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Re: Question about classic ESSO Service Station
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Thu, 13 May 1999 07:51:50 GMT
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Gary Istok skrev i meddelandet <3739E513.D9092180@umich.edu>...
> I have a few questions for our European and early Samsonite collectors
> about the late 50's - early 60's ESSO Service Station #310 produced in
> Europe only I believe. In the USA/Canada I believe this building only
> came with the Town Plan (#725). This station is one of my favorite LEGO
> structures because of its streamlined moderne (late Art Deco) style.
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> What I was wondering about are the red accent stripes on this set.
> There is a thick red stripe near the base made with regular red bricks
> and one red macaroni brick. But on the early European version of this
> set there is also a red stripe going along the top of the building that
> follows the edge of the white plates, and curves around the corner
> (where there is a 4x8 white curved plate). This same red strip is shown
> in the earlier (1961-62) Town Plan (725) set by Samsonite in the
> US/Canada, but not the later (1962-64) version.
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> How is this red "stripe" produced on the European sets? Do some of the
> white plates (2x8, 4x8, 6x8, 4x8 curved) have red coloring along one
> edge? This has mystified me for a while..
You can also see it on my scans of an early Idea Book
http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook.htm
or more precisely:
http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/p04a.jpg and
http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/p04b.jpg
It sure looks like the edge is painted red, or something like that. I am
almost sure this was my first 'real' Lego set (around '59 - '60), but I have
*no* memory of a red edge, and as most of my old pieces still exist (in a box
at my parents), I'm positively sure there are no red edges now. Could it have
been a tape perhaps?
As you can see in the p04b.jpg, it's red also in the drawing, not only in the
photo (p04a.jpg).
Well, it's one of these mysteries...
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/gallery.htm
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| (...) 1960's. (URL) what a nice set! And do you notice the red striping along the top rim. It looks like the bricks were painted with that red line. A very impressive set. I would bid on it if it weren't for the fact that I already have all the (...) (25 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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