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oop sorry - here you go.
The blue was described as "french blue" and is (at least on my screen) slightly better represented in the 2nd photo. My only gripe is that in the top photo I forgot to cover the crown race and since powder coat + clear lacquer is quite thick I then spent a few hours carefully filing it back down to bar metal again - even more frustrating by the fact it was entirely my fault. Otherwise the guys at Vale powder-coating protected all the threads and although I don't have much of a basis for comparison, I'm very happy with the finish. When I picked it up it was very carefully wrapped as well. £30 IIRC.
In the 2nd photo you can see a slight blemish below the mock-up decal but again this happened after the painting - I was driving the frame to the lbs when some f*ck*r almost ran me off the road - the scratch happened as everything in the boot took on a mind of it's own under heavy braking!!