Vespa 125 Primavera

 Against the odds, I’ve just completed Italeri’s 1:9 scale Vespa 125 Primavera. 

This was “against the odds” as not only did Italeri’s instructions assume I knew more about the Vespa’s construction than I do, I had to perform a repair to the steering column, using a thick piece of sprue, fuse wire and a bomb casing from the spares box, as a major section had failed in the moulding process. 

I’ve never had the patience of many nor probably the required dust free environment to spray a showroom gloss finish, but that aside I’m liking the way Vallejo’s metallic arctic blue has performed and how it sparkles as I remember 1980s metallic paint did, in the sunlight. 

This very different build for me is a homage to my formative years and a project which has been a perfect refresh, giving me more than a few modelling challenges to complete!

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The Kit

Brand:       Italeri

Title:         Vespa 125 "Primavera"

Number:    4633

Scale:        1:9

Type:         Full kit

Released:  2019 New parts

F-35 Lightening II

Now that was great fun. This is Italeri’s F-35 Lightening II in British markings with all vents open, all munitions loaded and jet pipe in the VTOL position. 

This is painted as an F-35 of Lightning Force XM151/017 from October 2019 aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth

I’ve used Vallejo’s sea grey with a few drops of gunmetal added and made up a 50:50 matt and gloss varnish mix to provide that silky finish peculiar to this stealthy aircraft. 

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The kit