Backstory: I had planned to forego any Lego purchases in 2004 due 
to my boycott of bley. I was happy about the new parts and colors, 
but thought they should be additions rather than substitutions for 
the older greys.

4508 Titan XP was released and I knew my boycott was officially 
over. I put it together later that day and loved every aspect of this 
model save for one: the colors. Orange and Sand Blue just don't 
work well together IMHO. I decided to swap out one of them 
entirely. Sand blue wasn't an option (at the time) due to some of the 
parts involved, but I was happy to see that the orange could be 
replaced. 95% of the orange was replaced, and only one orange part 
was visible in the leg when all was said and done. Dark Red seemed 
to be the obvious choice given the parts involved, but I also subbed 
in light grey and dark grey in those spots where I knew it wouldn't 
show.

I built this within days of the official set release, and had it sitting 
on my desk for most of the time since. LUGOLA saw it at the January 
'05 meeting, but I didn't have any pics ready for public 
consumption until now. Ordniarily, I would never post pics of a 
recolored Lego creation, but I was so impressed with the outcome 
that I wanted to share this with the community.

T XP R is now parted out, but I wanted it to live on in pictures. Why 
take it apart? It is a bit unwieldy, collects dust like mad, and I 
needed the parts for upcoming MOCs.

FYI, I did figure out that the Sand Blue could be easily replaced with 
Tan, but beyond that I didn't really research for other colors.

Comments and questions welcome.

Dave Johann legomechaATadelphiaDOTcomREMOVECAPS