Repainting Part 1.. the stripping

Its time to deal with the old paintwork on Katy. it's had at least 4 different colour schemes when in service because I have photo's of it in NATO green and in UN white and there is definitely camouflage on it as well and then the cream current top coat. I've made a start on the work by removing the roof rack (with help from the boss) and am starting on the roof because less people will see that if I am not so good during practice

That can go on the patio.. who's going to need that for a party for a while …

Now you can see remnants of the original red cross, sadly not in good enough shape to be worth saving

Much of the paint is so badly attached it comes in sheets with a scraper. this is not usual for automotive paint so I suspect that the final cream coat is more of a house paint than what is normally on a vehicle which is typically harder

In places it just peels off to the original undercoat

Then it's my three new best friends

and I am getting something like this ... I'm considering stopping here where its well attached because it's been 2 full days work to get to this point and I think trying to get to bare metal all over will be beyond me given I will have to work ourside and in bouts of good weather..