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    Posted by Neil Davey on December 17, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    This one reminded me of how it was years ago.
    Turn up at the customers premises and be given a piece of paper with the ‘job spec’, have a quick chat about colours and style which usually concluded with ‘oh I’ll leave that up to you.
    Anyway this is what I produced from said ‘job spec’.
    All paint and one coat of 1 shot at that.
    It was so damp and wet on the day that I had to heat the areas with my hot air gun before lettering to get rid of condensation!


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    Brian Little replied 6 years, 11 months ago 8 Members · 11 Replies
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  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 2:18 pm

    That’s a nice neat job, Neil!
    Those are my favorite kind.
    Love….Jill

  • Chris Wool

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 2:23 pm

    top job neil. the bends at the rear are a pain arnt they as they bend two ways.

    chris

  • Neil Davey

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    Ain’t it b****y cold!

    Thanks Jill, basic brushwork but still effective, an SAS job, get in, get the job done and get out before anyone notices!!

    Chris, the opposing curves don’t present a problem with paint but I do plenty of these in vinyl to know where you’re coming from 😕

  • Peter Normington

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 7:05 pm

    Neil.
    those counter weights on diggers are a pain, even in summer, because of the mass, condensation can still be a problem, paint or vinyl dont like water.

    neat job though, and shows sometimes paint can be quicker, if I do a digger it will need 2 visits, one to measure and photo, and one to fit.

    Peter

  • Ian Bingham

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 10:00 pm

    nice job, wonder how long it will last
    ian

  • Nicola McIntosh

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 10:04 pm
    quote Ian Bingham:

    nice job, wonder how long it will last

    most paint outlives vinyl…….. 😀

    nice tricky job done 😀

    nik

  • Peter Normington

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 10:16 pm
    quote Nicola Rowlands:

    quote Ian Bingham:

    nice job, wonder how long it will last

    most paint outlives vinyl…….. 😀

    nice tricky job done 😀

    nik

    I think Ian was referringg to the abuse these machiness get, rather than the materials,

    Peter

  • Terry Bull

    Member
    December 17, 2007 at 10:20 pm

    Well done Neil..for keeping it real!

    Eh that rhythms

    don’t yer just love the ‘artwork’
    usually even that is often spelled wrong

    Terry

  • Ian Bingham

    Member
    December 18, 2007 at 9:11 am

    Yep Peter, These get a lot of abuse and the counter weight is the worst apart from the bucket, Still a nice job though!

  • Neil Davey

    Member
    December 18, 2007 at 10:38 am
    quote Terry:

    Well done Neil..for keeping it real!

    Eh that rhythms

    don’t yer just love the ‘artwork’
    usually even that is often spelled wrong

    Terry

    Terry, this artwork was on a clean piece of paper too, not the back of a cigarette packet!

    Quite a few of these civil engineering co’s prefer paint to vinyls, maybe some are traditionalists or it may be that it is harder to remove if the plant was unfortunately stolen.

  • Brian Little

    Member
    May 14, 2017 at 7:42 pm

    mind of these days to neil…always freezing cold sheds…hands frozen onto the side of an x soup tin or whatever ,mahl stick in the other !!

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