Pictures of the gorgeous flam red Paramount in Hudson608's thread slotted in nicely with my quite recent interest in this kind of finish.

There are 2 kinds of flamboyant colour, with the most common having silver as the base coat. Less common but with its staunch defenders as being superior to silver, gold is sometimes used as the base coat. It gives a far subtler and perhaps deeper glow.

See below for my flam frames - it'd be great to see some others.

My first, a 1976 Mercian Super Light - just the blue is flam:
[IMG] Frame quarter view by Dawes-man, on Flickr[/IMG]

Then came this Rotrax, repainted in the 70s, I think:
[IMG] 1949 Rotrax Vel d'Hiv by Dawes-man, on Flickr[/IMG]


Then another Rotrax - I'm finding it hard to find a photo that shows the flam:

CLB A.L.P. calipers and levers fitted and wired up by Dawes-man, on Flickr


And last, the H.R. Morris that I've just had painted by Argos in the UK but I'll leave that to a later post...