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tiltawhirl

tiltawhirl

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Hi Everybody!

I figured since I am a real Imagineering nut, this should be the first place to post on this forum.

I have been lurking for a few years, but wanted to start getting involved in this community of WDW fans.

About me? Been to the WDW complex more than 80 times, and Disneyland 34. I live in Canada, just outside of Toronto, Ontario.
My wife is not as avid a disney fan, but willingly puts up with my desire to live vicariously through myself.

As far as imagineering goes, I am fascinated with attraction design engineering, from a real nuts and bolts level. Also, I am a huge Lego collector and modeler. My collection is in excess of a quarter million elements, and my focus is on large scale, fully functional amusement rides. (None Disney..yet!)
You can view some of my work at www.picturetrail.com and type in the word 'tiltawhirl' in the visit album box.

Real pleasure to be here, and I look forward to contributing in what small way I can to this community!
tilt:)
 
tiltawhirl

tiltawhirl

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Yes!

All of my models work exactly the same as the real thing. Same ride action.

Thanks for asking, and for the compliment.

tilt
 

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tiltawhirl

tiltawhirl

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The Bobs took about a thousand hours, but this includes prototype time. I never draw anything before doing it. I work from ideas in my mind, and from memory of the real ride. I try out different configurations as far as the drive system is concerned, and when I have a working prototype, I rebuild from scratch, incorporating the ideas that worked out in the trial runs, and add more detail. This process continues until I have the model the way I want it to look and work.


Can be real painstaking, so patience and the ability to know when to walk away for a break are keys to success.

This model you see has about 40-50,000 elements, and is powered by a variable speed drill.

tilt
 
JonnyK

JonnyK

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Very Nice - I give it a 2 thumbs up!!

I would like to see a short video clip of it in Action i would like to see em all move :D :D
 
tiltawhirl

tiltawhirl

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next project

Hey WDW Freak!

thanks for the two thumbs up :)

My next project is a Larson International Superloop.

I have attached a pic below. It is still in the design phase, but will be around 30-40,000 elements. I stood behind it to give you an idea of scale.

As far as movies go, I have home videos of them running, but have no way of digitizing or recording them digitally...yet!

I put a request into my wife for a digital video cam...so hopefully Christmas will find me gleefully opening a box from Sony ;)

tilt
 

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The_CEO

The_CEO

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How tall ARE you? lol Thats very amazing dude. May i ask how much $ you HAVE invested on those little plasitc pieces we call Legos? hehe
 
ACE

ACE

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Where do you store your completed projects? Or yet a better question, how much you spend on legos?:lol:

Great Work! :sohappy: :sohappy:

:wave: ACE
 
tiltawhirl

tiltawhirl

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Thanks for all the kudos folks!

How much have I spent? hmmmm....I would say that my collection is worth around $50k or so, as a conservative estimate.

Let's put it this way...I drive a hyundai accent :lol:


As far as storage is concerned, I do most of my building in my 'Lego room'. I build using modular designs, so that my models come apart in pieces, or sections, which I put into large plastic totes. They are then stored in another room until I do a show, or decide to put them together to do more detail work. There is always ways to make things more efficient, or look better with Lego, so it can become a bit obsessive at times! (just ask my wife:lol: )

I have done quite a bit of 3D signage for corporations, as well as some other smaller scale rides. I prefer the larger scale, just for sheer challenge factor. Although the price per model goes up significantly.

Rollercoasters are a bit of an impossibility, without using significant amounts of non-Lego elements. You just can't get lego to do tricky helixes, or banks or what-have-you, do to the limitations of the medium itself...alas.

tilt
 
james4023464

james4023464

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dude this is awsome I love to see more of your creations, you rock. I used to be a major lego builder, but now I just don't have the time. Again great job.
 

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