While the paint was drying on the left hand side, I managed to move the scaffolding to the right hand side and begin work, using a new method that will hopefully be a lot quicker and easier than removing all the internal and external planks of a panel as I did previously. In an hour or two I was able to cut all the bolts required and knock them through, saving a lot of time and effort in the process. Next week will see the removal of a few screws and the two split planks should come out fairly quickly and easily... (famous last words).


I finished up by tracing the existing lettering off the van, in order to make stencils over the next few weeks for reapplying the lettering after a full repaint.