Scale model kit boxes

[Nick Winter]

I was wondering where I could get some 1:25 scale or 1:24 scale model kit boxes.

[Foxer]

Not sure if there is anything out there, but if you strike out they would not be too difficult to make, depending on your computer skills and what equipment you have. My guess is you probably have a box or 2 socked away.

I'm going to give a method I used long ago to make scale license plates from one on my 1:1 cars I was modeling. This was before digital cameras were available. I spent some time calculating how far from the plate to stand so the 3x5 printed photo came out to 1/25 scale. This was something like 15 feet from the plate, but you can try different distances and see what works. I peeled the thick photo paper apart to give me just a thin sheet with the plate photo on it and glued it to a thin sheet of plastic. With digital cameras this becomes much easier. Just print at a size to match the plate at 1/25th scale and use a good photo paper when printing.

If you can unfold the model box and photograph that you can print and refold at proper size. Cut it out with some small tabs to fold in when gluing back together.

[4BKT VET]

I know how in 2 easy steps.

Step 1: Got to the LHS and buy some kits I like.

Step 2: Open it and send me the contents.

Viola, you have some model box's.

[crazyjim]

When I've completed a model I throw the box in the garbage. There are 2 boxes in the can right now and the garbage goes out tonight (04/23/09). I can pull them out if you want. I believe the boxes are from a 1960 Ford Starliner and a 1962 Pontiac.

[Foxer]

I WAS assuming you meant some kit boxes at 1/25 scale for a display or diorama. Guess your question CAN be taken two ways. eheh

[Doughnut]

Dave, of course, has the right idea. Even if you don't have a scanner, you can produce these. I have seen sellers on ebay show perfect scans of the box top and all sides of rare kits. I simply save the pictures to a folder and I can recreate the tiny boxes later. I just did one for the Gremlin Funny Car using this method. Good luck.

[VW Dave]

a fellow modeler last year gave me some magazines and model kit boxes that he had done this way for me to use in my builds.

I think I know the guy you are talking about

I'm a big fan of photoreduced items as interior decorations, and I've been adding them to my models since the mid-90's:

The stuff in my Camaro was all store-bought, but I started doing it myself after reading a tech article in SA many moons ago. As I'm very a low-tech kinda guy, I do my photoreduction 'the old fashioned way:'

(Yes, that is a 35mm camera. I haul it out strictly for this purpose)

While the pizza box is from the store-bought stash, I did the model box and the Hemmings magazine:

[59 Impala]

I have a few that I downloaded from the net. Is it ok to post them here or will a person get in trouble for posting stuff from the net? The ones I have are of the dirt track modified cars. If it's OK, I'll post them. Please let me know. Dan

[George Bojaciuk]

I may still have some stuff from the old Scale Vanities line. Email or PM me and I'll send you some.

gbojaciuk@comcast.net