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Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Alfred Schmitz - 2026-03-27
Hi!
Various Speed Champions sets include a Formula 1 helmet (7071.dat).
Unfortunately, I can only assign a color to the helmet itself, but not to the visor.
I haven't been able to find a solution on the forum.
Is there one?
Best regards
Alfred
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Manfred Schaefer - 2026-03-27
(2026-03-27, 6:45)Alfred Schmitz Wrote: Hi!
Various Speed Champions sets include a Formula 1 helmet (7071.dat).
Unfortunately, I can only assign a color to the helmet itself, but not to the visor.
I haven't been able to find a solution on the forum.
Is there one?
Best regards
Alfred
Hello,
The reason is likely that this is the single-color version.
Only one color can be passed to a part at a time. If a part consists of one or more colors, one color must be defined as the base color (16), and the other colors are hardcoded in the file. The base color is replaced by the color when the file is called. It would be advisable to define the helmet itself in the base color and the visor as a hardcoded part.
However, this requires creating a separate file for each visor color.
I hope this explanation is clear.
Regards,
Manfred
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Alfred Schmitz - 2026-03-27
(2026-03-27, 7:46)Manfred Schaefer Wrote: Hello,
The reason is likely that this is the single-color version.
Only one color can be passed to a part at a time. If a part consists of one or more colors, one color must be defined as the base color (16), and the other colors are hardcoded in the file. The base color is replaced by the color when the file is called. It would be advisable to define the helmet itself in the base color and the visor as a hardcoded part.
However, this requires creating a separate file for each visor color.
I hope this explanation is clear.
Regards,
Manfred
Hi Manfred!
Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, that makes sense!
But those files aren't available yet.
I'll start working on them :-)
Best regards,
Alfred
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Alfred Schmitz - 2026-03-27
(2026-03-27, 8:05)Alfred Schmitz Wrote: Hi Manfred!
Thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, that makes sense!
But those files aren't available yet.
I'll start working on them :-)
Best regards,
Alfred
Hi Manfred!
I found the solution:
All you have to do is assign a transparent color to the s02 file in the main file.
I did that, and it resulted in six files with different Visor colors.
7071x01 (trans_black).dat (Size: 482 bytes / Downloads: 2)
7071x02 (trans_red).dat (Size: 477 bytes / Downloads: 1)
7071x03 (trans_green).dat (Size: 479 bytes / Downloads: 1)
7071x04 (trans_dark_pink).dat (Size: 483 bytes / Downloads: 0)
7071x05 (trans_orange).dat (Size: 480 bytes / Downloads: 0)
7071x06 (trans_clear).dat (Size: 479 bytes / Downloads: 1)
If you’d like, check the filenames and headers, and then upload the files
UNDER YOUR NAME (since I’m not the part author) to the part tracker.
Thanks and best regards,
Alfred
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Manfred Schaefer - 2026-03-27
Hi Alfred,
I'm glad you were able to resolve your issue.
You can request permission to be a part author by sending an email to Orion. Then you can upload the parts to the Part Tracker yourself.
I would change the first few lines as follows (first one as example):
0 Minifig Helmet Racing with Integral Transparent Black Visor
0 Name: 7071p01.dat
0 Author: Alfred Schmitz [your login name]
0 !LDRAW_ORG Unofficial_Part
0 !LICENSE Licensed under CC BY 4.0 : see CAreadme.txt
You are the author of this part; you created a modified copy of another part.
Parts with multiple colors, for example, parts with pattern, or parts made up of different colors, receive an additional suffix for the version, which begins with "p". So in your case, p01 to p06.
Regards,
Manfred
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Alfred Schmitz - 2026-03-27
(2026-03-27, 12:05)Manfred Schaefer Wrote: Hi Alfred,
I'm glad you were able to resolve your issue.
You can request permission to be a part author by sending an email to Orion. Then you can upload the parts to the Part Tracker yourself.
I would change the first few lines as follows (first one as example):
0 Minifig Helmet Racing with Integral Transparent Black Visor
0 Name: 7071p01.dat
0 Author: Alfred Schmitz [your login name]
0 !LDRAW_ORG Unofficial_Part
0 !LICENSE Licensed under CC BY 4.0 : see CAreadme.txt
You are the author of this part; you created a modified copy of another part.
Parts with multiple colors, for example, parts with pattern, or parts made up of different colors, receive an additional suffix for the version, which begins with "p". So in your case, p01 to p06.
Regards,
Manfred
Hi Manfred!
My knowledge is way too limited to be a Part Author!!!
This one was still easy.
I’ve done something similar with Philippe Hurbain [Philo] before.
I don’t mind at all that my name doesn’t appear in the file!!!
I can still help this way.
So, once again, the request: UNDER YOUR NAME ...
Thanks and best regards,
Alfred
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Magnus Forsberg - 2026-03-27
Since all of these helmet also have a printed pattern on the top surface, only adding colour to the visor will not work.
A helmet without print, and only a coloured visor doesn't exist, so it will not be made.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=7071*#T=A
The same pattern is used on all of the collectibles, so making that pattern would make all the other possible.
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Alfred Schmitz - 2026-03-27
(2026-03-27, 16:01)Magnus Forsberg Wrote: Since all of these helmet also have a printed pattern on the top surface, only adding colour to the visor will not work.
A helmet without print, and only a coloured visor doesn't exist, so it will not be made.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=7071*#T=A
The same pattern is used on all of the collectibles, so making that pattern would make all the other possible.
Hi Magnus!
I get the problem!
Too complicated!
Bye, Alfred
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Rene Rechthaler - 2026-03-27
I think the request (colored visors) is legit...
We have the policy for "base" versions of printed parts, which is when someone removes the print, you still have the dual mould.
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Jeff Jones - 2026-03-27
any refs for the cmf helmets?
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Magnus Forsberg - 2026-03-27
(2026-03-27, 19:13)Rene Rechthaler Wrote: I think the request (colored visors) is legit...
We have the policy for "base" versions of printed parts, which is when someone removes the print, you still have the dual mould.
No, we have a policy for part with pattern, and the pattern may be a dual mould or a print. Or a combination of print on a dual moulded part.
RE: Helmet and Visor (7071.dat) - Alfred Schmitz - 2026-03-28
(2026-03-27, 21:13)Magnus Forsberg Wrote: No, we have a policy for part with pattern, and the pattern may be a dual mould or a print. Or a combination of print on a dual moulded part.
Extending the policy would, on the one hand, mean that more complex parts could be created;
on the other hand, in my view, the resulting variety of parts (25 different F1 helmets and 8 different visors alone)
would eventually overwhelm the library.