TTD Color Scheme Alternatives

I almost certain that all the fighters in Top Gun were F-14's.

redman, I stand corrected. :)

I'd say, re/theme it into an airplane carrier - paint it all beige/olive/green camouflage and on the apex... drop the bomb! :)

No seriously, I would be reluctant to use an outspokenly military theme for a fun machine like that - fighter planes have a fascination I share, but they're also built to inflict damage and death on others.

I admit, it's hard to find a more compelling visual metaphor to theme TTD than the ariplane carrier, though - and there's also several "Top Guns" around - plus the new famed "Silver Bullet" at knotts.

Andy,

There were three main kinds of fighter aircraft in "Top Gun".

F-14 Tomcat = The large, swing-wing fighters flown by the main characters (Cruise/Kilmer).

A-4 Skyhawk = The small, triangle-shaped wing craft flown by the instructors (Skerrit/Ironsides).

F-5 Tiger = Painted black, these were what stood in for the "MiG"s (Movie Extra bad guy #1, etc...).

Swoosh,

what kind of WWII plane do you fly? P-51, P-47?

Later,
EV

Well we (my dad) personally own an L-3 bird dog, they were used for surveilance during WWII. My god grandfather flys a P-51D that is based out of Council Bluffs. He is Retired Brig Gen Reg Urschuler and his 'stang is better known as "Gunfighter". I hope that helps.

Wow... small world! We saw him at the Muskegon air show. Very nice restoration work on the aircraft.

Cedar Point's bright, eye-catching style. Mantis sure is fugly, but you can't stop looking at it. This is opposed to say, SFGAm, with two all-black rides and one all-dark-green ride.

I love how you try to compare Cedar Point's "color style" to SFGAM's non-colorful coaster colors, mind you that the 2 all black coasters are 1. The oldest coaster there...Demon., and 2. The original Batman the Ride, only recently did they start painting it some other colors. And all-dark-green ride, hence...the Whizzer, another park first, new in 76! Nice point you tried to make.
Have you not seen Raging Bull's color scheme, vibrant Orange and "Wine" purple.
And it's impossible to miss Deja Vu's electric green and blue.
Vertical Velocity's yellow and teal are pretty bright too, woops.

So before you decide to knock a park and its bad ride color choices, check how old the rides are first, for me.

Thanks! :)
-Jeff-

Alternative theme?

I'd just be happy to see Intamin track in a color that's not one of the primary colors!

Rob, look at Xcellerator. It's coral.

You mean like this?

Yeah - Goliath at SFH should be called "The Giant Poison Snake" for its color theme!

I think "non-primary color Intamins", is another winning category for EGF.
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery977.htm?Picture=46
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery977.htm?Picture=26

My personal winner concerning the use of color on a coaster in general is Talon.
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery735.htm?Picture=26
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery735.htm?Picture=11

greeeeeets
jo *** Edited 1/13/2004 4:39:45 PM UTC by superman***

Coral is close enough to red to be called red!

I like the way Goliath looks, with that sickly green track and those dark maroon supports. It looks even more spectacular at night with the lights shining on it!

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joe. said:
Rob, look at Xcellerator. It's coral.

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Actually, it might be close to red, but it still looks like a really cool looking color scheme, especially in that Californian sunshine + blue sky!

George Carlin:

In school, we used to root for cardinal and gold...It was f#*kin' red and yellow! Cardinal and gold my a$$!!

Conclusion:

We're all color-blind!! Well...at least as far as shade of color. :)

Wood - anything else is an imitation

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Jeff said:
An alternate theme would've been better. If the trains were themed to F-16's and the station was an aircraft carrier, the entire thing would make more sense. Take off, climb, nose-dive and roll, land. Can't say I've seen any real dragsters suddenly go balistic.

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even though it is unintentional, dragster cars do flip balistically, out of the blue

their called accidents