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Big Dave wrote: Just a quick thought. Those pictures have made me think that maybe they will make the themed object out of digger arms. Getting a load of steel and making it from scratch is a lot of hard work, grabbing a load of digger arms and adding theming to them would be much easier and cheaper.
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I doubt it will be steel, themeing rarely is!
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They nearly always have a steel shell and have fibreglass over top of them.


Steel frame work for Wodan entrance feature:
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Steel mesh for the rocks:
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Big Dave wrote: They nearly always have a steel shell and have fibreglass over top of them.
Would of thought you are right there, steel struts for the legs with fibreglass over the top of the struts for the theming.
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I have been a TT fan for many years but just got round to registering - I'm very excited about this, at 35 have been a huge AT fan for years, (off topic but as people have been talking about it, am I the only person to find Speed painful ? I hated it… ) anyway, hopefully this new ride will be smoother and looks fantastic ! … much longer than the usual Merlin park coaster… surprised a few people are being negative about it.. roll on construction pics, thats the really exciting part when it starts to take shape
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Agreed about the steel shell, My point was that they wouldn't just use the steel. I'd say digger arms aren't going to be long enough, and would probably be quite expensive anyway because of their scrap value. I'd imagine they'd use as little steel as possible! The theme of this is all that is making me a bit concerned, the coaster itself looks fine and will offer an experience the park doesn't already have which is always a positive. Like I have said before, I'm just tired of the drab and depressing themes, scary isn't exciting to me! But hey, I'm sure it will sell just fine and I can't pass judgement until I've seen it in the steel.
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Hi I have been keeping an eye on this forum for ages, great work Nemesis94!

I know the center peice is just marked as "theming" but does anyone else think the 360degree glass would make a great viewing platform? especially with the base so close to the path.

just a thought.......be gentle!
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I believe they're LED displays rather than glass windows.
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had a thought on the worlds first, could it be the worlds first alton towers SW coaster not to be an actualy first?

Or perhaps the 1st Eurofighter without a beyond vertical drop?

In all seriousness, I am intrigued as to what will happen in the building, to me it seems the only place where there could be a worlds first, and it is still a mystery as to why the building has what appears to be an extra level
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jb19852 wrote: had a thought on the worlds first, could it be the worlds first alton towers SW coaster not to be an actualy first?

Or perhaps the 1st Eurofighter without a beyond vertical drop?

In all seriousness, I am intrigued as to what will happen in the building, to me it seems the only place where there could be a worlds first, and it is still a mystery as to why the building has what appears to be an extra level
Nemesis wasn't a world's first. ;)

I doubt they could get anything out of that, as it's like saying:
"Look at our ride with a normal drop and nothing special!"

The world's first will happen inside of the building, as there is definitely no world's first on the outside, so I'm excited to see what the Towers can pull off this time!
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I think your right on this it has to be in the building but hard to see what would fit, the extra height must be part of it but if it's the worlds steepest drop as said pages ago it still won't be much of a drop only 10 m or so without a lot of digging!
Also what would be the point of a beyond vertical drop in the dark, but having said that I suppose just because it's inside it doesn't have to be dark! Maybe a optical illusion of some kind to make the drop seem deeper.
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jb19852 wrote: Or perhaps the 1st Eurofighter without a beyond vertical drop?
That would be the definition of 'clutching at straws'! :P
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As expected, the planning committee will discuss SW7 in 1 week's time.

http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/sm/yo ... -committee

The recommendation to the planning committee is that the development should be approved!
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No surprises that both the Alton and Farley Parish Councils object the application. Fingers crossed it gets passed though!

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Why on earth don't they spell check! It's written in word so everything’s already been highlighted yet they seem to have ignored it. Oblivian :no:

Beside that it’s good to hear things are happening. I was starting to wonder why nothing had happened.
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I'm pretty sure the planning application deals with their concerns, so it should get passed no problem.


Not sure what English Heritage are on about though, wanting the food place to close and the landscape around the ride returned to it's original appearance.
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Blaze wrote:
Not sure what English Heritage are on about though, wanting the food place to close and the landscape around the ride returned to it's original appearance.
What food place?

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An old restaurant, apparently it's been out of use for a long time and they want it gone.

It's not the ex-KFC, it's more towards Spinball.
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I think they could mean the Fried Chicken Co. but they visited the site just after KFC had left the building so it looked out of use and 'redundant' as the statement says.
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^Is that the building surrounded by trees to the right of the the lawns?

I always thought that was just a storage building.
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CoasterCrazyChris wrote: ^Is that the building surrounded by trees to the right of the the lawns?

I always thought that was just a storage building.
I think it's that one.
Chris wrote: I think they could mean the Fried Chicken Co. but they visited the site just after KFC had left the building so it looked out of use and 'redundant' as the statement says.
In the other topic it's explained what one they mean, it isn't Fried Chicken Co, don't worry. :)
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