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I think the 4 you circled are actually for the transfer track, closest to the station. I used the track footing blueprint below to better show the station area. (hard to tell the blue from green highlights in the aerial image, but the corresponding colors match the blueprint image below)

Checking out the recent aerial pics and comparing them to the blueprints, looks like most of the piers have been poured for the brake run, all have been poured for the transfer/storage/station, and they're just beginning with the lift. The green highlights below is the existing transformer that can be used as a point of reference between the aerial images and blueprints. The yellow is the backbone piers/footing. The purple is the furthest so far of the brake run. Finally, the blue is upcoming lift hill piers that'll be poured. Note that the semi trailers will need to be moved to access one of the pier areas.

You joke, but blue track and orange supports doesn't look half bad! EDIT, source: https://i.redd.it/oa0xyuuimzg21.jpg

Are the support columns really visible? If that's them in the back, hard to say they're white based on these images. Compare that to the bottom (but on top, in these pics) of the Hershey track. We know that's brown, but in the pic, it looks like a white/grey-ish color.

I've always believed in you, Collin.

Looks like that F150 is a good color approximation for it, too.

Their wiki is very informative. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clermont_Steel_Fabricators

The old Vekoma is already longer than the giga! /s Awesome. Got any pics for us?

Here's a pic of some blue track! /s

I think you're the only one saying anything about going today, so pretty please!

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I meant it as sarcasm. I'm about two hours away from Cincinnati. Users on here asking if we want any pics--of course we want pics!

All we have right now on the color is an estimate between two swatches, based on some painted track inside CSF. Wait until the track is outside, in daylight, with actual pics.

Just some pics from the street would be great at this point.

You are correct.

Yes please!

Way earlier in the thread, I had counted the total number of pieces of the entire track (148) and compared to Fury's (192) to estimate track length. Since then, several NL models have come out that are all 200-300' longer than my estimate, so my numbers above may not be as accurate as the NL models. But, it sounds like you're comparing height, which we confidently know that the KI coaster is not as tall as Fury, based on the blueprints.

I had speculated earlier that the on-ride camera would be at the base of the first drop, based on electrical notes for something called "Hot Shot". I came across the below image over the weekend and saw the "Big Shot" on the camera and had mistakenly thought that's what I had remembered seeing on the KI blueprint, but now I see they're named differently. However, after seeing this Big Shot logo, I'm pretty sure I remember seeing the same on Vortex and maybe a few others in the park. Still, I'm thinking that's what we have here, but I'm not sure why the names do not match.

If you're going for realism, you'll want to rearrange the steps a bit. On the entrance side, they look this this: On the exit/lift side, they look like this: Here's an overview of the station and the 3 sets of steps. Note how the exit steps start perpendicular to the station but then angle outwards at the landing.

You have 100% better visibility than I do, but my guess is they're pouring the piers, not footings (piers being the ~10-30' deep concrete/rebar underground sections). For the footings, they'll need the piers completed first and 'molds' around those piers for the footings to be poured into, with above-ground rebar and anchor bolts set to accept the support columns.

I think almost all B&Ms nowadays have at least one trim, including all the hyper coasters. This new one shouldn't be any different. The trim will set the speed of the train to what it's designed for, if it's going too fast. You'll still get some air after the trim, don't worry about that.

Few images of the construction site, where they're digging holes, and anywhere else if anything new is going on. Zoomed out and zoomed in, if you can. Thanks!

They got Prime account with that same-day shipping from CSF.