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I got to see this as a kid at the Science Museum of Minnesota back in the late 90s!... In the location the museum was before they opened their current museum in 1999. Genuinely one of the most fascinating coaster models ever built.

Ypu still have it?

Beautiful craftsmanship. You gotta be overflowing with pride. I’m going to do a screen video capture and slow it down to scale. You should post a slow motion video. Really show it off.

I wish there was a way to slow the train down. When you watch it in slow mo it looks real. The speed is what ruins it

Throw in a dragon tunnel and it starliner at Miracle strip. Long gone now.

Super skilled, dude

Brilliant! Amazing effort.

0.25x Your welcome

Is the track made of basswood? What sections are made of spruce? I'm currently designing a train and want to build a model wooden roller coaster as well, so I'd love to talk to you more in depth about this model. I already read your article in ACE magazine and I loved it!

Did anybody ever notice that this is a blue streak from Cedar Point

Man that looks great. How is it so loud though?

Why does no one in the comments understand that scaling down a coated doesn’t scale down gravity?! That’s why it looks so fast!

I love the sound it makes.

I wonder whatever happened to this roller coaster model, and I also wonder if he even still exists

2019?

Amazing model! What is the name of the music? The music is very nice.

Amazing! The only way I'll ride it is if it had banking!

The g-force would kill everybody lol

Give me

Wow freaking insane i can't even come close to imagining how u had the patient's or the know how to pull off something so mind blowing as this. I actually got the same feeling as i do seeing a real one, it even sounds good. Congrats my brother it's a true masterpiece, a work of art.

Impressive! My only frustration with miniatures is that they don't move to scale. It's like everything is in fast motion.

Very cool. Take care now.

11 years ago I was working for Ripley's BION in Ocean City Maryland, where this nice piece of engineering marvel can be seen. I was the one appointed in maintaining it. The strangest thing on the maintenance of this roller coaster was the break system that stopped the carriages at the end of the round. Never could figure out what material was it made of.

How did you reduce fiction on the ball bearings? did you remove the grease? Did you use an ultrasonic wash? Just curious. Thanks!

Will, any chance I could get a copy of those PTC brake schematics? Awesome model! jkjanney@verizon.net

Amazing realism--well done. You could have completely fooled me except for the fact that the cars go way to fast on the track to be realistic. Sadly, as in all miniature coasters, due to the smaller scale, the motion of the cars doesn't match what we see in reality. I think a simple solution to this would be a friction type mechanism, similar to the toy friction cars that were made back in the 50's and 60's. The braking action of the motor would slow the descent and the energy that gets stored would pull the cars over the next hill. The result would be a much more realistic up and down rythmn that matches what we see in the life sized coasters. It might work if you geared one of the wheels and made it mesh with a toothed belt on one of the tracks.

wow! ...thats a long time if somebody broke it i be like....I WHOOP YOUR ASS

If only there was a way to slow the cars down to appear more realistic.

Looks like the ride "new Texas giant" at six flags over Texas

rollercoaster 1 looks too intense for me!

I respect the work but the train goes too fast

amazing craftmanship. just a small pity the cars run sooo fast along the track. . . .

Wow, that's sooooo fast lol

a slow motion video would be an awesome way to show off this magnificent piece of work. i started a model in my parents garage in 1978. it was THE COMET from the state fair grounds in dallas texas. its long gone but was my first roller coaster and it really was a great ride. i wish i had kept working on it. you have something there that is a part of your soul. superb. lets see, 2 decades? if i start now id be 75 years old.....darn. building model roller coasters is a lot like planting trees.....you either start now or you start 20 years ago.

Awesome model!!! What did you use for the chain lift?

I will build another model, hopefully will start building the cars first. I will keep a detailed chronicle of events so I can write a book on how to build such a model. I'm just trying to store up enough energy to commit to the long-term obsession.

what did u make the cars out of. That was awesome

That was sick! What an awesome job!

Stunning! - a true visionary. What a talent

Loved the song. Where can I get a copy? please let me know.

Is that Blue Streak???? It looks just like it! You should paint this

Super cool, but a little to fast!

Instead of the avalanche they should call it the speed demon cause man it goes fast

That looks like high roller at valleyfair

Has this been published yet Will. I love it. I my choir would love singing this song. It is actually something I would love to incorporate into my choir's repertoire for the Vigil. Been looking for something contemporary like this. Thanks for sharing it. Let me know if it has been published. Would love to bring it to Wisconsin.

awesome

I'm speechless! That looks to be what they call an out & back coaster.

I Love Roller Coasters. Great job Building This one!

I remember those good old times in the summer of 2006 when I worked on repairing this awesome piece of art and engineering, and now I am glad that somebody really did it.

You know to make a big real coaster they usually take less than 1 year, while you took 2 years still though this is cool