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Yes, cool photo of Bruikink in the mountain time trial, yes you can pick out the shape of the seatstays.
I took a lot of the paint off with a sander, then I used "carbolift" paint stripper on the remaining paint. The carbolift paste is applied to the frame and fork, everything is wrapped in cling film and you keep the temperature just over 25 degrees for 7 hours. I was happy with the results of he first pass. I then used a wire scour pad to remove the softened paint. It will take another treatment to completely remove the paint - much better than using a razor blade on the frame.