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Re: LDraw colour for metallic silver
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:58:31 GMT
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Joshua Delahunty wrote:
> I would of course be remiss if I didn't mention 8674 as part of this story. It
> too was a lacquered chrome part; but its hubs were only painted on the front
> (outside)! This was done as a cost-cutting measure to bring the set into budget
> for release. It's a pretty key item for understanding how the lacquering
> process goes together. Proof without someone having to sacrifice parts to see
> the "undercoat" plastic color. :) [as a side note, Peeron gets this right with
> their inventory... bricklink should be updated]
Also relavent to this is 8520 Millennium from the throwbot/slizer line.
This contains a "Throwbot Disk, Millennia, 9 pips, riding motorcycle and
throwing disk Pattern" (as Bricklink calls it) in metallic gold (i.e. flat
gold ala the silver champion silver). The underside of this disk is
unpainted (i.e. base color).
Are there just the 2 kinds of "painted silver" used with regular parts?
(the shiny chrome one and the flat sliver as seen on the Silver Champion
and etc)
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| (...) 8458 used (at least) two different silvers, 131 Silver for the corrugated pipes and flexible rods and a lacquered silver for panels and hubs. 8448 hubs were definitely lacquered 8446 was a big mix like 8458. Some silver (flexible rods), lots (...) (14 years ago, 30-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad)
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