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Subject:	Color scheme in Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date:	Fri, 9 Jul 2004 07:23:26 GMT
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hi folks,

we are seeking a helping hand to define the color scheme of this part:

http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptdetail.cgi?f=parts/3754p90.dat

there has already been a discussion with orion and steve through e-mail, but
it led to no end. the most critical point is the white-bluish color 505:

up to now we have two samples of this part:

and we are seeking some more (as well as your opinion) to find out if this 505
should be 505, as orion has put it “distinctly white with no blue” or
if I should use a different white with a shade of blue?

thx, w.

www.holly-wood.it

Message has 4 Replies:

		Re: Color scheme in Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern?
I don't have the part, but the photos posted make it look to me like the blue from the part is slightly visible through the paint. So the paint in the areas in question doesn't contain any blue. Having said that, the two red circles highlighted in (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)

		Re: Color scheme in Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern?
(...) Willy, From my own point of view, It looks like the inside lining of the rocket is also 505 the one separating the outside (left) 505 and the gray shadow on the rocket is supposed to be white. I like it the way it is, but consider one thing: I (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)

		Re: Color scheme in Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern?
(...) I have now located my copy of this part. The areas you mention defintely have a feint blue coloration. I believe this is deliberate, as I can make out the regular pattern of screening dots. This is most obvious on the larger areas, but I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)

		Re: Color scheme in Brick 1 x 6 x 5 with Rocket Launch Pattern?
(...) I think you have made an assumption about the particular parts you are using as a model. The printing process LEGO uses/used for this is faulty, and the white strips you are referring to on the rocket and helmet appear to me to be simply an (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)

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