ok well tried some paint stripper today but totally failed, im getting someone to shot blast and buffing it, hopefully that will work, im not sure about the paint stripper thing it seemed to now work really(only on the corners where it is thiner)
Ordered from US - AFAIK not a chance of one in the UK at the mo (or in the foreseeable future, unless you want to have a word with that nice man Mr Skeet )