Regarding your 1x10 vs 3x8 poll, depends on the amount of gradient you ride across, but x3 on the front gives you more speed on the tarmac and completes the retro/proper look too.
I've heard lucifer has smuthered your seat in anti-climb paint ready for your arrival!
Funnily enough I have a Titan 1/2 Trac, which is an odd USA built BMX inspired MTB frame with a proper Hammerite-esq paint finish. Might ask for your expert advice when I need to touch it up Bob!
It's normally not you're right Bob, but when it goes wrong it properly goes wrong and all that prep work starts again... Certainly keeps you out of mischief!
For some it's a beauty show and what was/is the closest to their dream bike from BITD or now. For me I love a good build thread and detail of how they got there. I accept in some cases they got the bike how it was and didn't need to do any further work, so a build thread doesn't exist or is...