Box art- fact Vs fiction ?

Not that many parts.

Perhaps a propeller ; maybe a bomb or two.....I may also have the decal sheet

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/july/columns/190instr3-lg.jpg

http://www.internetmodeler.com/2006/july/columns/190decal-lg.jpg

Hey !

Goose ! Are there enough parts to build another one ?

tankerbuilder

Now , Here's a good example .The Aurora version of the F.W. 190 . That box art drove me to build about six or seven of the " Butcher Bird " I still have one left too !

The box art from AURORA influenced me to buy a number of their kits; once.

Now , Here's a good example .The Aurora version of the F.W. 190 . That box art drove me to build about six or seven of the " Butcher Bird " I still have one left too !

still like the old Bandai 1/24 series.

Just found this website.

www.boxartden.com/.../index.php

stikpusher

and now getting back to box art... and talking about  Stukas... this has to be one of the classics, the old Revell 1/32 box top from back in the day... 

Man, this is a monster piece of box art!

Here's an interesting piece of box art:

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=2543&newlist=1&erl=Aurora-1-48-Japanese-Zero-88-100

It's by Mort Kuntsler, who later became extremely famous for his Civil War paintings.

I don't know where Aurora got the idea of making a Zero in bright yellow plastic, but a lot of people seem to have grown up thinking that was how the real ones were painted. I'd be curious to learn whether ANY Zero was ever painted yellow.

What's really interesting about this painting, though, is that the Zero is swooping over an attack transport (APA) with the hull number (in big, postwar shadow letters) PA212. APA 212 was the U.S.S. Montrose. Mr. Bussie (the operator of oldmodelkits.com, says the Aurora kit dates from either the late fifties or, more likely, the early sixties. In 1960 (according to Dr. Graham's history of Revell), Revell issued a Montrose kit (actually a reissue of the earlier Randall) - with big, postwar shadow letters on the hull.

Coincidence? Did Mr. Kunstler have a Revell Montrose next to his easel when he did the painting? Or was Aurora dropping a subtle hint about what it would like to do to Revell?

Interesting.

and now getting back to box art... and talking about  Stukas... this has to be one of the classics, the old Revell 1/32 box top from back in the day... 

Phil_H

Chrisk-k

Some of them looked exactly like Stukas.  

Val's with the fixed u/c & wheel spats perhaps? That would be my guess.

I was in the same mood as others regarding Pearl Harbor

They were Val's but my sons did think they were Stukas.

That's what happens when you put non-model builders in charge!  LOL!

I remember being a young teenager at scout camp with my older brother.  Our camp site was along the flight path of Navy jets.  One day in particular I didn't have my glasses on because we were going swimming in the lake.  A bunch of Navy jets roared by overhead and I excitedly asked my brother "What kind were they?!?!?!"  He said "I dunno.  They were pointy in the front."  It was the first time I ever wanted to smack my brother.

Eric

Lol! Yes, I do recall once upon a time during a war game in Europe being overflown by a low flying jet and one of the squad leaders in my platoon ID'd it as a F-14. I am pretty sure it was not due to : 1) single tail, 2) delta wing, 3) single engine, and lastly 4) we were a long way from the ocean and the USN and their aircraft were WAY far away... I am pretty sure that it was a Mirage III or V of some sort... Not to mention that the squad leader in question was very much a meathead...

To you perhaps. Remember, every fighter was a "zero" and every German tank was a "tiger'.

Every shell that whizzed over was an "88".

Aside from fixed main gear with spats, and being tandem twin seaters, the Val and the Stuka don't have much in common visually. Elliptical vs Squared off wing tips, radial vs in line engines, straight winged with dihedral vs inverted gull wings... the Val was far more curved and flowing in lines compared to the Stukas more angular looks.... Both filled the same roll...

Chrisk-k

Some of them looked exactly like Stukas.  

Val's with the fixed u/c & wheel spats perhaps? That would be my guess.

When I visited Pearl Harbor 2 years ago, I saw many photos of attacking bombers at the memorial center.  Some of them looked exactly like Stukas.  Even my sons asked, "Dad, did the Germans also attack Pearl Harbor?"  

mississippivol

Stik, I was pretty sure that the Germans used Texans to do that job....

Texans and Vultees.............

Nope, definitely Stukas. It's on the Internet, so it must be true!

Stik, I was pretty sure that the Germans used Texans to do that job....

Chrisk-k

I thought the above box art depicted an epic dogfight between the P-47 and the FW-190 in the Pacific.

This was my first. I put so much glue on that the wings melted and drooped.

Trabi

GMorrison

I DO remember seeing a model of a B-17 which was shown being attacked, with a burning engine.

 

GNorrison, do you mean this?

 

That´s one of my all time favorites! Google Roy Cross. He was Airfix main box artist.

Trabi

These are hilarious! Looks like Roden box artists were bored:

 

 

 

Looks like the artist(s) were a bit of a daredevil. I'm not sure I get the top one with the lightning and the RR tracks angling into the sky.

GMorrison

I DO remember seeing a model of a B-17 which was shown being attacked, with a burning engine.

GNorrison, do you mean this?

That´s one of my all time favorites! Google Roy Cross. He was Airfix main box artist.

This is the original oil painting:

This is "The Box Art" for me:

That was my first kit ever.

Few more RC box arts:

This was interesting:

Burning one:

These are hilarious! Looks like Roden box artists were bored:

Ah Yes !

  Now some other box art in REVELL'S history are those wonderful ones of ordinary life . Like the ones with prop - passenger planes at the gate and the car , ships and planes in their transport set .Or the really La -Ti - Da picture of the couple exiting or entering the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham !

    The one that were really nice there were the cars and trucks in their multi-piece car and truck models . They showed American Life through the eyes of an advertising bent - I/e Life is grand in America !

   I have always appreciated the pictures on the box of the Tug " Long Beach " .Of course it was originally a N.Y. Harbor Tug ! The P.T. 109 stands out as does the Cambeltown on the dock gate at St Nazaire ! Shouldn't forget the great art around the 1/32 Mosquito Bomber or the space subjects , plus the great art on the Nuclear Reactor and the Launch complex sets .

Oh, and not to forget the box art on the model of the " PERKASA  MTB ! I think by Tamiya ? See , even though most don't pay them much mind , the art list goes on and on .

I guess the box art will have to have a little disclaimer like the auto ads now.

I thought the above box art depicted an epic dogfight between the P-47 and the FW-190 in the Pacific.

Nice drawing. I recognize Priller's Fw-190, but who is the pilot of the P-47?