Bike Forums - Just arrived - partial Gitane TDF

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Originally Posted by verktyg (Post 22162241)

oneclick, FEI (For Everyone's Information) looks great but...For the sake of historical accuracy, with the exception of a few silver painted frames beginning in 1974, Gitane didn't start using "metallic" paint until at least the late 70's.

I did this recently:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...cde6b2ff03.jpg

The paint is Dupli-Color Metal Specks orange (they only do about five colours). The pics were taken on a grey day, in sunlight there is a lot more sparkle:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3b2b726f87.jpg

Here's the same paint in red (grey day again):

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...147fd2a374.jpg

And blue - although an indoor shot, you can see the sparkle a bit better:

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8bfba5c18a.jpg

I don't particularly paint (or even build) for historical accuracy, some people do, that's ok. I do it because I like the colours.