Wildwood Scramble (Complete - download and video page 2)

[Brookes]

My new project is a Vekoma Motorbike - coincidence that I am making one when Blaze just relelased one but I had started this before that was released.

Anyway it is inspired by SW6 even though it is a motorbike coaster: tyre drive lift, mostly low hills and turns, plus a dark foresty look. All that's done so far is the layout, here are some screens, colours aren't final:

 

[Blaze]

Now that is different...but I like it.

Your last bike coaster (the only finished one I've seen on here I think) was excelent, so I'm really looking forward to this.

Any more pics of the layout?

 

[Brookes]

^Thanks and yup got a bit more now. The colours and ground have changed as I thought it was a bit too dark before. Also done terraforming as can be seen in the screen below. Supports are probably going to be the same colour as the train:

EDIT: Changed supports to like a goldy colour with the track as the blue before, and the trains a combination of the two. Not totally sure though anyone got any good ideas for support colour?

 

[Uncle Arly]

Can we see those colours? They sound nice, but I can't quite picture it in my head.

 

[Brookes]

Couldn't find any good colours at all, then remembered the colours from Motorbike Launch Coaster and was inspired, so total colour change plus bit of supporting below:

EDIT: Changed the yellow on the train to a grey and made the gear colour a bit darker, looks better imo.

 

[jokerman]

I don't like the colours, but I can understand them.

Can't comment much on layout from the pictures provided. In the picture above is the banking correct, just looks a bit odd.

 

[Brookes]

^Ok thanks for the comment.

Is this kind of supporting sufficient for the lift? Or do they need a brace?

 

[Anonymous]

^ Compare it to other similar structures, and yes I would recomend you to use braces on some (not all) of them...

 

[Brookes]

Well there's never been a lift on a motorbike coasters but I was thinking like a lift on bi-rail uses the same size support with a brace, so I'll put a brace from say the 3rd one up from where it is straight.

 

[Xpress]

They need cross bracings. For the lower supports, you can use the A frame minus the crossbeam inbetween them.

IMO, too many supports. Cut out a couple

 

[Brookes]

^What do you mean by cross bracing? I thought just a normal brace coming from each would be enough look at motorbike launch coaster's first hill:

http://rcdb.com/3418.htm?p=18172

 

[Hixee]

^I think that should be fine.

Xpress was meaning A-frames without the cross-beam. As for what he meant by Cross-Bracing, I can only assume you've got it right.

I'm not sure about the lift on a coaster style like this. They seemed to me to always be about the launch. However, I reckon you could get a good ride out of this. I'm looking forward to seeing this coaster completed. It's certainly give me a few ideas. :lol:

 

[Xpress]

^Yeah, cross bracings as in the A frames without the cross BEAM

 

[Brookes]

Well I've changed the colours again but I think I like these now. I have also added more supports and changed some to add more support:

 

[Uncle Arly]

I think that looks a lot better, I like the colours aswell. Keep them.

 

[Hixee]

^Agreed. Keep those colours, they look good.

I also hope there is more terraforming than that one hill.

 

[Brookes]

I know you guys said keep them colours but I couldn't get into liking them so changed to something which is hopefully final, as this is the first colour scheme I have properly liked for this coaster, supporting is a bit slow at the moment due to college work, but it should speed up now it is almost the off season so I won't be busy every Saturday:

 

[Brookes]

 

[Blaze]

That turn looks great and the colours are nice. Supports also look great. Prefered the original black/grey the most but these are probably my favourite since.

 

[Xpress]

^I quite like the pic of the second turn