What's Your Favorite Box Art?

[Casey]

What's your favorite model kit box art?

I'll go with this Revell '55 Chevy kit box, courtesy of the Box Art Den:

Edited March 15, 2011 by Casey

[Greg Pugh]

I tend to like the older stuff and I just saw this one for the first time less than 10 minutes ago. I love it!!

[tylersloan]

I tend to like the older stuff and I just saw this one for the first time less than 10 minutes ago. I love it!!

yeah thats the one i like so much also

[ChrisPflug]

I've always liked the AMT Nova box art- made the contents of the box even more disappointing

[Mr. Moparman]

I have to go with MPC's '70 Charger box art. I like it because it's my favorite body style for the Charger.

[Eshaver]

Saddly, I can't provide a picture , but any of A M T's annuals from 1969 would surely rank as frameable art ......... Ed Shaver

[Greg Myers]

That was my first pick also

[DRG]

I like the box art on any model I build.

The box art was a very strong factor in my purchase of the kit.

[Keef]

[Robert81]

I find Model car art is rather dull, some of the old stuff is good, but most of the stuff from my life time is not stellar. What i do like is Military and Military Aircraft Box art.

Like this one.

[Darin Bastedo]

Some of my favorates are also some ov the most frustrating as the model inside never was as good as the box art...

[styromaniac]

I've always thought the box art for those early 60's Revell Tri-Five Chevy kits was great...the drag racing '55's & '57 Bel Air as well as the mild custom '56.

The beach scene w/ the flame painted Nomad is inspirational too ( although its a slightly doctored photo of a real car , not bona fide "artwork".)

I always loved the original Revell "Big Daddy" Roth box art as well...the auto show room with two guys going Ga-Ga over the "Outlaw", the spooky haunted house w/ the "Mysterion" , the wanted poster w/ the "Road Agent".

Come to think of it..a lot of that early Revell stuff like the '29 Model A hot rodded pick up, the '31 Woody/Sedan surf scene & Mickey Thompson's "Attempt 1" were just plain cool...too bad some of those kits didn't go together as nice as the pictures.

But when it comes to getting your imagination fueled up nothing can beat those ancient Aurora 1/32nd scale hot rods...the ones with the funny scenes like the guy's date getting rained on sitting in the "Moody Monster"...the teenagers gawking at the "Wolf Wagon", or the "Shiftin'Drifter" parked outside the soda shop.In this case the box art far exceeded the contents..no way those simple toy like kits could do justice to the artwork.

[Junkman]

Because it is the most politically incorrect box art I have ever seen. This is 30 years in the slammer in Kenya.

Edited March 16, 2011 by Junkman

[Roadkill2525]

The custom 1/43 AMT kits

The original High Grade kits from the Mobile Suit Gundam 0080

[Crazy Ed]

Heller did a series of Roadracers with this style of box Art. Nice enough for framing.

Ed

[my name is nobody]

I always liked the Johan boxes:

[Scale-Master]

I too am partial to the '55 Chevy in the first post, partly due to being related to the driver as listed on that painting (and decal).

[Harry P.]

I like the box art on any model I build.

The box art was a very strong factor in my purchase of the kit.

Then you must have been mighty disappointed many times.... sometimes the box art has very little, if anything, in common with what's actually in the box.

[ra7c7er]

Some of my favorates are also some ov the most frustrating as the model inside never was as good as the box art...

Whats the silver ball thing under the back of the car? Volleyball maybe? and what was the exclusive record offer? I have always wanted a 45 with my model kits, lol.

[RodneyBad]

I always liked the Johan boxes:

Ditto, The Old Johans

And that one Old Monogram 82 Mustang Convertible

And I'm not even a Mustang person

[The Creative Explorer]

My favorites are from the Fujimi Enthusiast series;

[oldscool]

Those are some good ones Mark.

grumpy gus