it sometimes. Well, watch the beauty of the new Sony Nex-5

Not enough space???


(better) side view

lovely pictures



EDIT: somehow the pictures didn't turn around right, I'll try to find a way to fix that.

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[JPCoaster]

I can't see the pictures...

[maarten12]

I finished the hill and I changed the crest of course. I think it looks better but not perfect yet I think.

side view

overview

better POV of the 270* twist

lovely pictures



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[Sniggeh]

Wow... I want to recreate Kingda Ka now... Pics are way too big, but everything else looks perfect.

EDIT: I clicked see full-size, and there was a straight-ish spot in the last pic. Where the music sheets are in the background.

[commando]

looks great. i love it

just fix the straight spot

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

One major thing I see is that the top of the hill should still be less sharp, like JP noticed. The hill on Kingda Ka is really drawn out. Here is another comparison picture of the whole hill (I know it's at a bit of an angle, I couldn't find a straight on one):



The only other thing I can see is that your pullin/pullout of the tower are larger than they need to be. The real ones end not quite halfway up, but your's ends more than halfway up. This wouldn't be a big deal, but I think this might be a way to make it so that your twist isn't so squished at the end. You're doing an amazing job though, it already looks incredible!

[maarten12]

I would like to change the hill and make it better, but after I have built the station I ran out of rods. So I don't think I'll change the hill at all, because I'm not able to build anymore tube supports.

the part I've been working on

brakes

faked double station

overview


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[Old_Hag]

I think everything looks great, especially since you took my idea (was it my idea?) of having the brakes mounted between the rails.
And holy crap, your pictures are huge. It took like 2 minutes for everything to resize.

[Jumpge]

You are just not fair!!! You are an amazing builder that floated down from the heavens and was born to make this ride. Maarten12, you are going to win MOTY more than i am so i say to you, I had a dream, that one day, maarten12, would build Kingda Ka and for fill your destiny!

Great job, Jumpge.

[commando]

ya fix the pics

does the brake on the airtime hill work well?

[TheSUCKCrew]

*bangs his head on his keyboard and hopes he doesn't say anything stupid*

Looks good to me!
The airhill needs some work IMO, but it looks good!
I love the brakes, do they brake good?
And about your fake-dual loading thing:

Please make it working, it looks so much better, I mean: It isn't that hard to make (an idiot can do it, for example: http://www.sscoaster...tutorial-11095/).

Surprise me

[~stεεlspectrum~]

This is one of my favorite recreations I've ever seen, you did an incredible job. I love those brakes too, is it okay if I use them on a future coaster?