Amended and Restated

                              Revolving Credit Note

$9,500,000                                     Knoxville, Tennessee
                                                     April 30, 1996


      FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PLASTI-LINE, INC., CARTER-MIOT, INC. and AMERICAN SIGN
AND MARKETING SERVICES,  INC., each a Tennessee corporation  (collectively,  the
"Borrower"),  hereby  promise,  jointly  and  severally,  to pay to the order of
NATIONAL CITY BANK,  KENTUCKY,  a national banking  association (the "Bank"), at
the office of SunTrust Bank, East Tennessee,  N.A., as Loan  Administrator  (the
"Loan Administrator"),  at 700 Hill Avenue,  Knoxville,  Tennessee 37915, on the
dates  provided in the Credit  Agreement  dated as of the date hereof  among the
Borrower,  the Loan  Administrator  and the Banks described therein (the "Credit
Agreement"),  but in no event later than the  Commitment  Termination  Date,  in
lawful money of the United States of America,  in immediately  available  funds,
the principal amount of NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS  ($9,500,000)
or, if less than such principal amount, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Loans (as defined in the Credit  Agreement) made by the Bank to the Borrower
pursuant to the Credit  Agreement,  and to pay interest  from the date hereof on
the unpaid principal amount hereof,  in like money, at said office, on the dates
and at the rates selected in accordance with Article I of the Credit  Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein,  but not defined herein,  shall have the meanings
set forth in the Credit Agreement.

      The Borrower  promises to pay interest,  payable on demand, on any overdue
principal and, to the extent  permitted by law,  overdue interest from their due
dates at a rate or rates determined as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

      The Borrower hereby waives  diligence,  presentment,  demand,  protest and
notice  of any kind  whatsoever.  The  nonexercise  by the  holder of any of its
rights  hereunder  in any  particular  instance  shall not  constitute  a waiver
thereof in that or any subsequent instance.

      All borrowings  evidenced by this Note and all payments and prepayments of
the principal  hereof and interest hereon and the respective dates thereof shall
be evidenced by the books and records of the Loan Administrator and the Bank.

      This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit  Agreement  which,
among other things,  contains  provisions for the  acceleration  of the maturity
hereof upon the  happening of certain  events,  for optional  prepayment  of the
principal  hereof prior to the maturity  thereof and for the amendment or waiver
of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions
therein specified.  This Note shall be construed in

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accordance  with and governed by the laws of the State of  Tennessee.  This Note
amends and  restates (a) the Amended and  Restated  Revolving  Credit Note dated
February  29, 1996 made by  Plasti-Line  payable to  SunTrust  in the  principal
amount of  $3,000,000  and (b) the Amended and  Restated  Revolving  Credit Note
dated November 2, 1995 made by Plasti-Line  payable to SunTrust in the principal
amount of $16,000,000.

      IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto have caused this Note to be duly
executed  by their duly  authorized  officers as of the day and year first above
written.

                               PLASTI-LINE, INC.


                               By: /s/ Mark J. Deuschle
                                    Mark J. Deuschle
                               Title:  Vice President-Finance


                               CARTER-MIOT, INC.


                               By: /s/ Mark J. Deuschle

                               Title: Secretary - Treaurer


                               AMERICAN SIGN AND MARKETING
                               SERVICES, INC.


                               By: /s/ Mark J. Deuschle

                               Title: Secretary


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