Box Art Favorites

[Raoul Ross]

I don't know how you can beat this!

[Bainford]

Agreed. That's about the coolest '57 Nomad ever, and everything about that photograph is perfect, from an artistic point of view. The perfect scene, perfectly captured. I think Bob Paeth was responsible for this box art.

[Bainford]

When ten year old me saw this on this kit on the shelf of the local Woolworths, I thought it was the coolest looking model I had ever seen. I didn't have enough for the $3.50 so I tortured my Mom until she coughed up the deficit, and it came home with me. At the time, I never knew of the Little Red Wagon kit. 

[BlackSheep214]

4 hours ago, Raoul Ross said:

I don't know how you can beat this!

Talk about a blast from the past. I remember seeing that kit as a kid in the late 70s

[Bills72sj]

6 hours ago, Raoul Ross said:

I don't know how you can beat this!

This is one of my favorites. I built one as a kid. I am waiting for my skills and bravery to get better before tackling a kit with opening doors.

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[espo]

16 hours ago, Raoul Ross said:

I don't know how you can beat this!

I agree and disagree on this kit. Love the subject and wish that Revell or others would produce it with the same quality as their '56 Nomad. The problem with this kit is the proportions are a little wonky looking on the rear portion of the roof and the front grill and leading edge of the hood. Beyond that this is a good place to start. 

[sfhess]

On 11/10/2023 at 3:50 PM, Raoul Ross said:

I don't know how you can beat this!

I remember seeing the Hollingsworth Nomad in various places in the San Fernando Valley back in the 60s and 70s.

Bob Paeth cut-and-pasted the chrome reverse wheels onto the box art photo because the actual car had wire wheels, and Revell didn't want to replicate them.  They already had the chrome reversed wheels.

[Bainford]

1 hour ago, sfhess said:

I remember seeing the Hollingsworth Nomad in various places in the San Fernando Valley back in the 60s and 70s.

Bob Paeth cut-and-pasted the chrome reverse wheels onto the box art photo because the actual car had wire wheels, and Revell didn't want to replicate them.  They already had the chrome reversed wheels.

Interesting. Those chrome reverse really set the car off perfectly. 

[Mr. Metallic]

On 11/10/2023 at 5:50 PM, Raoul Ross said:

I don't know how you can beat this!

I agree. There's a lot of great box art out there, but for me this is #1.

Really wish Revell would move forward with the long rumored Nomad version of their 57 tooling (not the 60's tooling, but the new one) and would throw a set of the flame decals in the box and use this artwork. Not sure it's ever going to happen at this point, but i"m still hopeful. And yes, i am aware of MCW's 57 Nomad conversion.

[Earl Marischal]

On 10/18/2023 at 4:43 PM, magicmustang said:

AMT's gasser series was different.

Wow, man! That artwork takes me right back to my last year of school, 1968. ?

steve

[doorsovdoon]

Palmer kits had some awesome artwork... but like YouTube thumbnails, it was just clickbait!