Grand Duc - GCI [Released]

So, yeah, 2.

That makes 2 projects paused now. Rapture (a Gerstlauer Takabisha-style Euro) is paused because Brett seems to lack time and I think we both lack motivation, and my Intamin launcher is paused because I lack inspiration.

Anyway, one more project. I hope it won't be paused even just a week.


I wanted to make another GCI for months. Grizzly was a personal fail. As most people noticed it, it was WAYtoo much inspired from Thunderbird/Evel Knievel... So that disapointed me although it was good-looking.
That's why I wanted to make another GCI.

But the layout never came... Until yesterday. I started handbuilding a GCI and I got a great first part of a layout. That rode very fun and GCI-ish. So I carried on and the fun and GCI-ish feel never went away. And this morning I finished the layout.


I've been trying to get an okay layout of a GCI woodie for months, so enjoy this one.

I loved Grizzly.

This ride looks so awesome Leflo! I love the layout. It's really good because it stays pretty low to the ground and never looks like it will slow very significantly during any of the elements. It's a solid progression of the poop it does in my opinion, and I look forward to it. The transition at the bottom of the first drop looks really fun.

THIS looks awesome.

It looks awesome. I love the Bowl and Tight feel to the ride.
I think the red car color is perfect.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Looks nice but it's hard to tell what's going on without supports. Are you kicking the track out on banking transitions to extent of the structure or no?

Thanks for all the positive comments



Coasterkid: Didn't get your question lol..

He's asking if it's heartlined correctly.

Most of the time (always), it isn't.

[Coasterkidmwm]

They do like a half heartline (it goes out as far as the truss underneath will allow without having to laterally offset the truss.

First update: I've just finished supporting the lift hill








Yes it does pass the tunnel test:


(the wood tunnels will -of course- be removed..)

Wow, this looks fantastic. The rate at which you build your coasters is pretty impressive.

uuhm the ride and supports look great, but that track texture is really gross sorry..

[Coasterkidmwm]

Ugh quit raising the bar

Well if what im saying is raising the bar then that bar was too low to begin with mr

Why is it? The textures are messing up once you're at a certain distance from the tracks, especially what represents the 8 layers of wood. I can't do much about that.

Update! More supports!

Nom, nom. Another sexy update still, looking great.

poop,you're too good at this game,you should be arrested.

How the hell do you find the patience to do each beam individually?

[jayman]

he probabally contracted some kid in indonesia for 50 cents an hour ,or hired some illegals outside the home depot to do it on his laptop
..

[AyTrane]

The only way to make it look better is if only the lumber was to scale.

Originally posted by jayman

he probabally contracted some kid in indonesia for 50 cents an hour ,or hired some illegals outside the home depot to do it on his laptop
..

wow this is looking great! The supports are awesome! They look different than the NL supports- are you using a separate program to make them?

Looking really good, but I recomend that (on your turn around, last picture) you raise your diagonal, lateral bracing all the way up to were the verticle beams intersect with the extended ledgers. I see that you have done this with other parts of the ride but on the turn around it looks like yours only goes about half way up.

Look at other pictures of GCIs, they fallow this kind of bracing throughout most of their coasters.

^ I see what you mean, thanks, I'll fix it