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tomskid27":3pcwqp3c said:
Spud,
- Did the originals have the speckled metal flake in the paint like yours?
Thanks for all the info!!!
To be honest I don't know the answer to that one ^^ I suspect they didn't, they were after all just a tool to do a job with, and not intended to court punters into opening their wallets.
Having seen the grey on a sample tube the shop sprayed up I was (if I'm honest) more than a little underwhelmed with what looked like "Battleship Grey" and seriously considered going down the road of Yellow and Turquoise.
The Garry in the paint shop (Argos in Bristol) talked me round by convincing me into having a very subtle metallic flake on top, which they'd apply at the clear coat stage, I obviously was totally won over as they told me to wait a week and they'd do me a sample (as seen below)
The clear coat flake was only applied to the Grey areas and no where else prior to the graphics being applied which is cool as I didn't want to change the shade of the black darts or Turquoise by lifting them with a silver flake, and then the whole frame was clear coated with a proper clear (clear) coat.
The decals are a mixture of Velocals.com and from Gil a forum member on here who does very impressive reproductions,
including the period correct hand made in Durango decal,
Your frame is in much better shape than mine was, the original paint on mine was so battle scarred and faded I wished it could talk ....would have had more than a few good war stories to tell.