Life with a Vindec

[tyred]

Decals aren't a showstopper as regards just refinishing and riding on a frame. They can always be used unliveried or with just a minimal headbadge or whatever is readily available.

You're absolutely right, they're not.

 

[Chatcycle]

May I suggest Record Vice Blue? Or more correctly I believe it's called Roundel Blue (and yes I've got Record vices on my workbenches). Another colour which would look really good on an old steel frame is BS381 #106 Royal Blue, slightly darker.

great. thank you. will look for the Record vice colour.
As you can see I have the frame on my portable bench with a record vice but that blue was a cheapo QD 151 .
The bench is an old barrel lifter i repurposed from a scrap yard ☺.

 

[Swifty]

I bought a vindec shopper a few years ago badged as a Royal Enfield
Nice little bike
Still looks good

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

great. thank you. will look for the Record vice colour.
As you can see I have the frame on my portable bench with a record vice but that blue was a cheapo QD 151 .
The bench is an old barrel lifter i repurposed from a scrap yard ☺.

There's no sustitute for seeing paint in the flesh though. Computer screens aren't great and I bet everyone who has looked at your pic has seen a slightly diffferent blue shade!

I like the workbench idea a lot, handy to be able to move it to where you need to use it. The salvaging and repurposing of a bit of otherwise scrap equipment is my default method of doing most things. As you will no doubt be well aware, that's actually a woodworking vice, not an engineer's one but it's probably a better tool for holding a bike frame.