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It's supposed to be that way i think. I've seen it in other models as well.

No. Other white bricks i have are white, not cream. The odd white brick is more translucent than my other white bricks. Clearly a defect brick. (The transparency doesnt show as good in the picture as in RL.) True, all cream bricks shown in the picture are same shade of cream - besides the one ugly white duckling brick, of course ;) The apparent shade-differences are purely due to lighting hitting at different angles. I have received a confirmation form lego that they will replace the defect brick. I just hope they send me a cream colored one instead of another pure white. (unless they want to replace all the cream-colored instead of-course :))

Here's a pic of the right wing, showing the wrong white brick that was supplied The brick is even semi-translucent, as one can vaguely make out the holes and studs going through it.

Just sent in a request for replacement part. The wrong white 4156341 piece looks completely wrong on the model. Also, i found a defect flat 3-stud, 362301, that was deformed on one corner. :(

Heh.. as the building progresses I've just found one single brick (part of the wings) thats clear bright white. Unfortunately there are no spares, so I've had to use that brick. Looks completely out of place amongst the other cream bricks.

...still, I'm nearing the build completion - and despite the cream - my god this is a fantastic kit (Albeit a bit fragile. Definitely not recommended to be played with.)

Well, having worked in the production industry for 10 years, I know all about how difficult it is to get white plastics that are actually white. More so how difficult it is to get white plastics thats durable. It's all a bit complicated but has to do with the compositions of plastics. Generally yellow white is more durable than pure white plastics. Durable pure white plastics costs more - so it might just be a cost saving issue. Then again - the bricks very much might supposed to be cream.

Yeah, I've considered that. The brick do look a lot more white under dim indoors lighting. However, in natural daylight the 'creaminess' increases. Especially when comparing against something that actually is white - like a piece of paper - the bricks looks almost tan. So, yes the brick are in fact cream in color. ...which brings on the question; is the color intentional? Is the movie-version of the shuttle really cream?

Yeah, i just received my shuttle aswell and the first thing that struck me was that the bricks weren't white at all. Comparing the bricks to wiki color charts (yes, my monitor is calibrated), cream appears to be an accurate description of the actual color of the bricks.