Hewy Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Its the recently rereleased italeri 1/9 vespa primavera , i dont know how old the molds are but I'm guessing ancient, flash is prominent ,and some detail is very poor, worst of all rubber tyres uggh, But as i used to ride, and restore old scooters back in the day, i was drawn to this ,among many scooters i owned the primevera was not one of them, but i know the small frame variety fairly well, theres some work to do, while the body work looks quite good (a couple of sink marks apart) the engine is a little poor on the molding side for its scale ,this is where I'm up for suggestions for nut and bolt detail parts, the real primmy had 8mm 10mm and 12mm nuts and bolts in prominance on the engine casing, and wheel hubs, and ,rims ,do i go resin or pe , , where do i get them from ? , if any of the detail builders here can help it will be very much appreciated ,modifications to cars and bikes (scooters) is not my area, but im up for trying ..,paint finish? Its not going to be a stanard single colour, in the early 80s custom scooters were the order of the day ,the body work will be standard, but 20 or so years ago many custom paint jobs used to pay homage to all sorts of subjects, this one will be ww2 fighters ,bombers, pin up ladys ,and the painting will be appropriate to this, so the kit and sprues First the chrome sprue , this won't do at all, it must come off, out with the oven cleaner The main body work , speedo will need a bit of a fettle The molded on number plate holder is also for the chop, Here you can see the engine casing devoid of nut or bolt detail And thats about it , some number plate decals and a couple of wire springs for the shocks , I shall begin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Looking forward to this. I see Italeri is to relese a 1/12 Alfa saying new molds, I wonder if it will be all new molds or someone elses repop with one new sprue 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, colin said: Looking forward to this. I see Italeri is to relese a 1/12 Alfa saying new molds, I wonder if it will be all new molds or someone elses repop with one new sprue Scalmates might shed some light on the alfa , it didn't with this kit though, Thank colin I've got the faux chrome in the caustic soda bath, and made a start on the engine , but i now need nut and bolt detail and am currently searching the www Also for bomber and fighter pin up decals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I have an older reissue of this one in the stash. Will keep an eye on this build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbdesignart Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 For nuts and bolts try here https://prime-miniatures.co.uk Good luck with the build, looking forward to following your progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco F. Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Hi, if you can't find you're looking for at the Link Mark sent you.... I have another one dealing with tiny screws and so on... But I guess you don't need this adress anymore... https://ghw-modellbau.de/index.php?cPath=4_5_10 Cheers Marco F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, mbdesignart said: For nuts and bolts try here https://prime-miniatures.co.uk Good luck with the build, looking forward to following your progress. 1 hour ago, Marco F. said: Hi, if you can't find you're looking for at the Link Mark sent you.... I have another one dealing with tiny screws and so on... But I guess you don't need this adress anymore... https://ghw-modellbau.de/index.php?cPath=4_5_10 Cheers Marco F Mark ,marco thank you very much for reference to nuts and bolt detail , i do appreciate it in my impatience i have settled for 2 meng nuts and bolt sets and have nade a start on the engine casing ,its taken 4 baths of oven cleaner to strip the chrome from the plastic, it was pretty resilient , I'll update soon , thanks again for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbdesignart Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hewey, the chrome sounds nearly as indestructible as the type Belkits use. Happy to help with the info. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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