Valentez Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Great pictures, made me realise how great the view of The Swarm will be from on the Storm surge lift!Anybody think the garden behind stealth is starting to look abit.. mazelike?EDIT: is that photo from storm surge or detonator? just realised the station doesn't look in line to be storm surge haha, either way, still a great view.It was taken from Storm Surge but Ive trimmed the picture so you can't see the lifthill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk30 Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Just thinking ahead to closed season were can we take pic from as dont think you will see much from monks walk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.m.k Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Just thinking ahead to closed season were can we take pic from as dont think you will see much from monks walkFrom the links on The Swarm's site, looks like we could be getting a development diary Lets just hope they keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Yeah, correct me if I'm wrong they had a diary for stealth. Still available from http://stealth.Thorpepark.com Quite nice of them to do it though, I mean not everyone wants to follow the construction of a rollercoaster. Drawin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 The Stealth one was updated way more frequently than the Project Dylan one was though, so I hope they do actually keep the updates fairly regular. I think this will be as good as impossible to follow from outside the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteknuckle Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 (edited) Taken today from the exit side of Stealth.No sign of supports going up yet, but cement lorry back on site, as footer work continues.Sorry, not sure how to make it smaller after clicking on the thumbnail. Comes out big on full screen. Edited September 14, 2011 by Whiteknuckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentez Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Cheers for the picture Whiteknuckle.Cement lorry back? Ah well from what I saw yesterday there wasn't much left to pour. Fingers crossed that they push on with circuit construction after the weekend.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Well, looking at the picture we can see how the full floor-plan of the station foundation has now taken shape, and the wooden structural moulds have been removed, so it seems the only reason the cement mixer is back on site would be because of the remaining footers. After that, the station will need just a little more structural integrity before they start bolting tonnes of metal to it, but track construction should commence soon. I figure Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 ^I've *heard* rumours that supports and possibly track should start going up over the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidders Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Well then, that doesn't give us much time! We must PREPARE A FEAST. A grand feast! Someone will need to do the guest list, someone the food, someone the decorations, the bouquet, the laying of the grand gingham blanket so we don't get muddy feet... Oh! And someone will need to keep the trolls away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Shotgun troll bashing! *sharpens stick*It would be very kind of Thorpe to start supports or track around the weekend or Monday, give me something interesting to look at next Wednesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 ^I've *heard* rumours that supports and possibly track should start going up over the weekend. We also heard rumours that it would start today :PDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Is it not going up at the weekend, I heard there were some footers sill to be filled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordygill Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 well looking at the site there is a chance of a support maybe going down.. who knows.. just have to wait and see :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I'm sure I saw a crane today, well on a lorry, maybe wrong. I noticed some stealth staff were trying to stop people takin pictures from stealths platform, well oviously it's a platform.Any more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Wasn't anything of great interest that I saw today, just the general, not-that-interesting work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I'm sure I saw a crane today, well on a lorry, maybe wrong. I noticed some stealth staff were trying to stop people takin pictures from stealths platform, well oviously it's a platform.Any more infoWhat you may find it was RCS's crane thats been onsite for some time now assissting with another de;livery of track/supports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Yeah most probably was, how are you guys there quite alot? Annual pass? I never find time to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenC Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 I was on Park today and took a whole bunch of construction photos which can be seen over at Total Thorpe Park.Essentially the site still looks very rough, and with so many footers still yet to be filled I'm not sure how quickly we'll see construction go vertical. The whole project seems to be progressing rather slowly - if we compare The Swarm to Stealth, by this time in 2006 construction was at a noticeably more advanced stage. Comparisons aren't completely fair though because Stealth wasn't being built on reclaimed land, and had a track layout significantly more basic than The Swarm's!Anyway, although there were no huge developments seen during my visit today, I did manage to get a nice clear shot of The Swarm's track from the top of Storm Surge... Oh, and the tank and entrance advert get a big thumbs up from me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamY Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 First decent track shot we've had, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Gonna throw it out there, but the track and supports seem to be identicle in colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Gonna throw it out there, but the track and supports seem to be identicle in colour?That's what I was thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 That's what I was thinking Well that's not great, well, although it could look good. Were they main supports? (on phone and webpages take years) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason10 Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Saw, Thirteen, Raptor, Krake and now The Swarm. I love Merlin's imagination when it comes to colour schemes. Doesn't affect the actual ride, but aesthetically speaking, it's a bit of a bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Swarm is grey, not black for one thing...And why does the track and supports having the same colour matter? Do we want a Silver Bullet look to it?Big coasters often work better as big and evil contraptions, depending on the theme of the ride of course... So why a dark colour shouldn't be chosen when this is the apocalypse, I don't know...Also, I find that darker coasters work well in photos very well, regardless of weather... And really, the colour will affect the ride in absaolutely no way... Here's something I'm gonna throw out here after riding Raptor which will probs be contraversial to a few people... Swarm will probs be the best ride at Thorpe, but it won't be the most intense due to the very nature of the ride...And if you are of considerable girth, forget it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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