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Sunday, April 16, 2006

its not too late, to whap it, whap it good
To the untrained eye, it could have been an elaborate cake tin, but to a Vespanado it was just a rusty old Vespa recieving a rebirth. A good day of welding, beating and unbumping bumperised metal was recently had and even my niece and nephew latched onto the theme as they worked upon their go kart, (when they were tired of posing for the camera).

Another couple of sessions and it will almost be in paint mode. But which colour, hmm!?...

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

riping lemon?
Gunmetal grey has always been a favourite, what does everyone think of that? - though it could lead to visibility issues, but I did happen to catch something else decent the other day. A chap putting through the hills in a restored yellowy/greenish Fiat 500 gave me a new outlook on yellow. I chased, and stopped him for the paint code information which he happily passed on. The scooter shown here is a slightly greener version of the colour I saw.

It should look ok, and I dont plan on painting it half orange and putting gun racks on it... yet.