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[scotsman328i]

Well I bought my TOA130 NS APO refractor & EM200 USD II EQ mount in 2006 so the colors match. Takahashi changes colors from time to time, for whatever reason...

Totally understand, however I wished the OP narrowed it down a little more as to the problem, as some of us with more mechanically geared minds were looking for an issue over an aesthetically geared mind that found the issue immediately. LOL.

 

That’s 3 minutes of my life spent in futility that I’ll never get back! 

[eyeoftexas]

 

That’s 3 minutes of my life spent in futility that I’ll never get back! 

5 minutes, counting the time it took to type that out.  

[scotsman328i]

5 minutes, counting the time it took to type that out.  

Haha..time keeps ticking as I respond also. 

[Traveler]

The problem? The finder itself.
One doesnt need a small finder on a small telescope. The ep is the finder.

[Astroman007]

Takahashi paint has never been the best. Already have a couple scuffs on the tube of my TOA from the dew shield screws. Thought they were backed off enough, but no. Same thing wouldn't have touched the paint on my Tele Vues. The major brands have their strengths. Tak's is their optics. Don't worry OP, as long as everything in your setup functions harmoniously together and performs well under the stars where it belongs, all is good in the world.

[gfstallin]

As someone who is colorblind, I can attest that the entire globe is obsessed with things matching. "Mismatched" socks that are barely visible at any time but noticed immediately by colleagues; ties that have some secret formula for matching; color choices for maps I created that were described as "garish" by people whose job apparently was to be "King of All Colors" (AKA "editors"), the pressure to match colors is intense. It stands to reason there people in our lofty ranks whose behavior and choices are influenced by the world's colors police. 

 

Let's shake off these Pantone Wheel reinforced shackles and rise up! Mounts, OTAs, and accessories of varying color schemes for all! Yellow OTAs and black finders on a telescope model named "bumblebee" or "probably blind." Racing stripes! Rainbow stripes in random places! Who's with me? Anybody? 

 

Some people probably really don't care, but I suspect most of us have limits, even "mechanically-geared minds." This is a fun thread though. 

 

The government eventually did come around to accepting a compromise on my map colors. While yellow and black were deemed unacceptable, it was understood that some of the people who were going to use these maps for decisionmaking were colorblind and thus they needed to be more accessible. 10 different shades of cool mountain stream pastel blue were probably not helpful. Score 1/2 point for the mechanically-geared folks! Now let's talk about those socks...

 

George 

[PIEJr]

Now that I know I can buy TAK paint, I can paint everything Tak, and fool everybody on the Internet.  

 

Or just go get a color match at Lowe's.

 

Humm, flat, simi-gloss, or gloss?