Stealth @ Thorpe Park - iSatnav [Happy 10th birthday!]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls of all ages. Put your hands together, the most daring of stunts, the Human Cannon! - The Ringleader

https://youtu.be/K3IracdwAj4



Hi there!
This is my first post, so forgive any issues with images, link etc.
Stealth is a project I've had running for about 4 months now (on and off) that started with a non-starter project on the NLE where me and a few others where redesigning Thorpe Park. I had the Stealth launch script left over from Projektion (thanks!) and decided to make a Stealth recreation with it. Here is what I have so far.




If you want any specific images, just ask!

[TTD03]

This is looking pretty sweet! Tower shaping looks weird! Might just be cause it is without supports atm!

[mkingy]

Yeah UK recreation Looking good - some nice little details in there!

There is one thing you have to work on - the "black and blue" track color length for the tower.

Yeah, the colours are going to be a nightmare. I'll get to that later...

The tower shaping, I think, is mostly OK. I am going to redo it at some stage as it has worryingly few vertices but I'll get to the tower as a whole when I have done the modelling for the station end of the plaza.

[mkingy]

Because you're doing a lot of modelling anyway - and the support system on Stealth is fairly simplistic would it be quite easy to just create some 3DS textured transition supports and use free nodes either side of it to connect the supports? You'd only need like 2 models - one for each thickness of tube so it shouldn't be a huge hit on the performance but will look top notch.

I think we are thinking the same thing. My plan was to do the supports with the free nodes you where talking about and then model "sleeves" to go around the parts where the colours fade.

Over the last few days I have done detailing around the control booth, primarily the stair case and the ladder. I have textured the outside of the photo booth and the baggage hold, all I need to do there is find a good font for the "reception" sign on it. Trackwork is mostly finished, it looks a bit strange but I think that's because of the lack of supports. I thought I had the start of terrain, which is being done in the style of the Alton Towers project (ie. in SketchUp) but apparently I don't, so that's my next job.




Yes, the images are huge. Sorry...

^looking awesome!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Looks awesome and very detailed. I had no idea the ride had a theme like that.

^The general gist of the theme is an American raceway. When you are in the area, a classic American radio (named WWTP radio) is playing adverts and music from around the 1060s. Hopefully I can cobble together version of this but I'm not going to promise anything!

[mkingy]

Looking great, you're really recreating the area well!

I worked on this too much this week...

Primarily, I did the terrain. It needs smoothing etc but it extends as far as I want it to (Tidal Wave and Burger King, essentially). I also did detailing around the station, baggage hold and photo booth, including the exit stairs. The sign received some new textures thanks to COASTERGUY246 and the winchhouse has been redone and has new textures. That kind of stuff is basically done except for detailing that will come when I do the pathwork.

^ Everything's amazing!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Cute control booth

iSatnav wrote:

Does look a bit over supported don't you think

[mkingy]

Coaster Mind wrote:

Does look a bit over supported don't you think

British engineering

This is actually a new ride going into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, an Intamin Accelerator held up by a single cable.

^ I say what a great sense of humor!

It's Stealth's 10th birthday today! Have a little train update.





A video

^nice!

[Coasterkidmwm]

Amazing job with the trains!

[mkingy]

Good stuff the video really showed it off well! Is that the finished model or are you planning on added even more detail to it?

^If you are talking about the trains, yes, there will be more detail, primarily for the zero car and the rear car. I also need to add the safety stickers that are on all the seatbacks. If you are talking about any other model, none are finished yet except possibly the tyre entrance.

Happy 10th B-Day To Stealth! Wow time flies! +