I was looking back at some of my older sketchup models and decided to play around with my first sketchup model, Darkastle. This was modeled after Williamsburg, VA Bushe Garden's Curse of Darkastle ride exterior. I made some adjustments and added some of my own flair and here are some renderings of the model.

 

This is my first 'The Vault' entry. The vault will be memories or experiences I have had that I feel have lead me to where I am today. Today I wanted to share my Lagoon Ride Design experience. Utah only has one amusement park, Lagoon, every year they have a physics day at lagoon in conjunction with Utah State University  where high schools from all over come and learn about physics. A small group of us from Wasatch High School where going and the night before I was reading what was going to happen and I came across a call for entries for a ride design competition. I had to enter because of all people I should win because that is my future career to design rides and attractions, so that night I worked long hours to create a display and design for a roller coaster concept I had. I created a simulation in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 recorded it and made a short DVD which I had on display showing the simulation. a display board with concept art and description, and a model of the ride vehicle. The next day when I showed up to go the group was a bit confused why I had all this stuff which I quickly explained. I got set up and enjoyed the rest of the day at the amusement park. When I came back at the end I found I had won first place which I think is amazing after such short notice. It must be Destiny...

Link to USU Article.

UPDATE: Link to Concept Art

The Vault will be a place where I share Interesting Stories from my past.