The Point Going Orange?

Yankees.......Don't mention that blasted name!!!

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Red fades to pink, orange fades to orange. Magnum has always been orange.

The paint they are repainting it with is the original color.

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Iron Dragon appeared to be getting the original red color on the track, white primer on the supports at the downtrack end of the station, so I am guessing Iron Dragon's paint scheme is not changing.

Magnum was originally a bright orange-red, not the darker red of Iron Dragon. Iron Dragon is more of a fire-engine red; Magnum's real color is several shades lighter, hence the 'orange' appearance.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Ever see an old Case tractor at the Fair or a museum, the color is very close to Maggies original color, The JI Case name for the color- Flambeau Red or as i call two shades redder than a pumpkin. http://www.geocities.com/caseworld/paint.html

http://www.geocities.com/caseworld/GalleryVVA.html

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Dave

Magnum Force-" I cant eat on an empty stomach!" Chirs -"what did you say"
MF-I cant eat on an empty stom... Oh, Ride I mean Ride"
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*** This post was edited by kneemeister 10/28/2003 6:45:48 PM ***
*** This post was edited by kneemeister 10/28/2003 6:47:04 PM ***

Actually ID was as orange as orange could be. The exact same paint as Maggie, 2/3 of the lift was painted.

The white on the supports appeared to be primer and not paint but ID is definitely changing colors.

Magnum is staying the same as always.

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Oh, God. Not another debate on the color of Magnum?

It's red-orange.

Case closed.

MrScott

I had a double take when I was at the park Sunday - I was like 'wow they painted ID... wait.... they painted about 50 feet of ID'

It was very orange. I wish they'd give it a bizarre paint job, kind of like Wildcats last year job

Rumor is orange and yellow. Bizzarre enough for ya?

Regardless of what color you think it is, Magnum is being repainted its ORIGINAL color.

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Photos are not a reliable source of color. Who doesn't tweak their color settings?

Take a look at the leteering on Maggie's photo booth. It's the same orange as the paint they are now applying.

If you want to see what it looked like in 1989 check out the full length ride video on Guide To The Point.

Besides the orange color you also see where the trims originally were, at the top of the third hill, how far down the third drop went before it and the prtzel were reprofiled and you can hear the upstop pads hitting the bottom of the track before they put wheels on it.

Fun Stuff indeed.

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*** This post was edited by MagnumForce 10/28/2003 7:24:47 PM ***

in the same RCDB photoset-orange http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery11.htm?Picture=10

As one of the Buzzers who was past the age of 20 when it was built, I recall that the scarriest site in ohio in June 1989 was Orange and Silver.

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Dave

Magnum Force-" I cant eat on an empty stomach!" Chirs -"what did you say"
MF-I cant eat on an empty stom... Oh, Ride I mean Ride"
*** This post was edited by kneemeister 10/28/2003 7:28:54 PM ***

Oh boy. What I thought was a simple question has turned into a crap thread thanks to the color blind.

Goliath at SFMM is orange. Magnum is red. This should end the argument...

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/inside_park/rides/thrill/magnum.cfm

Read the third paragraph: "...5,106 feet of red steel tubular track..."
There. Straight from the horse's mouth.

Then why are people all of a sudden saying it's orange when the paint they are now applying is the same paint it had upon opening?

It was a red-orange that was more orange then red, take that for what its worth.

It was never bright red and it was never pumpkin orange, its in between which leaves things open to your own interpretation.

I think if you had seen it upon opening and see the paint test on it now you would agree that its definitely not red.

And good lord this is the most enthusiassy disscussion I have ever been in. I really need to stop myself before I go to the dark side. ;)

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*** This post was edited by MagnumForce 10/28/2003 7:55:17 PM ***

magnum is red. the picture of the pretzel loop is faded paint. The supports I thought were white, but in that pic they are silver. The ride is red, just like steel force

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I am one.
I am Turbo.
Top Thrill in the front row... anything else is lame
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Ok so now we are arguing over the color of a coaster.........Jeez Louise

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Lyrically, I'm supposed to represent
I'm not only a client, I'm the playa president!

Happens every offseason. GTTP has countless topics on it ;)

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I'm just wondering why they're painting the coasters now instead of waiting til closer to opening day '04. Seems by then, some of the newness look of the paint will have been lost.
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Nashville needs a theme park!

With winters around here, you need to do stuff while you can.

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It sounds like someone from Knott's Berry Farm put in for a transfer ;)

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--Maddie--
What do I Listen-To?
Hot stuff.

RPMGuitar said:
I thought Magnum has always been orange?

Bless your color blind heart.

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He not color blind, whoever said it was the same color as Steel Force is color blind.

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From SFKK in April to Dragster's Last Train of the year, thanks everyone for such amazing friendships.