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Re: Dark Red in trains (was ...Dark Red LMS 4F 0-6-0 Freight Locomotive)
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:48:45 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jake McKee writes:
> 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
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 overall darker balance to the model. I did the same with a
coal wagon - I was copying a maroon one from the (now closed) Bolsover
colliery with white lettering, but did it in red and light grey. Lately I
re-built it in dark red and white, but I think the original actually looked
better.
Steve - that is a great model, and the original is a lovely engine too...
but then it does have the word "British" on the front. :-)
If you get enough new bricks, how about stacking them sideways along a 5 or
10 plate high gap, so that the vertical yellow strips at the ends can be
done with a single plate (or tile) thickness?
My apologies in advance if this screws up your parts count. The alternative
is to build the SNOT into the black at either end, so your dark red +
horizontal yellow strip comes to 5 plates high and the vertical goes on the
end. If you want, I've got a top secret SNOT trick that would let you mount
a 2x3 plate (with any coloured tiles you want on it) edge-on, vertically, in
only 1 stud length and with no gaps.
Jason J Railton
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