Since I have a couple of days off, I aim to prepare my lass' scoot for the Eibar meet up next weekend.
Its been a while since I've been trying to source a set of good s2 RUSTO potential side pannels to build an official dealership Lambretta Locomociones Scooter.
Here are some S2 sidepannels I sourced not too long ago. (Don't as about the golden SX200 side pannels ontop, they were sold in two seconds):
These pannels will eventually be for my own personal daily rider rustoration (to be shown in a near future). But so far, why not tuck them into my lass' scoot?
Anyway, looking through some of my period collection of Lambretta era news, I found the old address of Lambretta Locomociones Barcelona:
So I called my mate Frankie, who is a Pro. Painter, to guide me through the unknown world of old school advertise making, with real paint.
First I needed some serious practice, since its been so long I haven’t touch a brush.
Then the tracing. My lass helped me to trace, she on one side of the sidepannel with a pencil and me on the other. When we bumped into each other arm, we knew the sidepannel was done tracing:
Then in the morning the hardest part came. Actually placing the paint into what I traced. Very hard, specially with the “C’s†and “O’sâ€. Done in 9hrs of work:
Next day, it was time for the shadows. The panel changes so much with a bit of black round the big letters. No shadow is needed in the word “Lambretta†since there is a crease under the word:
Finally I thought I would give a special touch to the S1 mudguard. It definitely would look better in black than in multicolour:
