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Re: Common bricks in rare colors...
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:35:47 GMT
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johnneal@uswest./nospam/net
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Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> Gary Istok wrote:
> > No availability of pieces that have been out of production for a long time (at
> > least not yet). No surprise here. Perhaps in the future. But what about common
> > bricks in rare colors (blue, orange, teal, etc)?
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> Although what I'm about to mention here is almost certainly not be a
> "purist" solution
ALMOST!???? <ripping clothes>
-John
> , one that I've found that works reasonably well is
> using ordinary oil-based hobby paints like you'd use on plastic models.
> Most of the ones I've found are good, opaque paints that can even
> reasonably cover darker colors with a lighter colored paint with no more
> than 2 coats. Of course, the painting solution is only really viable on
> completed models, because the paint will tend to rub off of bricks that
> are handled excessively. But... if you're in a rush to color coordinate
> your recently completed masterpiece, painting the bricks does do the job
> quite well.
>
> > > Mark
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| (...) Although what I'm about to mention here is almost certainly not be a "purist" solution, one that I've found that works reasonably well is using ordinary oil-based hobby paints like you'd use on plastic models. Most of the ones I've found are (...) (27 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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