Silver lining to today's clouds: Mercian's nearly ready!

Friends,

Shit! I am getting contrasts on a Mercian renovation (no its not a dawes, godsballs)of a 76 Campionissimo, and I've only just realised I have to use lining in between the contrasts. Dur.

The dilemma: It's a mid blue f&f with some sandy coloured conrasts, so the contrast needs lining... White, Black or gold even? Decals will probably be white with black outline.

Also: decals... headcrest on seatube? Its a barbers' pole job so I reckon text might be a bit messy.

Anyobody wanna say something that'll help me decide?

It needs to be a deep seventies lick.

You NEED to have lug-lining for the contrasts? Not as far as I know. My Holdsworth is up at Mercian at the moment, being sprayed in gunmetal grey, with a red contrasting headtube. They didn't say I specifically needed lug-lining and didn't even recommend it.

Of course, if it will set the look off, then maybe I should be thinking about getting it done. Any recommendations?

As for your case, I think it depends on the lugs - if they're straight cut, then I might be tempted to go for black, but if the lugs are ornate, I'd probably have the same colour as the decals.

Blue and sand, if I've pictured it right, sounds mm mmm...