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Re: Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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Wed, 21 Aug 2002 02:50:27 GMT
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Jason and Steve,
What is the color number for dk red and dk blue (in MLCad)? I'm trying to
do a Napa Valley Alco rendering, and it uses dk red. As well as Lehigh
Valley and one other one which I can't remember the roadname to at the moment.
-Stefan-
In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Jake McKee writes:
> > For that matter, some of the old colors can play the same tricks. I have a
> > standard red MOC that I wanted to have a dark gray stripe. When I actually
> > used dark gray, the colors were really hard to look at (kinda like red and
> > green together). So I swapped out the dark gray with brown, and wa-la, I had
> > my "dark gray" stripe. Unless you look very closely, you can't tell that
> > it's brown!
> > Jake
>
> I know what you mean, but you can use it to your advantage. The Star Wars
> <set:7134> A-Wing fighter is a good example. The original is a grubby white
> with maroon panels. The Lego version has red panels, but the use of light
> grey gives an overall darker balance to the model. I did the same with a
> coal wagon - I was copying a maroon one from the (now closed) Bolsover
> colliery with white lettering, but did it in red and light grey. Lately I
> re-built it in dark red and white, but I think the original actually looked
> better.
>
> Steve - that is a great model, and the original is a lovely engine too...
> but then it does have the word "British" on the front. :-)
> If you get enough new bricks, how about stacking them sideways along a 5 or
> 10 plate high gap, so that the vertical yellow strips at the ends can be
> done with a single plate (or tile) thickness?
>
> My apologies in advance if this screws up your parts count. The alternative
> is to build the SNOT into the black at either end, so your dark red +
> horizontal yellow strip comes to 5 plates high and the vertical goes on the
> end. If you want, I've got a top secret SNOT trick that would let you mount
> a 2x3 plate (with any coloured tiles you want on it) edge-on, vertically, in
> only 1 stud length and with no gaps.
>
>
> Jason J Railton
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