It begins with a Z

I am working on a new ride. The first ride I am ever doing that has a color scheme based off my own design. Its a classic ride. Almost every midway has one.

The classic zipper was introduced to the carnival midway in 1968. Since this time over 200 have been built, and operate all over the world, making it one of the most mass produced modern day rides of all time. Its the standard to which all other thrill rides are measured. weighing in at 19 tons, the zipper is not out to impress its audience with any themes, its just pure mechanical chaos. And now Shenandoah shows is getting its own model of the classic midway staple. (thanks ride jocks YouTube channel for the info on the history of the zipper)

New stuff 2.0

I have an array of new photos to show. Caption under each photo

 The all new rebuilt rock o plane.

Lit up.

 New loop o plane.

 lit up.

 Big wheel lit.

 Side winder lit.

 You will notice the swide winders sweeps now have a kinda curve to them. like this {.

 Loop o plane tear down.

 loop o plane racked.

 big wheel tear down.

 midway tear down.

 big wheel folded

 big wheel racked.

 Rock o plane racked with lights.

 New generator lit up.

The generator.

 

 My second generator without lights. You will notice they both have electrical outlets. I put a 3 socket plug into an extension cord on both of them.

 The inside showing all the rakced

 The artwork

 The artwork on the toher.

 The newly painted scrambler.

And the newly painted Eli HY 5 2 wheel. It lacks lights and some other décor.

 

And that's the new stuff. I also have a new video on YouTube. Its my first video of setup. The loop O plane raising up. which is the most interesting part of the setup. Click the videos tab to the right.

new stuff

So I have a lot of new stuff to showcase.

 1 is the new surfs up ride.

 Lights

 The heart flip now has electric lights.

 The swinger has been stripped, painted, and the wheel was re built.

 Oh, and lit yup. Now it has new racking parts not shown in this picture.

 I completely overhauled the rok n rol. It now has a better color scheme, a new sine, a bally, and new art work under the bally. The real one its based off of has the artwork, but its so terrible looking they put a bally on it.

 Oh and did I mention it has lights.

In case you forgot, this is how the rok n rol looked last year.

 A new eli wheel. The eli hy 5 wheel. This one is white, but I also have a red 1 with a silver base.

And it has lights of course.
I also have some stuff I need to show, like my re built rock o plane, the new loop o plane, and scooter. I also painted the scrambler, so look out for a new new stuff post later.

the great painting has begun/ the painting process.

So I mentioned a wile back about the great painting of 2014. What that means Is that most of my rides, will be painted, instead of pipe cleaners. Wile pipe cleaners will still play a part, the over all look will be improved. I have already painted the red paratrooper, the rok n rol, the sidewinder, 2 new Ferris wheels, the rock o plane, the swinger, and the all new loop o plane!!! Now I am going to show you the painting process. This is the many steps it takes to paint a ride.  The step will be under each picture.

First the ride, in this case the side winder, is stripped down to bare knex. some peices that will be painted other colors will be removed and set aside. In this case the cars and a few others.

Then the ride is taken to the painting area, and set into different spaces for different parts.

                        Then the ride gets painted with spray paint. This one is blue.

Once the ride is painted, 2 or 3 coats later, it is brought back up to be put back together. some small parts will be put in the freezer to reduce the stickiness of the paint.

The ride is now put back together.

 Then pipe cleaners are added where needed for racking.

Now paint markers put delicate lines on certain parts. This only applies to rides with small designs.

The designs on the cars are done. (the teal at the end of the white parts)

 Now the ride is finished being painted.

         Now, decoration pipe cleaners are put in place. These represent the lights.

                                       The ride is finished mostly. extra parts were added after these pictures were taken, like lights and such.

The last step is rack the ride.

Now I have some new stuff to show so expect some pictures soon. One of them is I completely rebuilt my rock o plane wheel to look more accurate and have more racking capability's. stay tuned.

New stuff

Some new stuff has been underway for a wile. I have a picture. But instead of trying to explain it all, I made a diagram of the new stuff. Follow the colored lines on the picture to the description. Try tracing the lines with your mouse.

Also, the great painting of 2014 has begun. DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! Stay tuned for more.

All new mulligan wheel

The mulligan wheel is finished, and is huge. It has led color changing lights.

                                                                         The real ride.