Liquid Steel [WIP]

Inta-giga-man in the works. First few shots I'm ready to show:

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Layout soon.

Looks kinda cool,but what are those frames on the top of the lifthill,is that the support trench/arch(can`t find the righ word).

Nice Supports! Very original.

You might need some steel cables or something to hold that up, though...

Originally posted by Live on earths ass

Looks kinda cool,but what are those frames on the top of the lifthill,is that the support trench/arch(can`t find the righ word).

This picture explain?:


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@Jonny: Well, I'm modeling them after Intimidator 305's supports. When I'm done supporting and such, I'll go into Construction kit, change all the supports to square ones, change the track to double-round spine; all that stuff. So right now, its just the basic structure parts of the supports, not totally aesthetically complete.

More screenies soon.

From what I can tell, the shaping looks bad. Please post a better picture of the drop.

New Screens:

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@Jcoasters:

I think I did a pretty decent job with it; not too round, not too straight, in my opinion. Not sure if that shot helps, though; quality craps out when I fly away from it.

Yeah shaping is bad

It stays.

whatever not my problem

I agree. It's decent if you were building a 2000s-era hyper like SROS, but as a modern giga coaster, it's terrible.

drop angle is so little

It's a floater g drop, yeah bad shaping I suppose; little MFish. Not quiting on the project, just my next one will have to have a better drop-shape.

How is the drop like millenium force??? lol

give or take 17 degrees

yes but the drop is straight. not oblique, like it should be

Right, so throw that 17 degrees in there and keep it the same lead in and out, it'd be shaped more so like Millennium or any other giga drop. But there is no actual design flaw here; nothing so that the ride wouldn't work in any way... just less steep looking and feeling. It already hits 96mph as is, and the rest of the layout is tight, I don't need it going any faster.

I just think it does not fit the ride type.

^whats up with the turtle thingz[:D]

^haha i took the shot while at busch gardens tampa [:D]

Supports are done. Themeing, terraining and track/support overdub up next.

few shots. Keep in mind its a contest coaster for another site; so yeah, its pretty damn short. All part of the rules. Halloween themeing is also part of them.


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Mind if I ask why you supported before doing the terrain? Especially with complicated supports like those, that seems backwards.

By terrain, I basically mean smoothening that lake out and adding more swamp. Theme is the big thing here; gunna go for a swamp monster theme with docks and marsh... whatever I find my self capable of.