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  • #38849
    Rich Millich
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    Some trans-black windshields of part 57783, Windscreen 3 x 4 x 1 1/3 Large Glass Surface, fluoresce under UV/Glow Zone conditions in a noticable medium blue. Some do not.

    #38853
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    o_O

    #38856
    Josh
    Keymaster

    Pic or video?

    #38857
    Rich Millich
    Participant

    Here are the #14 and #31 cars side by side, normal room light.

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    #38859
    Rich Millich
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    Lights out. UV light on the 31. Windshield does not glow.

    (Note the red fins on the back of the roof. One fluoresces, the other doesn’t. WTH LEGO. Not the point of the thread, though…)

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    #38861
    Rich Millich
    Participant

    Now for the 14’s trans-black windshield. BLUE.

    Why, LEGO? WHY?

    What have we learned? UV your builds and parts all over as you build, as Glow Zone will have unpredictable effects across the board.

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    #38866
    Rich Millich
    Participant

    By the way, closer look at two Red parts side by side under UV I mentioned earlier.

    *disappointed sigh*

    However, there IS an upside. A builder could hide a message in a Red or Orange wall (Orange being already notorious for different dyes) that only shows up under UV.

    A builder could also intentionally use unassuning parts as greater contrast color blocking under Glow Zone conditions.

    Pretty wild stuff. I think @tfdesigns knows this already. Have you intentionally used this technique usong differently fluorescing normal color bricks, Tom?

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    #38871
    Josh
    Keymaster

    A builder could hide a message in a Red or Orange wall (Orange being already notorious for different dyes) that only shows up under UV.

    …i like where this is going

    #38872
    Dan
    Participant

    Wow! I’m going to have to try this myself!

    #38912
    Tom Frost
    Participant

    Pretty wild stuff. I think @tfdesigns knows this already. Have you intentionally used this technique using differently fluorescing normal color bricks, Tom?

    I have not used this before. I did accidentally find that one orange wheel on one of my rovers was glowing, but I thought it was just the angle of the light or something. This is very interesting…

    Febrovery 2021 Chapter 20 Following the Breadcrumbs

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