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Adam J

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Seems a bit odd them painting random bits of track - not getting my hopes up personally but who knows?

 

Also to see the difference in the two pics really shows how skanky the track is - okay, the ride is 13 years old now so a bit of wear and tear is expected but Inferno is only a year younger than Colossus and the track looks so much better

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With this new paint on just one of the four rolls, it looks odd and shows just how old the ret of the paint is but already this seems to have had quite a lot of wear.

 

As well as this new paint, in the queue line in three points there are now little, hopefully temporary, wooden ramps which go over a drainage pipe from the water beneath the vertical loop to the construction site and they really stand out and look odd.

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More newly painted parts of Colossus in evidence today - all seemingly randomly placed.

 

Completely agree that the new paint shows just how bad the original track now looks...

 

So here's a starter for 10:

 

colossusrepaint1.jpg

 

Can you spot the odd section out?

 

colossusrepaint2.jpg

 

And finally, this is probably the least flattering photo I've ever taken of Thorpe Park - yummy green Medusa pit...

 

colossusrepaint3.jpg

 

Suspect these are test patches... but the quicker Thorpe can do the whole ride, the better!

 

In 2011, Universal Orlando managed to get their Incredible Hulk coaster repainted in night shifts, over 2 months, with no ride downtime...

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Still, the fact that most of the track is still covered in rust probably isn't helping the wear of the new sections, as surely the wheels pick it up as they go round and then deposit it on the new sections when they get there. Or that's what it looks like is happening anyway

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All rollercoasters on the face of the planet have a bare metal strip running the tracks where the wheels wear the paint off.

And Colossus track is not actually rusted, that would be a massive engineering failure - the dirt is usually oil, general muck

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