Do you keep empty model boxes?

I don't keep boxes, but I do keep instructions.

Saving instruction guide is a good idea should a member loses his or needs a copy of one. I have helped one member and made copies of it and mailed it out to him for free.

I have lately been scanning instruction sheets into PDF format.

Original sheet stays with the kit until built.

It's not a good thing to keep the boxes down here.  They only  end up attracting any number of multi-legged critters.  It's not uncommon to open a box bought from somebody and find silverfish or a roach inside.

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Cdn Colin

I don't keep boxes, but I do keep instructions.

 

Same here.

Some old ones or if i like the artwork I do.  Otherwise I cut the front off and keep that.  

For spare parts (Cars only) I organize them into baggies if certain parts need to be together like engines, wheels, tires, etc.  The rest go in labeled compartment bins.  Im super OCD.  

Does anyone else go back through old instructions and relive a build?  Or ponder alternate markings?

I keep some boxes to use as spray booths. Once I have a new one the old ones are discarded. Instructions go out as soon as the kit is finished. Spare parts are saved forever (I do save a box for parts as needed. I have about five of them now, plus a plastic sorting box). I photograph every step of the way and keep those on my computer and my photobucket page. That reminds me of every build - at least the recent ones.

Cdn Colin

Does anyone else go back through old instructions and relive a build?  Or ponder alternate markings?

 

~ Cobra Chris

I keep one or two box tops/bottoms at a time to use as spray painting boxes, since I don't have the space for a fancy paint booth, but I don't have a nostalgic attachment to them. Occasionally, if I think one of the alternate liveries is cool enough that I might do the kit again, I'll hang on to the instructions and the left over decals, but I have yet to actually take advantage of them, the only repeats I've done were with different editions/varients of the same kit.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 

5-high

Yes I do ..like GM they act as my spareu parts bins .I keep the extra parts sprues that some models come with ..bonus parts .

5-high 

 

 

 

 

Why not get a plastic container specificaly for spare parts?

 

Yes Sir !

 I have some fond memories of the past builds this way . That's why I wish Revell would bring back a lot of their civilian ships from the late fifties to the seventies . They were fun Builds !  T.B.

tedtool

Should we keep empty boxes of built models?

 

I've given thought to cutting the box tops off and framing them or maybe doing a collage with them.

I save the box, instructions, sprue and whatever decal is left.  Sprue is left in the box usually and the box goes back on a shelf.  Box art sleeved up in a 3 ring binder sounds like a good idea. 

I have a number of old built models I want to restore so having the instructions helps a ton.

I keep & cut out the box top & sometimes the side pictures & on rare kits the instructions. On some boxes the artwork is cool. I think it helps to remember the build even if I give it away more than a photo does or perhaps a different way. Cheers.

OldSalty

I do keep my empty model boxes because of the box art and also because they remind me of the joy I had when I first opened them and the fun I had with the build.

tedtool

Should we keep empty boxes of built models?

To answer the question, to each their own.  Do whatever strikes your fancy.  Keep them or toss them.

Personally, I toss most of them.  I've kept a couple of the larger ones for spare parts.  I've kept smaller and medium sized ones as they're great for placing Christmas, birthday, etc gifts in.  It's quite funny to see the reactions of friends and family when they tear the wrapping paper off a gift and they get the contorted, puzzled and confused look of, "Why the heck is he giving me a 1/48th scale Sabre or a 1/72nd scale CF-100 or a 1/48th scale P-51?!" on their face.

As a kid, I'd keep the box tops, if they were in good shape and interesting and staple them to my bedroom's walls.  Looking up and seeing fighter planes, tanks, and ships motivated me to study and work hard so that I could some day join the military and check out those awesome vehicles myself.  Now I keep the boxes long enough to get the kits built.  I do save the instructions, extra parts, and decals.....never know when you'll be needing them!

murph

...I've kept smaller and medium sized ones as they're great for placing Christmas, birthday, etc gifts in.  It's quite funny to see the reactions of friends and family when they tear the wrapping paper off a gift and they get the contorted, puzzled and confused look of, "Why the heck is he giving me a 1/48th scale Sabre or a 1/72nd scale CF-100 or a 1/48th scale P-51?!" on their face.

 

No,space issues.