Holy shit guys! I expected a good deal of comments, but not this much! Thank you so much! I'll try to answer each point that everyone made, if I can. Again, thanks!
[quote name='DDRman732865']I'd add spines on the straight sections. Also, check the shaping on the helix, there are plenty of inconsistencies.[/QUOTE]
You know what, I was so obsessed with keeping it straight, I completely forgot about spines, as weird as that seems. I was thinking solely about shaping. I haven't gotten a chance to add a spine yet, but I most definitely will. The helix... yeah there were definitely a lot of problems there. Should be fixed up for the most part now!
[quote name='Jumpge']Completely agree with DDRMan, but this is awesome so far!
Nice to see you striving to do a recreation which will be very tough to pull off![/QUOTE]
Thanks! This will undoubtedly be unbelievably hard to complete, but I'm willing to do what it takes.
[quote name='SCM']You are going to have enough pieces for this, right? A good way to git rid of those inconsistencies on the helix would be to replace the flexis with grey rods. The grey rods should automatically take out most sharp spots. The transition also seems a bit sharp. I really like the attention to detail here, that makes the ride look even cooler!
(Going to add stairs to the MCBR?) I hope you can pull this off, if you do, this will be remembered forever. I'll be watching this...[/QUOTE]
As of now, I probably have enough to do the dive loop and both keyholes, maybe more. It's hard to estimate exactly. I am constantly buying more, though. Two more SS should arrive next week! I was debating over whether the helix was wide enough to use grays, but I decided to switch it over. It worked great! And what transition specifically? Being the scale that it is, I think it will be legendary by default if it works! As for stairs...I don't plan on adding any sort of catwalks anywhere until the ride is done, then I will know what pieces I can work with. Bear with me!
[quote name='rollercoasterfanatic919']I have to say, the POV looks really cool from the winged seat. It's good you're so determined to complete it, that's key to finishing difficult builds like this. Overall it's looking pretty nice, but just make sure all your shaping is fluid and the banking is close to perfect. I'll be following this for sure!
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Agreed, the POV is cool. I wish the frame rate was higher though, then I could slow it down and it would actually be viewable. I've sort of trained myself to be as patient with this as possible...and I spend 60% of my building time just on shaping. With tubes, it's definitely a lot harder, so I have to spend more time looking at it.. Anyway, stay tuned!
[quote name='CCreator12']dang, you just took my summer project... I'll probably do it anyway, and we can compare
There's a bit of a strait spot at on the crest of the hill you have built btw
Looks great otherwise[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I didn't know! Either way...build-off?
I'm still working on that hill, it wants to pull its self backwards. I'll get it eventually.
[quote name='Witting']i got it right on youtube yaaaaaay. but i also think a spine would be a good idea for the mcbr and breakrun[/QUOTE]
Yep, you did! Spines will come soon.
[quote name='Coastergeek987']And with a spine on the break run you can also add a chain and gain some more height. Apart from what the others have mentioned, it looks good! Good luck on findin more pieces![/QUOTE]
I probably won't have a chain, but I'll have a friction brake around the middle and drive wheels to push it out. That might not work though, so don't completely rule out a chain. Oh believe me, I have about 5 items on my watch list.
[quote name='Micro Mike 21']For only the ride just starting, thats already a lot of height, I expect a really tall lift hill! But overall, it looks pretty good! There are some sharp spots in the helix that could be smoothened out, but so far everything else is great![/QUOTE]
I wish I could make it shorter, but the supports might not look right otherwise. (I want to mimic them as much as I can). I think I got basically everything on the helix, but I probably missed a few things.
[quote name='maarten12']Hmm looks good, but how do these winged seats stay in place? It seems they can just rotate freely. Also, in the first video you gave the train a quite hard push, and then it just makes it over the last hill. You might want the train be able to make it without giving it that push
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The seats don't (didn't
) stay in place. I actually loosened up pretty fast on that push so it looks like I pushed harder than I did, but it was still too hard. Good news on that though, read down.
[quote name='Cardsandcoasters']The trains look super cool! The highest point in the spiral/helix looks really sharp to me. And is it possible to lower the station and everything over all? Because the MCBR is at a really high height, it might be hard to keep up that much speed.[/QUOTE]
Actually, if you look at the animation, the top is supposed to have a noticeable change in angle. Mine was still a little too sharp, but I fixed it more or less. Unfortunately I won't be able to at this point. the tubes are already set where they are. The height is actually still to scale. It's gonna be a hell of a tall ride.
[quote name='crazyracer']trains look really cool mcbr and hill is good only thing is definitely fix that turn because theres way to many srtaight spots but an easy fix other than that this should be one of the coolest recreations good luck with having enough pieces
and hope you can finish it;)[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I hope it will be! Straight spots should be gone, but you never know what's hiding.
[quote name='IOAgeek']Ya pretty much do what the other members say and smooth out the helix with more connections so it can be stronger and I love those good trains too! Warning your going to need tons and tons of gray I'm not kidding prepare yourself really u can always us green rods if u run out too good luck on this awesome recreation dude![/QUOTE]
Yeah, I'll probably end up buying separate lots of grey rods because I'm gonna need so many.
[quote name='soggyhotdoggg']Double your piece count? I'd say make it 6x your pieces now;) Just make sure that all your supports are nice and sturdy! Good luck![/QUOTE]
It won't be 6X. Don't be dramatic! It probably will be somewhat over double, but not 42 SS! (about) But yeah, I've made sure every support base is immovable so that they are as strong as can be. I had terrible bases in my previous coaster, but I actually have strong bases for each one now.
Alrighy, then! After reading the comments and dealing with some problems with them myself, I decided to make new wings. They aren't super pretty, but they serve their purpose, don't budge a millimeter, and actually look like seats. Tell me what you think of them!
I completely replaced most of the ride with greys, and it's SOOOO much smoother now. Here are a bunch of angles of the spiral, going around.
I realized I forgot to show you guys a good look at the shape of the drop of the MCBR. It's absolutely terrible, so judge judge judge!
After all of these modifications, the train successfully traverses the layout with about half of the force applied that it needed before. I just have to make sure I build the keyholes tall enough, and it should be good to go. I haven't built outward at all yet. I have been really busy with school so this is all I could get done. I did collapse the remains of my Vertical Vengeance, though. If you didn't see this before, I plan on using those pieces to build the keyholes, in order to save my standard pieces. Adios!
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