Your favourite Box art

[Greg Myers]

 

Coincidence? (Mark Jones?)

There is a back story to this one. Something about the names on the side of the red car.

My all time favorite as well.

[Greg Myers]

Coincidence? (Mark Jones?)

There is a back story to this one. Something about the names on the side of the red car.

My all time favorite as well.

[Greg Myers]

Here's another in AMT's race car/trailer/tow vehicle series:

 

Wonder if this is the box art they used on the recent reissue ?

[Greg Myers]

The above maybe my all time favorite box art ever done. Sucked me into buying my first one back in the day. 

Revell '57 Nomad, picture didn't come through.

One of the best Box Art, but terribly , fiddly kit to build.

Wire wheels on original were airbrushed out to match chrome rims in kit.

 

Edited November 21, 2017 by Greg Myers

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[cobraman]

Wonder if this is the box art they used on the recent reissue ?

Been wanting the Cobra set for a long time and very happy to see it will be out soon. Model roundup will be selling it for about 50 bucks. I will need two. One to build and one for the collection.

[zenrat]

In the late 70's/early 80's Hasegawa let their graphics people off the rein WRT aircraft box design.

These are two of my favourites.

Lockheed P38 J:L or F Lightning by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

 

 

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Some great new box art.

[HotRodaSaurus]

On 11/17/2017 at 6:33 AM, Richard Bartrop said:

There's been lots of great box art, but I still have a soft spot for this one because it was the first of the Monogram classics I ever purchased and it was this version.

Yes a great kit, especially in original shiny Monogram plastic.

The car and the scenes used for these 'Classic ' kits were fantastic. I love this too, reminds me of a town on the Rhine I visited called Bacharach am Rhine(Yes as in Burt)

[Junkman]

Jo-Han also used a 'rhine-esque' setting for one of their Mercedes kits

 

while the other one was pictured in a swamp.

Edited November 27, 2017 by Junkman

[426 pack]

My favourite box arts are 

Mpc double flip ford (it was the first model I ever got due to the way the box looked)  

revell HOT ROD 69 mustang supere CJ ( one of my dad's old models and was another reason I fell in love with the hobby)

revell/monogram 50 ford custom picup (it was one of my dad's old kit and I love the way the box looks)

Revell of Germany Australia kenworth t900

amt Indy drag combo

amt ratpacker nova 

there are more I like but I can't remember as Thea's are just ones I can remember of the top of my head.

 

[Matt T.]

This is one of my modern favorites: 

 

[426 pack]

Found theses well surfing the web they look like cool boxes. 

Shure would be cool t see how the Mack looks when it's done.

[stitchdup]

 

[unclescott58]

9 hours ago, Junkman said:

Jo-Han also used a 'rhine-esque' setting for one of their Mercedes kits

 

 

 

The above art work got me to buy the above kit. And I was pleased with what I found in the box.

Edited November 27, 2017 by unclescott58

[Mr mopar]

Any of the old T.D boxes !

[Gramps46]

I seem to remember reading that Truth in Advertising laws had an impact on Box Art and forced many modeling companies to go to photographs instead of illustrations.

[ChrisBcritter]

On 11/19/2017 at 12:17 PM, Lovefordgalaxie said:

My all time favorite kit and box art.

 

 

You and me both. Love the Styline boxes for the '50 Ford, '57 T-bird and '57 Chevy as well.

[ChrisBcritter]

As for non-car box art, here's my favorite:

Even though it depicts twice as many XF-92s as were actually built, and looks like they're flying from a base on the moon.

[Snake45]

On 11/22/2017 at 6:35 AM, zenrat said:

In the late 70's/early 80's Hasegawa let their graphics people off the rein WRT aircraft box design.

These are two of my favourites.

Lockheed P38 J:L or F Lightning by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

 

 

Most of those '70s Hasegawa 1/72 airplane boxes were quite nice. But the black-bordered US ones looked more "finished" or refined or something to me than the white-bordered Japanese ones. 

[peteski]

Since we have now branched to non-automotive subjects, pretty much all the box-art from the now-defunct VEB Plasticart (kit manufacturer from East Germany in the '70s) had some beautiful artwork. Those were some of the first kits I built as a kid and the artwork still looks beautiful.  Here is a bunch of examples.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 2017 by peteski

[Greg Myers]

18 hours ago, 426 pack said:

Found theses well surfing the web they look like cool boxes. 

Shure would be cool t see how the Mack looks when it's done.

Wonder how the licencing went on this one ?

[cobraman]