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Just saw a red frame / white liveried bike .........................hmmmm, not sure.
I'm thinking of a pale [ almost pastel ] Yellow. Again - an old British car colour was Jonquil. Maybe with some white panels on the tank / stripes on mudguard / seat ??
And I DO have a litre left over from the Porsche California job !
I'm starting the prep work on the Tank and panels / seat over the Christmas break. I'll leave top coat until the weather warms up in the Spring - unless Mrs.B let's me have the spare infra red heater for my garage !
"Tangerine Dream" was one of several "in house" ident. names I picked - when the tins were going to be the new Ford [ UK ] Tangerine, with a Silver frame. Until I found out the cost of the Ford paint - "How Muckin Futch ".
One of the other names [ for Yellow finish ] was "Not so Mellow Yellow" [ see the back of the Speedster ] - however until a final decider, it was easier to keep with "Tangerine Dream" for the thread !
Many years ago I built a Le Mans 60's style Cafe Racer - that was ALL Red - "Simply Red".
I saw a very pale Yellow on a car yesterday - but couldn't get close enough through the traffic to see what make it was.
I just bought a job lot of rattle cans [ various colours ] for next to nothing. Hopefully that will give me the nod for the final colour choice.
I also found a guy on the Interweb who is selling "flake" for adding to nail varnish, decorating greetings cards etc. It looks very much like Metalflake to me ! He says it suspends OK in nail varnish, so I'll have a go with a small batch suspended in clear cellulose.
70 different colours available - and compared to genuine Flake for painting - silly cheap. Nothing to lose except a few quid's worth of materials.
Not to duplicate the story - but I've ended up with a 30' x 6'6" lean to / workshop space at the side of the house. Mrs.B thinks it's a log store ................. I'm thinking GBFO workbench, compressor, bench vice, LIGHT, HEAT, NO DRIPPING WATER ..heaven. I have to leave around 10' for logs - we only use the open fire Christmas / special occasions / for effect, so we don't need the sort of store we have in Saxony.
Will be finished mid way through Jan ................... then watch me go. ;D
I'm going to try to suspend it in clear lacquer and spray. I STILL have my flake gun from back in the 70's ! It's only a small "touch in" / detail gun, but plenty big enough for motorcycle work. The last flake jpob I did was a Vespa scooter for one of my customers.
As to the "sprinkle" method - I'm sure that would work as most of the samples the company sent me have been done in that way.
IF it works well with spraying [ can't see why not ] then I have hit upon an inexpensive source of flake !
That's 4 peeps that's had a go at removing the front wheel spindle now !!!! So it's not just me being a dummy.
I have had the offer of a complete front end from a B2 for £150 - but that's out of the funding window at the moment. The rear wheel bearings are now out [ courtesy of a pal ] - and the wheel bearings ARE as new [ as the PO told me ! ] and have come out unscathed.
I'll drop the front wheel off to my tame machine shop owner next week - worst case scenario - I'll get him to turn / cut the sleeve nut off and make me a new one.
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He says it suspends OK in nail varnish, so I'll have a go with a small batch suspended in clear cellulose.
