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Re: 9V Train track DAT files?
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains
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Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:39:27 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Christopher Masi writes:
> I found an unofficial straight track model. The weird thing was that it had
> yellow conductor rails. I changed the color to light gray, and they look good.
> (Other than the yellow rails, I think that they are excellent models.)
I believe they are yellow because in older LEGO instructions and flyers, the
electric contacts on things like plates and wires are shown in yellow. So
the other electrical parts modeled in LDraw also use yellow. But IIRC it is
a special yellow that is not color 4 (or 14, I forget)...
If you changed it to gray in your version, great, but I would hate to see it
changed to grey in the official part if and when it is released. Instead it
ought to be some special color that means metal (the same way that there is
a special color that means "chrome plated")
IMHO.
++Lar
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| (...) Lar, I totally agree with you. Light gray for the conducting rails is not right, and it should not be made the official color. I was thinking about changing the metal rails to the color of the conducting wheels. However, I can think of two (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I found an unofficial straight track model. The weird thing was that it had yellow conductor rails. I changed the color to light gray, and they look good. (Other than the yellow rails, I think that they are excellent models.) I forgot who the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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