New paint

I have a pretty good feeling that they tried out a nice shiny test location on magnum last august.

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- Chris -

Heck, the season started and they weren't done paint Mantis last year. I remember during the Dragster media day when they were painting Mantis the wind was hitting people in line with Dragster with paint.

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Dan Haverlock
Magnum: 2440
TTD Rollbacks 4
TTD Complete Laps 73
"get a job man!"

Chris, a pretty good feeling?? How could you miss the test spot it stuck out like a sore thumb.

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Monster/W.W. Crew '04
Monster/W.W. Crew '03

Yep, I've had that pretty good feeling since I first saw that spot in august. ;)

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- Chris -
Monster/WW ATL 02
Monster WW TL 03
??????? TL 04

Dan-

So, all of Magnum that's been painted is that little 3 foot section at the bottom of the lift? -sigh- That sucks, man.

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- John
I Snap Flyers

Patience. One ride at a time. I'm sure Magnum is next.

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Eddy the retard is awesome.

Does anyone have pictures of Magnum's paint job

SteelMonsters: Funny thing is, people have been saying that for at least 3 years now...

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Tommy Penner
For Better or For Awesome!

Corkscrew's paint was never actually finished. I assume that they have finished now, but they only painted from the pull-out of the station to the brake run. This left all of the break run and station track peeling and rusted. Also, it wasn't a "professional" job per se. In fact, a guest pointed out to me that they were using plain old outdoor paint on it.

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2003 Super Screw Crew

I really doubt that they would use house paint on a metal structure. The paint on Corkscrew has a beautiful gloss to it, similar to the other repainted rides, house paint wouldn't look that good.

Why did the guest think they were not using a specialty paint? If the guest came to that conclusion by looking at the paint buckets, the painters could have just poured some paint from a larger container into whatever paint buckets were handy to use.

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I'd rather be in my boat with a drink on the rocks,
than in the drink with a boat on the rocks.

Its very possible they used a "normal" outdoor paint, but I'm sure it didnt come off the back shelf from Big Lots if it is. It is made to last and works well on metals. Whatever they used it is not house paint. It does not stay on metal whatsoever, and is in no way weather proof.

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"Id rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy."

If you look in the corner of the TTD webcam you can see Iron Dragon's lift hill in the upper left corner. You can see yellow!

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Opening Day - May 8, 2004 :) It's coming

Keep Arms Down, Head Back, and Hold On!!

The new pic at screamscape of ID is really great!:):):)

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The Off Season Drives Me Crazy!
"Are We There Yet?" May 8th that is.
*** This post was edited by cp&le rr guy 3/23/2004 6:16:50 PM ***

Dan said:
I was in the park last friday.
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Dan Haverlock
Magnum: 2440
TTD Rollbacks 4
TTD Complete Laps 73
"get a job man!"

Dan,

I owe you one for that Friday! You got me good!:)

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MF Circuts=556(03=240)
TTD Launches=50
TTD Rollbacks=6

hhahahahahahahhaha

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Dan Haverlock
Magnum: 2440
TTD Rollbacks 4
TTD Complete Laps 73
"get a job man!"

Why would they paint ID that color? If anything they should have kept the track red and the supports green. It would have looked more like a dragon then.

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AKA Cobraroller on Cbuzz

Just checked out the picture on screamscape and I think the new paint looks pretty good. Check it out.

Who said anything about house paint. All I see is someone mentioning that a guest pointed out there was Outdoor paint used. Although it is agreed that CP wouldn't use house paint or normal outoor paint. Nor do I think they would buy normal sized paint cans to paint rides. I think Pete's suggestion og them dumping the paint into those kind of containers makes more sense.

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- Chris -
Monster/WW ATL 02
Monster WW TL 03
Antiques/Swings TL 04

Here is a direct link to the picture of iron dragon... since it takes a bit a navagating to find it

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kbrown54/detail?.dir=/5d5f&.dnm=d21b.jpg

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Arms down.....Arms down.....Arms down.......Arms down.....Arms down....Arms down...(you think they would get it the first time?!)

2003-TTD-15 Rollbacks-1
2004- Demon Drop (first year)

Well, actually then, Cedar Point wont buy any of the paint mentioned. .Normally a seperate painting company does the painting on the coasters hired by CP. Those jobs were put out to bid. For Mantis and Dragster it was a company from Toledo who painted those two (dont remember the company name).

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"Id rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy."