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Re: Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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Tue, 20 Aug 2002 01:21:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Steve Barile writes:
Funny you posted this. I just swapped out the blue-voilet for dark red on my
Royal Hudson. What I find interesting is how many of the new colors play all
kinds of tricks on your eyes. The dark red stripe on my model looks rather
brown. Sorry no pics yet, I'm waiting on a Bricklink order for the rest of
the dark red bricks :)

For that matter, some of the old colors can play the same tricks. I have a
standard red MOC that I wanted to have a dark gray stripe. When I actually
used dark gray, the colors were really hard to look at (kinda like red and
green together). So I swapped out the dark gray with brown, and wa-la, I had
my "dark gray" stripe. Unless you look very closely, you can't tell that
it's brown!

Jake

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Jake McKee
LEGO Enthusiast
Webmaster - BI Portal
http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions



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  Re: Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
 
(...) I know what you mean, but you can use it to your advantage. The Star Wars <set:7134> A-Wing fighter is a good example. The original is a grubby white with maroon panels. The Lego version has red panels, but the use of light grey gives an (...) (22 years ago, 20-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
 
Funny you posted this. I just swapped out the blue-voilet for dark red on my Royal Hudson. What I find interesting is how many of the new colors play all kinds of tricks on your eyes. The dark red stripe on my model looks rather brown. Sorry no pics (...) (22 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.trains)

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