The Bat flies again at Kings Island

[shawnofthedead]

I would have thought they would have to sandblast or something before they painted it? Looks good though

[Oldschool75]

Just like painting a car I'm sure, both exposed to the elements.

[Diamondbacker]

Will they give it another coat in the spring?

[shawnofthedead]

Yea but if you paint a car you dont just paint over the old paint, you remove it first.

[fanofFirehawk]

In the station, during the season you could see the original red of Top Gun track that had been worn away by the wheels.

[shawnofthedead]

Alwell however they are doing it, is going look good.

[jcgoble3]

On Invertigo a year and a half ago, they just slapped the new paint over top of the old stuff. Seems that they are doing the same with The Bat.

[Oldiesmann]

The reason for slapping new paint on top of old paint is simple. It's faster and cheaper. I'm sure the weather plays into it as well - you don't want bare metal exposed to all the snow and rain.

[Kat]

It already looks better!!!!

[Kat]

I would have thought they would have to sandblast or something before they painted it? Looks good though

They may have. Prep work began around two weeks ago. Don't know what all was involved with that but I'm sure sandblasting or something to smooth everything out was done before applying new paint.

[thedevariouseffect]

That's the only thing that slightly irks me...Brand new coasters, nice smooth paint looks great. Look @ millie's paint..just didn't turn out perfectly

[RailRider]

Weird seeing this ride with color again. No longer Monochromatic The Ride.

Love the Orange.

[myklhicks]

It looks as though they're priming it.
Notice how the support circled it darker than most.
And the track circled is whiter than most.

[NoChickens]

Now all we need to do is get rid of daylight savings time, so we can have more night rides

[thedevariouseffect]

See this is the stuff that I would love to see on videos and stuff like CP has their blog/pointcasts. I'm surprised we don't really have stuff like that for KI yet, it seems to work well w/ CP

[NoChickens]

Yeah, I'm kinda surprised KITV never had more than the 1 episode. Seemed a good thing that kinda fell by the wayside.

[Vortex]

Yeah, I'm kinda surprised KITV never had more than the 1 episode. Seemed a good thing that kinda fell by the wayside.

It was a good idea. Cedar Point updates their channel all year and now so does Kentucky Kingdom.

[homestar92]

i am curious... what kind of tools are used to paint coasters either ones being put together in a factory or ones already standing?

In the factory, my assumption would be that the track is powder coated. I have noticed a much nicer sheen to newly manufactured coasters that repainted ones don't quite get. Case in point, Gatekeeper looked much shinier this season than Invertigo just after its repainting, and the color is very similar.

[thedevariouseffect]

I also don't know if this paint has a clear coat after it as well too..

Again curious to know all of this and what's going on...give us Point...er...KI Casts?

Watch & learns?

Bring a friend to work day?

I don't know...

[Oldschool75]

just checked the webcam again and i dont think thats a crane because its in the exact same spot and hasnt moved since monday and if you look close enough you can see the track of the first drop is much lighter like a primer coat of paint. i think its safe to say they have started painting the first drop orange. could be wrong though...

No part of the ride has been repainted yet.

^I tend to believe this guy, I'm sure he knows what he is talking about!

you were saying? sry just had too. and that orange looks better already.

Yeah I was saying, I tend to believe Don for his word. At the time of posting, painting had not began. At 8:57 AM paint had not been applied, that little amount I'm sure was painted between 8:57 - 3:34 PM.

[Oldschool75]

Double post

[RingMaster]

I don't think it would do well in outdoor elements.

IIRC The Bat was used outside during Haunt pre-Crypt era.

Actually that particular prop wasn't around for the 2007 Haunt; the closest resemblance to it was the alien that originally resided underneath the water tower:

Not surprisingly, most of the props and animatronics scattered throughout the event are from Unit 70 Studios, a company just up north near Columbus. Several companies specialize in manufacturing props for haunted attractions, but I've always liked Unit 70 because theirs look the most realistic both in design and function.

[Captain Nemo]

It looks as though they're priming it.

Notice how the support circled it darker than most.

And the track circled is whiter than most.

What are you Peter Pan?! It's called shadows and reflection!

[Oldschool75]

Yeah those are 2 different colors. For example look to the far right where the orange starts, compare the support color and the old track color right next to it. They were the same color when it was Flight Deck. So I agree with myklhicks that it is a possible primer, but definitely something new.

[bkroz]

Do we think Kings Island paid more than the $3500 list price to make our bat demon's arms hairy?

[myklhicks]

It looks as though they're priming it.

Notice how the support circled it darker than most.

And the track circled is whiter than most.

What are you Peter Pan?! It's called shadows and reflection!

yeah, fly with me to neverland. all you need to do is believe and a little pinch of pixie dust.

but they are in fact different colors.

[disco2000]

It is most likely eye trickery - I tried to paste a link but it isn't letting me do it, but google "same color illusion" and many examples come up demonstrating this

[Diamondback96]

They actually seem to be different colors, according to my Photoshop analysis. Note that this isn't exactly scientific.

[jandyb79]

Yea but if you paint a car you dont just paint over the old paint, you remove it first.

I wonder if this is really true? With a vehicle you should not go to bare metal since the initial factory paint process essentially "bakes" the paint into the metal and has the best possible adherence to the metal. Primer, filling and wet sanding directly effect the smooth texture desired on the automobile - not how well the paint adheres. In other words, it is extremely difficult to duplicate the "sticking quality" of the factory paint coat. Kinda makes me wonder if the initial process for coaster painting is similar? Having been involved in several stripping and resurfacing jobs myself, there will be need for sanding and prep work on the coaster, but I don't believe there is a need to go down to bare metal. Can anyone else shed light on this subject?

[Kat]

It's not all about making the paint adhere better but making it smooth. You don't want fresh paint over old peeling paint for a few reasons.

It doesn't look good and won't last as long. If the old paint is peeling and you put new paint on it it looks bad and before long the new paint will peel off too in the spots where it was peeling before. You don't go town to bare metal, but sand it and smooth everything out first, then apply primer and then your top color then usually a clear coat to seal it, depends what you're painting.