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Can you BUY frameable model kit box art?

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  • From: NW Washington
Can you BUY frameable model kit box art?
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:09 PM

  I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool to have large framed art of model kit box art hanging on your wall? That would be a perfect addition to my "office".  Does anyone know if such a thing can be had? Or am I reduced to framing the box fronts themselves?

  Chris

    "Some say the alien didn't die in the crash.  It survived and drank whiskey and played poker with the locals 'til the Texas Rangers caught wind of it and shot it dead."

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:47 PM

Well, the artwork of Shigeo Koike who does much of the Hasegawa box art is available as prints:

Shigeo Koike website

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by MJames70 on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:03 PM

Some of the recent work Adam Tooby has done for Airfix is available at -

http://www.finesthourart.com/

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  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:18 PM

Lots of nice aviation art available here:

www.aviationarthangar.com

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by mitsdude on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:11 AM

Years ago I used a product called "Decal-it". It looks like white glue and you paint/spread it thickly over art that is printed on paper and it will lift off the ink. You then take that decal and stick it to a piece of canvas or fake canvas and it looks like a painting.

I used art found in scifi/fantasy magazines by people like Freas, Bonestell, Frazetta, etc. It actually turns out pretty darn good.

The downside is the original art will be damaged/destroyed.

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Posted by mitsdude on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:14 AM

Also, the original artwork for box covers was alot smaller than one would expect.

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:57 AM

With modern computer photo editing software, which many of us have, it is pretty easy to clean up and resize box art. You can clone over lettering and such.

When you scan the image, invoke halftone removal (or de-moire) filter.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:23 PM

...yes...

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Posted by mitsdude on Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:27 AM

Don,

This would work too. I know you can buy printer paper that looks like canvas.

On a home computer most of us are going to be limited to standard or legal sized paper.

I suppose one could scan the box art  and try to get a local/online photo service to enlarge and print on special paper.  Walgreens is always running specials on photo print services. Photo enlargements seem to be very reasonable.

However, they may refuse to print it for you if they believe it violates copyright law. Which I'm pretty sure printing box art would.

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