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It's a slot car box. Room for all your "STUFF" and 3 cars under the drawers. The fold down front acts as a small workspace. A used box that size would sell for between $50. & $100. in this area.
-------------------- Ralph Y Thorne Jr Fine Signs & Designs Snellville, GA ralph@finesigns.us Posts: 21 | From: Snellville, GA | Registered: Oct 2001
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""Good judgment comes from experience; and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" - Will Rogers Posts: 3486 | From: Beautiful Newaygo, Michigan | Registered: Mar 2003
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I assumed it was someone's well loved signkit...but there isn't any trace of paint or oil on it hmmm..... The outside looks quite old, and I think the corners or really cool, will be nice to polish it up and start using it for a signkit.
Maybe I'll bring it to meets and get everyone to put a little something on it. (if I'd only had this 4 years ago!!!)
She wants $75....maybe a bit too much, but these are hard to find.
Now......
Let's see YOUR sign kits and tell me what I should put in mine!......
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BRUSHES!!!!! hahahahahaha after seeing the sign kits of the pros...MONTY, C.J., GEO PERKINS,PAT KING just to name a few that stand out(ther are a bunch more)its hard to even try to set one up like theres.....but they been at it for 30 years....and each brush has a usage! i can tell you for a starter would be 4 -8 quills, #2, 4, 6, 8, 10. if you want to double this and get 1 set of browns and 1 of grays. truck flats in 1/2, 5/8 or 3/4, 1". fitches from 1/2 to 1 1/2. couple of stripping swords...if you know how/wish to learn pinstriping. you need 1/2 pints 1-SHOT of the basic 8-10 color for now....get more paint as you need it. gal of turps/mineral spirits. an empty cat food can, coffee can to clean brushes in. small bottle with a squirt top(for turps) most use small paper cups, i use plastic 3 partition picnic plates. oh and the ability to use these....you have go to meets and get it from monty, geo, p king.....heheheheheheheheee or PRACTISE, PRACTISE, PRACTISE.........
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"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Grab that box up Kiddo......Definatly worth $75.
I just picked up an old fishing box on e-bay for $30. (a lot smaller than that one seems to be)......and am going to turn it into my new Gold Kit..................someday....hehehe!!
I plan on doin a little "How-I-Do-It" on the thing..........maybe you can post pics as yours progresses.............
.....cj
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Barb It's a model race car with with an electric motor. On the bottom of the car there is a guide that looks like a rudder on a boat. The guide rides in a groove {aka "slot"} cut into a track. Hence the name "slotcar". The "driver" uses a handheld device to control speed. The tracks mimic real race courses - oval,drag and road race.
Some of the cars are are really fast. For example the fastest will cover a scale 1/4 mile {1/24 scale}in less than 1/2 second at an actual speed of about 115 miles per hour.
My son makes and sells these boxes at a local track. Some of the more elaborate ones are cut on our router. He also sells paint masks and decals that he designs in SignLab and Corel. It's a great learning experience for him.
-------------------- Ralph Y Thorne Jr Fine Signs & Designs Snellville, GA ralph@finesigns.us Posts: 21 | From: Snellville, GA | Registered: Oct 2001
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