The AXIS 4D Coaster Model Construction Forum

[durkadurka]

Damn, how good you are in AutoCAD, I wish I knew how to use it for my modell. The static wooden one that are built in another thread.

But it's not enough time to learn - deadline in end of FEbruari. And I have a whole model to build also.

 

Hope every thing works out fine!

[Ccron10]

UPDATE.

The spine's in!

 

With a little help with epoxy, rubberbands and some clothespins, the prototype is starting to take shape.

 

Crossmembers and track will come soon.

More coming soon!

[coasterguy4]

Fantastic.

[Gav]

Just a question, how come its such a tight dip, it looks tighter than what you would see on a wild mouse coaster.

[Ccron10]

^ Wanted the prototype to be small and not take up a lot room.

 

Right after my dad and I took off the clamp system shown in the pictures above, the spine came apart. The epoxy wasn't enough, so what we're going to do is take some small nails and attach it that way.

[Manny In England]

Hope the prototype works so you can continue your enormous project. When finished it should be nothing short of inspirational.

[DATman]

Perhaps you make the drop smaller to ease the curves out a little bit and put a lot less stress on the trains.

[ECZenith]

Wow, great progress! Can't wait to see a completed section of track. Keep up the good work, I'm proud to have my contest name entry on this project.

[Golfie]

How are you designing the actual track on Inventor? I've tried making some track before, but I've only been able to create simple wild mouse-style track.

[Ccron10]

Yeah, but that was with the prototype. It will be harder this time around for the actual model with all the twists and turns.

 

We've started work on building the seats and they're going to be done one-by-one. So far 1 of them is half finished.

[ECZenith]

Are there plans to display the model anywhere when it's finally done?

[Ccron10]

Interesting question. I was thinking of a few places. Maybe have a revealing event at the neighborhood library.

 

After that, maybe have it displayed at my school, if I do I'd need to create a plexyglasswindow surrounding the ride to prevent anyone from damaging it.

 

Plus, there's a neighborhood fair that comes to my area, I could set it up there and sell T-Shirts to go along with it. I actually did create a t-shirt for this project back in January, but some of the color on the transfer is coming off.

 

Lastly, I was thinking if it was possible, to see if some local amusement park would allow me to display it.

 

As far as the project's duedate is, the school has no idea. I've heard like 3 different dates:

-Sept. 2008

-December 2008

- February 2009

 

I hope it's latter and so far that seems like the likely date.

 

Those are the places I'd like to display it. When the time comes I'll post the dates up on the calender. You guys are all welcome to come to the events.

[Ccron10]

I had a meeting in school for the project and the the official due date is Feburary 2009. This gives me 1 year and 2 months to complete the prototype, design the final layout, build it and document it.

 

As far as progress, tonight we got the seats done. They look really cool and I think I have almost all the pieces for the train made execpt for the restraints and side wheel mounting brackets. I still need to get the wheels too.

 

Post any ideas for the final layout as far as inversions and elements etc.

How they'd be sitting on the cars.

[Vffreak07]

Um. . . not much to say. . . When is painting gonna begin?

[doublex98]

This is really cool man! I cant wait for 2009! lol

[Ccron10]

It's been over a month since the last update. Sorry about that. Here's what's been going on...

 

The seats are all finished and are ready for paint along with the other car parts. The seat arm has been painted a bright red and the seats, a banana yellow. The frame has been painted black and the seat booster, a gray. Shouldn't be long until the assembly starts.

 

Stay tuned for track work to start.

 

Here's one seat.

 

Not all of them are done. Before.....After.

 

Here are all of the car parts. The restraints still need to be made; this should happen soon.[/img]

[Vffreak07]

You're gonna need a heck of a lot of WD-40 to grease that thing up so it spins freely.

[Ccron10]

On Ferbrury 14th, I will have a big annoucement regarding the coaster. This will come along with an update.

 

Since that is the date that TPR was founded, I think it would be a great idea to mark it by.

 

Stay tuned to find out.

[RRollergod]

*coughcornycough*

 

Seriously work on the coaster and make it quality instead of doing all this over hyped PR stuff. You arn't really putting all you can in the coaster, when you could make it great you over hype it before anything happens. Put your coaster where you mouth is man... Seriously.

[upside down]

^Lay off, it's his model, he can do whatever he wants with it.

 

 

Nice job so far, the seats look good.

[RRollergod]

^You obviously have no sense of reality. Think about it he has a release date and all this fake PR stuff for an over hyped model. He needs to put more work into it. Do you honestly think this deserves such attention. I still say he won't finish it. And I am saying this as constructive criticism You really need to put more thought into this model.

[Ccron10]

^Why the hell do you think I'll just work on it for over a year and give up? I WILL get it to work one way or another. By the way, you're not the one making the model. I am.

 

Don't become another Jack Rimer. I'm not saying anymore.

[RRollergod]

^Why the hell do you think I'll just work on it for over a year and give up? I WILL get it to work one way or another.

 

Because I have seen it happen before. Don't be a smart ass your no where near being done yet. So just skip the adverts for now your digging yourself a deeper grave from when something bad happens.

[Ccron10]

Fine. I'll lay off the PR for now.

[Jack Rimer]

^Why the hell do you think I'll just work on it for over a year and give up? I WILL get it to work one way or another. By the way, you're not the one making the model. I am.

 

Don't become another Jack Rimer. I'm not saying anymore.

 

Another Jack Rimer? What is that supposed to mean? At least if you were me you would have a model that operates by now.

Dude, you still have absolutely NOTHING to show us as far as a working model. I'm sorry the truth stings so bad, but lay off the drama and show us something that actually WORKS!

 

Painted seats? Yes

Wooden supports? Yes

Lots of drawings? Yes

A name for the ride? Yes

A model that works? No