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Eanderson
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I'd like to share some pictures of a neat airbrush project I did. Inspired by some friends' joking requests to see if I would airbrush a mailbox to look like a custom split bus. The dang thing took ten hours to do and I probably used up $75 worth of paint.
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Russ Wolfe
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That would be sure to atract a baseball bat in my area.
Kids cruise the country roads with a ball bat, and swing at mail boxes.
I hav elost 2 this year, and mine are just plain mail boxes.
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LowType2
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Gary
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
That would be sure to atract a baseball bat in my area.
Kids cruise the country roads with a ball bat, and swing at mail boxes.
I hav elost 2 this year, and mine are just plain mail boxes. |
Some ¼" plate steel will cure them of ever hitting your mailbox again.
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TeamSpatula
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| Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| Russ Wolfe wrote: |
That would be sure to atract a baseball bat in my area.
Kids cruise the country roads with a ball bat, and swing at mail boxes.
I hav elost 2 this year, and mine are just plain mail boxes. |
yeah, same here...that looks too good to put up, better keep it inside.
The only thing that would make it even cooler is if you could somehow make the bus rear facing outward, and make the back hatch open up to put the mail in.
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Russ Wolfe
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That would be sure to attract a baseball bat in my area.
Kids cruise the country roads with a ball bat, and swing at mail boxes.
I have lost 2 this year, and mine are just plain mail boxes. |
Some ¼" plate steel will cure them of ever hitting your mailbox again. |
1/8" will do it, on the inside, so it doesn't show.
Then go to the Dr. office and look for the teenager with the broken hand.
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dan chavez
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Split Bus Mailbox |
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Cali_Army_Guy
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Split Bus Mailbox |
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| Eanderson wrote: |
I'd like to share some pictures of a neat airbrush project I did. Inspired by some friends' joking requests to see if I would airbrush a mailbox to look like a custom split bus. The dang thing took ten hours to do and I probably used up $75 worth of paint.
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I'd pay $75 for that in a heartbeat.
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awreed
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:04 pm Post subject: Re: Split Bus Mailbox |
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Looks great! Awesome job with the paint and design.
To guard against vandalism with bats, bookend the box with sacrificial mailboxes filled with concrete. This is what I've seen done several times, and it makes a driveby baseball bat attack nearly impossible. You don't even want someone to touch that box in fear of messing up your beautiful paint job. |
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danfromsyr
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:11 am Post subject: Re: Split Bus Mailbox |
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that mailbox would sit in my office and never out in the weather or other elements.
truly a work of art and great skill and detail. congrats
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Cali_Army_Guy
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| Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Split Bus Mailbox |
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that mailbox would sit in my office and never out in the weather or other elements.
truly a work of art and great skill and detail. congrats |
Agreed
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