What do you do with your kit boxes?

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Several people here collect boxes.

Some say they throw theirs away after the kit is done.

I, myself, keep all of them. They're good for all the parts that I have. I'll grab one of the maybe 12 empty boxes I have upstairs, go to my room, fill the box with whatever cool parts I find that day, and head back up to the workbench with my parts.

I have one box that I pitch paint stirrer sticks into.

Another is a flat sheet plastic scrap box.

One is filled with tires.

The others fluctuate in their contents.

What do you do with your empty boxes?

[DeeCee]

If it is something that really looks good on the box, i will cut the top part out and keep it, ( why, i have no idea yet),

but the rest go straight in the bin, as i have heaps of parts box's and trays etc for all the spare parts.

[martinfan5]

Throw them in the recycle bin

[Guest]

Store finished models in them.

[ChrisBcritter]

Put stalled projects in them.

[atomicholiday]

Store finished models in them.

Yup. Me too. I don't have a good place to display more than one or two at a time, so the rest get put it 1 gallon zip lock bags and put back in the box. I usually put two in a box, so the bags keep them from getting scratched. And then when they get old and parts start falling off, it's all right there together and nothing ends up lost.

[vintagercr]

Mine go into recycling, unless they a vintage box. I like the box art. They take me back to a simpler time.

[oldnslow]

All the above

[disabled modeler]

I use my boxes for storage and the old or cool box arts never get cut up(I simply use a thumb tact push through the bottom into my wall and slide the cover over them)makes cool wall art. I enjoy looking at the old box arts...reminds me of much better simpler times and is great for the memories...cant get enough of them.

[ZTony8]

I'll keep one box of a particular type of model (F1 cars or street rods or a specific make,for example) and store my leftover parts from that subject in that box.Most boxes I just toss out unless it suits an odd sized model that will only go into that shape/size box.

I recently obtained many boxes of a perfect size for storing most of my 1/24 and 1/25 scale built ups.They're the boxes that contained the parts for a recall campaign for Chevy Cruze power brake assist.They even contained a small bit of bubble wrap for packing!A Jo-Han Superbird is a tight fit in this box but anything shorter than that goes in quite well.

Edited January 13, 2015 by ZTony8

[Fabrux]

I am another one that keeps all of my boxes. The boxes for the models I have built and on display are in plastic totes under my basement stairs. My living arrangements are seemingly never permanent, so I need the boxes for moving the built models to the new place. When the time comes to finally buy a house, I may consider tossing them in the recycling, maybe saving a few of the more interesting ones for wall art.

[gtx6970]

Mine go into recycling, unless they a vintage box. I like the box art. They take me back to a simpler time.

same here

[Ace-Garageguy]

Because i always have multiple projects going that are agglomerations of parts from multiple kits, i use old kit boxes to sort donor-kit-parts, gluebomb rescues and stash-parts into the new "kits" that are the new projects.

I also use them to sort gluebombs and built-ups that are waiting to get disassembled and recycled. I have several boxes of "junk" '28-'29 Fords, for instance.

[crazyjim]

Rip 'em up and throw them in the garbage.

[rmvw guy]

I always saved them until I started running out of room back in the '80s. They made a nice bonfire. Now I have started saving boxes with vintage box art. I have four I will display with the finished model just like the box art. I have seen other guys do this and I think it's a cool idea. Also old paint cans and jars, glue tubes kind of look neat in a display.

[Greg Myers]

Here's the problem, you've got all those boxes with stalled projects, wheels, tires, extra parts. Now try to find something.

"Which box did I put those extra engines in ? "

"Oh, good i do have two '65 Impala kits." " Doh! One of 'ems full of old tires."

[Jantrix]

I cut out the box top and toss the rest. Some day, I'll decorate the hobby room with old box tops.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Here's the problem, you've got all those boxes with stalled projects, wheels, tires, extra parts. Now try to find something.

"Which box did I put those extra engines in ? "

"Oh, good i do have two '65 Impala kits." " Doh! One of 'ems full of old tires."

I discovered a pretty radical concept called "labels" a while back.

[slusher]

I keep some for projects, store my instructions, and parts in. I throw the rest in the recycle bin...

[johnbuzzed]

Recycle.

[vintagedragcrazy]

I only keep the really cool ones and trash the rest I just don't have room to keep them all and for parts I go to walmart and get those clear plastic shoe boxes and some of the next two sizes for parts I put a label on end and you can see thru them also and they stack I have about 35 of them full of parts and makes nice storage.

Vince

[DumpyDan]

Toss them unless Steve wants them (vintagercr)

[DrGlueblob]

...I keep body parts in mine. In fact, you can get a small guy's whole forearm and both disarticulated hands in one Lindberg 1/8 Exterminator box..

Bwahahahaha......

[Ramfins59]

If a model that I've finished comes out good enough IMHO to enter in a show or contest, I'll use that model's box to transport it with padding to the show's location with other models, all in a larger box with a handle. The larger box can hold up to 6 kit boxes. That way I know which car is in which box. Once the car is "retired" from shows, the box goes to recycling with all of the other empty boxes.

[High octane]

I put my kit boxes in the recycling bin as I don't have room in my house for empty boxes.