Japanese steel: Nakagawa, Raizin, Ocean...and a Scapin?

oufffff dreamy! top, top marks for everything, real effort. now build it!

you could ask Geoff Scott. He is an active member of https://www.facebook.com/groups/classiccyclingworld/
and go to Canberra in March for this
http://www.pushiesgalore.com/master-series-with-gefsco/

Nice! How'd you find out it was a Gefsco after all?

A bit of detective work! Comparing the details from this frame to some of the confirmed ones that he made. Such as:

• The grub screw style seat pin.
  
• Using gussets, though nothing extreme as these.
  
• Drilled holes in the lug work.
  
  

In saying that, I could still be wrong!

Figured I would combine three of my projects into one thread.

First up, the Gefsco. Here is how it stands.

Little progress, mostly due to my reluctance to spend money on expensive period correct components. In saying that I did manage to find a small (90mm) Cinelli stem for the LA84 bars, and Campagnolo Strada cranks.

And finally, I recovered a Flite saddle for the Nakagawa.

Another user here used a fabric called Alcantara (sp?) which looked amazing, so I purchased a small section from an eBay user in Germany. And I think the results speak for themselves!

how you attach the Alcantara? glue? looks good - need to do this with an slr I have

Just some spray adhesive I picked up from the local hardware store. It also came with an adhesive backing but I doubt that would be enough to stick.

This alcantara stuff is great to work with though! Super flexible, stretchy and thin so even though it looked like I didn't get enough it stretched to fit perfectly. Pretty tough too! Was quite tough to cut with the razor.

Sweet

That would have been me :) Top marks for the recovered saddle!

Some staple of u can get them in would be a good idea, the charge spoon is built like that.

have you looked at the FB Retro Cycling Market Place (for Australian and NZ sellers)?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/retrocyclingmarketau/

and list the compontents you are after.

Small world! Yup, i'm a member of that group as well as the Fixed Gear/Track Market place.

There was a beautiful Campagnolo 24 hole wheel set which I missed out on. Didn't think about making a WTB post, good looking out!

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Pictures in post #1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12 to 15, 18, 19 aren't working unfortunately. And I'd really like to see them!

Don't use Photobucket, they suck. If you prefer to use a third party image hosting service, imgur.com is a good pick in my opinion.

Ah bummer, you're right.

I'm not sure what exactly went missing, but here is a semi-chronological smorgasbord of images. Pre and post refurbish.

My local mega-hardware shop (Bunning's, Australia) had some 'Marble Effect' spray paint.

It came out like silly string. 10/10

Dredged up some images of the Nakagawa back in the day:

Were the Panasonic and Nakagawa drilled for brakes and already had cable guides?

Panasonic was, it is their 'Street' model from their 2011 POS lineup. Rear stay, fork, cable guides and altered geometry.

http://www.81496.com/jouhou/road/panasonic2011/fpc13.html

The Nakagawa no, had the fork drilled. The Nakagawa rear stay design coincidentally accepted a caliper with minor bodging, and I used adhesive cable guides. Like this:

Awesome.

The paint on that Panasonic… so good. You did it yourself?

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Welp, guess I know what I'm doing with my stripped beater track frame. Thanks dude!

If you find any ebay seller that ships international, let me know!

For the spraypaint? Idk I was just gonna use Montana cans, they have an "effects" series or something of the sort with a similar option.