89 Raleigh Appalachian (New Pics added 20.12.14)

[Crantinope]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Freshly Painted!!)

Looks great . That is gonna look so good when it is finished. Note to self: Get your 3 colour Raleigh finished!!

 

[DynaCol]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Freshly Painted!!)

Cheers gents, glad you approve.
Made a bit of progress with assembly, been cleaning threads and fitting parts, still need to clean out the bottom bracket threads and have ordered some thread taps which should be arriving soon. Fitting the bars and stem was a bit of a struggle but a bit of filing and some swearing got them fitted, all be it with a couple of small marks/scratches (white is a very unforgiving colour and not ideal for bars ). Will be a wee while longer before I get this finished but not much to do to get there now.
I'm slowly making progress with re-drawing the decals and have managed to identify all of the different fonts. I'm a complete novice with the software I'm using but am determined to re-create them myself so just going to take my time and get it right.

 

[DynaCol]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Freshly Painted!!)

Almost there with assembly, just got to finish setting up the brakes and its done. Progress on the decals is a bit slow but i'll hopefully have a bit of time over the christmas hols to get them sorted. Here's a few pic's of how it looks at the moment.

 

[Crantinope]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Almost done!!)

Saddle, not so sure (is it original spec) but other than that

 

[DynaCol]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Almost done!!)

Saddle, not so sure (is it original spec) but other than that

Yeah it's original spec, well original spec was a suede version but other than that it's correct. Dates from 87 and I think it looks pretty good but the photo's maybe don't do it justice. Better than the usual Turbo, Flite offerings don't you think.

 

[raidan73]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Almost done!!)

Looking great Did you get the Timbuk2's from FFB?

 

[DynaCol]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Almost done!!)

Looking great Did you get the Timbuk2's from FFB?

Cheers. Aye got them for my Dynatech Mission build and rode them at the MacRetro national this year, hence the mud on them. They're great tyres and had a few pairs back in the day. They are quite pricey but luckily i didnt get hit with any import or handling costs when they arrived at this end.

 

[drcarlos]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Almost done!!)

Are you going to detail the Raleigh script on the seatstays with white enamel? It looks good picked out like that and is done on my Team.

Carl.

 

[DynaCol]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Almost done!!)

Are you going to detail the Raleigh script on the seatstays with white enamel? It looks good picked out like that and is done on my Team.

Carl.

Tricky one, i'd like to as this is how it was originally but the new paint is quite thick and has filled the lettering in somewhat. So i'd have to carefully scrape out the paint then fill back in with gloss white and i don't trust my abilities enough not to ruin the finished paint job. Unless someone can suggest a way to do this and not make a complete mess of it. I'll post some close-up pic's at the weekend when I get a chance.

 

[shogun]

Re: 89 Raleigh Appalachian (Almost done!!)

Looking fantastic, minus decals it looks like one of those retouched mtb guidebook photos