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Some artists get to paint the Queen. Others get to paint something far more exciting— like a Mercedes 1840 Actros tractor, And that's exactly what Shobba, the anarchic cartoonist whose work appears every month in Ms sister title Truck & Driver, got to do recently at Truckfest Over the Bank Holiday weekend Shobba (in real life he's Ian Shaw and works in a cement laboratory) got to grips with the pristine white Actros, sketching out his humorous designs before painting them for posterity in front of an appreciative
audience. The finished job was then paraded around the Truckfest Arena.
The Hawk was intrigued by his close understanding of the industry, and of drivers in particular. Checking that no one was listening, Shobba whispered his secret: "I've got lots of mates who are drivers, and I listen to them moaning in the pub!"
Although Shobba's designs were done in water-soluble paint, we think that Mercedes should seal them with a Clear varnish and preserve the Actros as part of the nation's art heritage.