It is taking a long time

Apologies for the lack of blogging, hope these pictures make up for that. Well after trying to upload them I discover my laptop has wiped them off the memory card!!!!
The Modolo brake levers have a nice little flare which your ring finger can rest on if you want to feather the brakes, the calipers took some refurbishment, plus trying to get them to fit due to different length special nuts ( allen key fitting) was a challenge.
Gear Levers are on, in the end I opted for authenticity over practicality, stii levers would be lovely and I know they are a far better set up, but they just would not be right on this build

And then there is the bottle cage, in the bike shop I spotted something that said Duaralium, that will do for me! and there it was a bottle cage that looked old school, weighed less than a feather and added some coolness to the bike, almost makes up for not fitting sti levers???!!!