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<p>[QUOTE="shamster, post: 9837198, member: 85821"]Thank you Raver! I've done sanding so far and a temporary repair for the missing beading. Here is some better pics as I'm quite happy with it, and I'll leave the filling work to the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not obvious in this pic ( you can see it in the last update I made) but yes you're right the 'paint' can't be removed and since it changes significantly due to lighting I think it's natural too. And the lock seems to be replaced, as you said, I can see paper lining missing in that area. I paid 50 pounds for it, guess not bad as these boxes would go for around 100 in finer market?[ATTACH=full]491554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]491555[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="shamster, post: 9837198, member: 85821"]Thank you Raver! I've done sanding so far and a temporary repair for the missing beading. Here is some better pics as I'm quite happy with it, and I'll leave the filling work to the future. It's not obvious in this pic ( you can see it in the last update I made) but yes you're right the 'paint' can't be removed and since it changes significantly due to lighting I think it's natural too. And the lock seems to be replaced, as you said, I can see paper lining missing in that area. I paid 50 pounds for it, guess not bad as these boxes would go for around 100 in finer market?[ATTACH=full]491554[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]491555[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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