Ian-S Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Ironically they pick the one ride to repaint which looks good all run down and rusted... . LOL that was my thought too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 If that's the final result I despise it. Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiteknuckle Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 No like. Looks too new now. lewumbrajumbos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 The irony, people want Merlin to repaint rides and when they do, people complain. I'm not complaining. If Air's been painted, it just leaves forest, smiler and mine train to sort. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Some people are never happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 The cover photo on the Twitter page (twitter.com/altontlc) shows that they're giving it the rust effect. The track is meant to be a white shade, it's the bones of the alien. It's not just going to be painted white, if anything it looks like they're putting a lot into the rusting effect by the cover photo. They're painting Nemesis, it means they're giving it some attention. So maybe they'll deal with the station and clean out the waterfalls so they aren't clogged with moss (even if we'll never see the red water run again). pognoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Some people are never happy. Kerfuffle, paige, Bubbles1 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 The irony, people want Merlin to repaint rides and when they do, people complain. I'm not complaining. If Air's been painted, it just leaves forest, smiler and mine train to sort. I for one never wanted Nemesis to be repainted. It looked perfect, now it looks like a Six Flags invert. It's too white and I hate it. It looks like thet tipped a celebrity's teeth whitener on it.Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk Whiteknuckle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 The cover photo on the Twitter page (twitter.com/altontlc) shows that they're giving it the rust effect. The track is meant to be a white shade, it's the bones of the alien. It's not just going to be painted white, if anything it looks like they're putting a lot into the rusting effect by the cover photo. They're painting Nemesis, it means they're giving it some attention. So maybe they'll deal with the station and clean out the waterfalls so they aren't clogged with moss (even if we'll never see the red water run again).Good.Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 you have to repaint rides sometimes otherwise they rust. I like the white, it makes it stand out and it gets away from merlin's obsession with black and grey. Before nemesis looked tired, this should bring it back to some of its former glory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 It goes to show what they can actually do during the closed season, which (if rumours are true) makes the TLC thing even more of a scam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 you have to repaint rides sometimes otherwise they rust. I like the white, it makes it stand out and it gets away from merlin's obsession with black and grey. Before nemesis looked tired, this should bring it back to some of its former glory.But it looks great rusty. This is awful.Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk 400400 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400400 Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Nemesis had to be rusty. It's how wardley wanted it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 From an engineers perspective you can't leave a ride covered in actual rust. Imagineer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 They are investing in an existing attraction to bring it back up to it's original high standard, surely that has to be a good thing? holtjammy16, Chaz and Matt 236 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Nemesis was never covered in real rust, certainly not to any significant point, obviously. Track gets inspected regularly an all coasters so this would not be allowed to happen. In regards to the paint job... A lot of effort was made to paint Nemesis a certain way when it was new, so that it looked artistically rusty and stained. It should not be plain white. Most proper painters should be able to recreate the original texture, but how likely is that to happen when they probably just want to get the job done quickly? I hope they pay it proper attention.. The white layer or the red layer seen in the photos is certainly a primer coating and the other a base colour, just we have no way of knowing which is which yet. Don't judge on the first photo you see pognoi and 400400 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPGG Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Any more pics of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Mae Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 Just saying it has been said by a few people now that they are redo-ing the rust effect on top of the white colour. The white is NOT the final effect. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I'd hope the white is just grey primer, although I was always told never put primer on top of old paint, always rub the old paint off first.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 ^ because putting the primer on first will give it a battered look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 The rules for painting steel (especially treated steel) are different though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieN Posted January 18, 2016 Report Share Posted January 18, 2016 I think you should confer to TPM's resident steel painting expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Why is this entire subforum so dead? Anyway, I've lost the picture but Nemmie is being painted to look like a red velvet cupcake and I love it. Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Soooooo they have budget to repaint a ride but no budget to open half the park...? I am soooo confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Oh come on, the budget to repaint a ride is nothing next to operational costs... I'm not agreeing with the ride closures (that said, was it ever confirmed?), but let's not make comments that don't really add up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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