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The wife told me to go buy a new mailbox......

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1riktigsvensk

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OK, this is not a post about mailbox baseball. This is what happens when I am bored....and the wife tells me we need a new mailbox.



My 8 year old took all the pics....I was trying to freehand the flames. Put our street# and our name on it. Laid the base first, then masked the flames....a coat of heavy candy apple red, then some airbrushing in the flames...then a coat of light candy apple.



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:savewave: Very nice! Is it insured? Unfortunately, we have those new fangled cluster boxes. Ya think the postal authorities would take umbridge at our flaming them??? Oh and is your 8 year old open to photo contracting services? He did a good job!
 
All that work would last two minutes here... I have some REALLY idiotic bike riding adolescents around who think targeting mailboxes with ball bats is grand sport. :madder:

After #2 went for a chop I got a vinyl one, mounted it to a set of "breakaway" mounts. It's been hit a couple times since but given up on, as it gets put back up in no time. No "fun" I guess.

...had considered concrete and rebar but decided THAT was too much work, too. But it woulda rung their bell, methinks.
 
Excellent work. Reminds me a friend's PT Cruiser he painted before he gave up custom painting. He also painted a number of my HO slot cars.

He does his HO cars with the same Sikkens Auto finishes he used on full size cars, and I have never had one of his paint jobs chip in crashes on the slot car track.
 

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Nice work!
 
Be VERY nice to your mailman or they will make you regret it. Bribes and cookies work well. :devilgrin:
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Do you do cars? I would love some of those flames!!!!!
 
Where's the pinstriping?? GOTTA have pinstriping!! <DUCKS> VERY, very cool!!!! :laugh:
 
DrEntropy said:
All that work would last two minutes here... I have some REALLY idiotic bike riding adolescents around who think targeting mailboxes with ball bats is grand sport. :madder:

After #2 went for a chop I got a vinyl one, mounted it to a set of "breakaway" mounts. It's been hit a couple times since but given up on, as it gets put back up in no time. No "fun" I guess.

...had considered concrete and rebar but decided THAT was too much work, too. But it woulda rung their bell, methinks.
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This is what you need Doc!
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https://www.steelmailbox.com/

But you'll have to reach a little deeper in the pockets!
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Doc, Have the same problem here. Found the solution. I located a mailbox that is a little bit bigger,not to give away the outcome to the kids. It is made of a heavier gauge steel and I heard someone give it a rap one night and I bet their hands are still ringing! :devilgrin:
 
LOL! She's insured...for a whopping $11! :thumbsup:

judow said:
:savewave: Very nice! Is it insured? Unfortunately, we have those new fangled cluster boxes. Ya think the postal authorities would take umbridge at our flaming them??? Oh and is your 8 year old open to photo contracting services? He did a good job!
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I've done about a handful of cars. Most recent car I painted last year....

Started out as this....

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Ended up looking like this....

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Here's the full buildup.

https://www.pbase.com/1riktigsvensk/inbox

I am for some reason a glutton to pain....and I dig in deeper than needed a lot of times. Where most people would stop and say heck NO!!! I cuss a bit, and do it. I really enjoy the finished product...that really motivates me.

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Do you do cars? I would love some of those flames!!!!!
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Let see. You are 90 miles away. You have a B/E at about the same stag as mine and you can paint cars. Hint hint. :banana:
 
Mail Box eh? Yours looks so good I think I may have to try, and try really hard, to convince my wife to let me paint my mailbox like my BBQ grill...

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Never you mind that sig painted there on the right, its my old cartoonists signature.
 
Hint received :wink: Do you do landscaping by any chance?? We could trade LOL! I need my backyard done...bad!!!!

apbos said:
Let see. You are 90 miles away. You have a B/E at about the same stag as mine and you can paint cars. Hint hint. :banana:
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Dutch Hollow Farms
Can my tractor fit in your back yard? (Yes that is my small tractor). However, I'm probably more qualified to be your veterinarian.
 
apbos said:
Let see. You are 90 miles away. You have a B/E at about the same stag as mine and you can paint cars. Hint hint. :banana:
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Well now, I'd say you've got a 'new best friend.' :wink:
 
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