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Re: Golden Astronaut helmets? and Breastplates?
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 01:38:34 GMT
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"Hakan Tandogan" <hakan@iconsult.com> wrote in message
news:yxwr97z5z5t.fsf@katzenminze.pc-plus.de...
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using MLCad to model an "Original Model" (6457 from 1999,
> sorry no scan on brickshelf) for the inventory and model repository;
> but with a few pieces, I'm pretty much stumped:
> 
> 1) MLCad doesn't seem to have a color for those "golden" helmets.
>    What Color should I use?

According to the ldraw faq, gold is color 334.  It ends up looking somewhat
orange, but it's not too far off.  I don't know if l3p recognizes it as gold
and uses appropriate material properties or not.  The ldraw faq is available
from:

http://www.ldraw.org/memorial/archive/FAQ/

It also comes with the ldraw program, so should be in your ldraw directory.
Section 27 lists all the colors, including some special ones like gold and
chrome.


> 2) has anyone already modeled the breastplate / breathing apparatus
>    thingy that is used in this model?
> 
> 3) Another missing part: is there somewhere a model for the Tile 2x2
>    with the keyboard pictures on it?

I don't know the answer to either of those.

--Travis Cobbs (tcobbs@san.REMOVE.rr.com)
(Remove .REMOVE from address to send me e-mail.)



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  Re: Golden Astronaut helmets? and Breastplates?
 
(...) obscure, but accurate reference. In short, I use Color 366 to get the gold that LEGO fans are familiar with. Copying some lines from POV-Ray's representation of Color 383 (Silver), a metallic/chromy version can be acheived. To get a good gold (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.inv)

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  Golden Astronaut helmets? and Breastplates?
 
Hi, I'm using MLCad to model an "Original Model" (6457 from 1999, sorry no scan on brickshelf) for the inventory and model repository; but with a few pieces, I'm pretty much stumped: 1) MLCad doesn't seem to have a color for those "golden" helmets. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.db.inv)

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