Your favourite Box art

[Casey]

http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t3784-jack-leynnwood-1921-1999-the-rembrandt-of-revell-plastic-model-boxes

[Daddyfink]

17 hours ago, Casey said:

http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t3784-jack-leynnwood-1921-1999-the-rembrandt-of-revell-plastic-model-boxes

I remember the late Tom West telling me about how some of these paintings used to hang inside of Revell HQ in Venice, CA and how he wished he would have snagged a couple of them! LOL! 

One of my all time favorite non car art pieces

[afx]

I have this box but not the model which is fine by me. The kit wasn't a very good representation of the car.

[Gramps46]

The Aurora Ferrari GTO box art is one of my favorites.

[Safire6]

A few of my favorites:

[Snake45]

7 minutes ago, Safire6 said:

A few of my favorites:

Oh yah, great one! I built that as a teenager and still have most, maybe even all, of the pieces of it! It's a stripped-down version of the notorious "Phantom Mustang" kit without the stand, the electric motors, and all the internal guts parts. But if you built it carefully, you could still crank the landing gear up and down and I think you could drop the bombs with buttons. It's 1/32 scale. Dunno if I still have the box or not, but pretty sure I still have the instructions and the leftover decals. 

[Mike999]

Before Tamiya settled on 1/35 scale, many years ago, it did a bunch of armor kits in the really oddball 1/21 scale.  If they weren't Unobtainium and expensive now, I'd buy some just for the box art and hang it on the wall.  That art was always dynamic, to say the least.

[Snake45]

58 minutes ago, Mike999 said:

Before Tamiya settled on 1/35 scale, many years ago, it did a bunch of armor kits in the really oddball 1/21 scale.  If they weren't Unobtainium and expensive now, I'd buy some just for the box art and hang it on the wall.  That art was always dynamic, to say the least.

 

If you know anything about the machinery depicted, that is a VERY odd scene being depicted there. 

[Safire6]

2 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Oh yah, great one! I built that as a teenager and still have most, maybe even all, of the pieces of it! It's a stripped-down version of the notorious "Phantom Mustang" kit without the stand, the electric motors, and all the internal guts parts. But if you built it carefully, you could still crank the landing gear up and down and I think you could drop the bombs with buttons. It's 1/32 scale. Dunno if I still have the box or not, but pretty sure I still have the instructions and the leftover decals. 

One of my uncles gave one to me too for a birthday present when I was 13 or 14. I don't remember being able to drop the bombs but I'm sure that's because I screwed something up. I do remember being able to slide the canopy open and closed though. Still wish I had that one. Does anyone know if it ever was reissued?

[styromaniac]

On 9/12/2018 at 1:09 PM, gasser59 said:

Always loved these two early Monogram 1/32nd scale kits. I feel lucky to have both.

Those little 1/32 scale Monogram Gassers build up into pretty cool models...nicely detailed for that small a scale. This is the Hemi Fiat I put together in February. Wish I could find the rest of the series...they're extremely rare. The third one in the series was a 34 Ford "Screamer" coupe.

Edited May 22, 2020 by styromaniac

[styromaniac]

On 3/26/2020 at 11:27 AM, afx said:

I have this box but not the model which is fine by me. The kit wasn't a very good representation of the car.

Always loved that box cover. I remember my bro had that kit way back in '64 when it first came out....

[Richard Bartrop]

On 3/26/2020 at 9:27 AM, afx said:

I have this box but not the model which is fine by me. The kit wasn't a very good representation of the car.

I have conflicting feelings about this one.

On the one hand, it is indeed a beautiful piece of art, and if I didn't know what was in it, I'd be tempted to buy one.

On the other hand it sums up everything I hate about box art.  Like the sirens of myth enticing sailors to drive their ships onto the rocks, the purpose of this was to seduce impressionable youth into shelling out their allowance for a box full of lies.

Granted, this is not as big a deal today, when there are all sorts of ways to find out what's really in the box, but boxes like this are why even today, when a model company makes a big deal about their box art. there's still a part of my brain that goes, "Okay guys, what are you trying to hide?"

[unclescott58]

I believe somebody had posted this before, and I commented on. But, now I can't find it. Despite the kit, this is still my all time favorite box art. 

 

[unclescott58]

On 6/17/2012 at 4:01 PM, Draggon said:

Always loved this one. That guy looks like he's having too much fun!

The guy in the picture above looks a bit like Elvis too me. This looks like a scene straight out of an old Evis movie. Evis smiling as he wins the race. Gets the girl. And then sings about it. Or both. 

[unclescott58]

On 3/26/2020 at 10:27 AM, afx said:

I have this box but not the model which is fine by me. The kit wasn't a very good representation of the car.

That ?is beautiful. 

[unclescott58]

Here's another one I love, that I haven't seen mentioned here yet. 

 

[DonW]

They're waiting for help because they're parked on the highway and they can't work out how to get in the car. I do love the artwork though.

[DonW]

[ChrisBcritter]

17 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

Like the sirens of myth enticing sailors to drive their ships onto the rocks, the purpose of this was to seduce impressionable youth into shelling out their allowance for a box full of lies.

See also:

[DonW]

1 hour ago, ChrisBcritter said:

See also:

Oh yes I well remember the disappointment when I opened the box for my Packard, how basic the detail was - and it had a very distinctive and not entirely pleasant smell.

Wish I still had it though..

[Snake45]

19 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

Like the sirens of myth enticing sailors to drive their ships onto the rocks, the purpose of this was to seduce impressionable youth into shelling out their allowance for a box full of lies.

"I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises. All lies and jests! Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." 

--The Modelboxer

[Mike999]

2 hours ago, DonW said:

Oh yes I well remember the disappointment when I opened the box for my Packard, how basic the detail was - and it had a very distinctive and not entirely pleasant smell. Wish I still had it though..

Basic detail and a ridiculously small "V-12" engine.

I found the Packard at a local flea market.  It was in the original box with the instructions but mostly built, in classic Glue-Bomb style. 

Having never owned one of these kits, I was surprised to see that the body was in 2 parts, split along the color separation line between the Light and Dark Green colors.

Even weirder, the 2 plastic colors were reversed in some kits!  The article below, by Dutch master modeler Anthony Hazelaar, has some photos of kits in both colors. Also an extremely rare store display build-up of the Mercer kit.  The Mercer and Stutz kits were released as slot cars, which I never knew.

""I was working in a pretty good-sized hobby shop in 1966. When those kits hit our store shelves, even though we had a huge section of model car kits and the customer base to support it, kids simply walked right by the Renwal stuff - they couldn't understand even the significance of the marques. Even though this hobby was very much dominated by kids then, there were adult builders who were buying the MPC Gangbusters series, and JoHan's Gold Cup classic car kits, but even adults rather turned up their noses at all but the Mercer and the Bugatti."

 http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/tonhazelaar/wwwhome/kits-renwal.html

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[Tom Geiger]

On 5/22/2020 at 1:29 PM, unclescott58 said:

I believe somebody had posted this before, and I commented on. But, now I can't find it. Despite the kit, this is still my all time favorite box art. 

 

Saved me digging for the photo. My favorite box art of all time!  My personal copy was signed for me by Bob Paeth, who was project manager for this kit.

 

[unclescott58]

On 5/23/2020 at 9:30 AM, Mike999 said:

Basic detail and a ridiculously small "V-12" engine.

I found the Packard at a local flea market.  It was in the original box with the instructions but mostly built, in classic Glue-Bomb style. 

Having never owned one of these kits, I was surprised to see that the body was in 2 parts, split along the color separation line between the Light and Dark Green colors.

Even weirder, the 2 plastic colors were reversed in some kits!  The article below, by Dutch master modeler Anthony Hazelaar, has some photos of kits in both colors. Also an extremely rare store display build-up of the Mercer kit.  The Mercer and Stutz kits were released as slot cars, which I never knew.

""I was working in a pretty good-sized hobby shop in 1966. When those kits hit our store shelves, even though we had a huge section of model car kits and the customer base to support it, kids simply walked right by the Renwal stuff - they couldn't understand even the significance of the marques. Even though this hobby was very much dominated by kids then, there were adult builders who were buying the MPC Gangbusters series, and JoHan's Gold Cup classic car kits, but even adults rather turned up their noses at all but the Mercer and the Bugatti."

 http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/tonhazelaar/wwwhome/kits-renwal.html

Yea, they're not great kits. But, I'd still love to have one of each.