General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

12

AKA

box [.1]

Patents

N/A

General Description

Heavy paper box has clear synthetic view window; predominantly red, black and yellow box has white, blue and black text.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

28.3 cm

Width

15.0 cm

Height

3.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Pactra

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Los Angeles

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

Used to apply colour to small plastic, wood, metal and glass items, especially models. Specific: box designed to promote, display, store and identify contents.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"pactra [with logo]/ AUTHENTIC/ Colors/ "NAMEL PAINT FOR/ PLASTICS, WOOD, GLASS, METAL", "BIG/ 12/ QUICK/ DRY!/ [illegible] c/ COMPLETE!- WITH BRUSH, THINNER AND CEMENT" printed on box front. "THINNER", "WHITE", "BLACK", "RED", "YELLOW", "BLUE", "GOLD", "SILVER", "WOOD TAN", "GREEN" and "PLASTIC/ CEMENT" printed above view window where contents displayed. "MILDLY INFLAMMABLE/ N.Y.C. C OF A 1630/ MADE AND PRINTED IN U.S.A.", "PACTRA CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC./ LOS ANGELES 38, CALIFORNIA/ Makers of Aero Glass Fuel Proof Airplane Dope and Cement", and "COLOR KIT: #98W/ © 1957 PCC" printed on long side panel; "'NAMEL is a laboratory-formulated finish. Will not etch, craze or soften ANY/ plastic material. 'Namel is economical; giving amazing coverage- one/ coat is usually sufficient- yet 'Namel does not obscure the finest detail !" printed on opposite panel. "COLOR MIXING CHART/ shows basic colors used to produce other colors/ you may desire. Mix small quantities to avoid/ having excess left over./ ORANGE- Mix 2 parts Yellow, 1 part Red/ GREEN- Mix 5 parts Yellow, 1 part Blue/ MAROON- Mix 25 parts Red, 1 part Blue/ BROWN- Mix 4 parts Red, 1 part Blue/ LIGHT BLUE- 4 parts Blue- 1 part Black/ GREY- add Black to White for desired shade", " FAST DRYING! WIDE RANGE OF COLORS/ 'Namel is also available in larger jars/ and in a wide range of additional colors./ FLAT/ flat black/ flat white/ flat yellow/ flat red/ anti-glare green/ copper/ flat insignia red/ flat insignia blue/ flat battleship gray/ flat roof brown/ flat aluminum/ flat orange-yellow/ GLOSS/ black/ white/ royal blue/ navy blue/ leaf green/ mandarin red/ insignia red/ lemon yellow/ aircraft gray/ olive drab/ chrome silver/ gold leaf/ insignia orange/ chocolate brown/ flesh/ hull red/ wood tan/ chris craft sea blue/ clear/ thinner/ 'NAMEL IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST/ SELLING PAINT FOR PLASTICS!/ HINTS on/ FINISHING PLASTICS/ Clean brush thoroughly with/ thinner after each use./ Keep painting surface hori-/ zontal if possible, to avoid/ runs./ 'Namel will level itself and/ leave no brush marks. Let/ first coat dry thoroughly be-/ fore applying next coat.", WANT TO ACHIEVE/ THAT NATURAL,/ SATIN FINISH ?/ ASK ABOUT THE/ PACTRA #70/ FLAT PAINT SET.", and "GENEROUS SIZE/ BOTTLE/ 15 c" [with illustration], "LIQUID C-MENT/ BRUSH- IN-CAP/ BOTTLE/ 15 c" [with illustration], "LIQUID C-MENT/ FOR ALL PLASTICS/ TUBE/ 15 c" [with illustration] and "PACTRA POWER FUEL/ CONTAINING AMAZING/ "LUBEX 27" KEEPS/ MODEL ENGINES/ RUNNING CLEANER/ AND LONGER AT/ FULL POWER!/ 1/2 PINT 59 ¢/ PINT 98 ¢" printed on box back.

Missing

Paint brush missing from boxed set. Box itself is complete.

Finish

Heavy paper box has clear synthetic view window; predominantly red, black and yellow box has white, blue and black text. Instructions and advertising printed on box back.

Decoration

Airplane model, bottle of red paint and paint brush tip depicted on front. Colour mixing chart and additional products featured on package back.