Your favourite Box art

[Snake45]

4 minutes ago, cobraman said:

I'm no Cobra expert like you, but that sure looks like a 427 to me. With some kind of thyroid condition on the hood. 

[afx]

AC Cars produced the AC289 after their Shelby contract ended.  They installed 289 engines in left over 427 bodies and dubbed them "AC289".  The hoods were stock on the cars. 

The hood on the box art is similar to those used on the (2) supercharged 427s Shelby produced.

Edited November 28, 2017 by afx

[Greg Myers]

Bill Cosby 200 MPH 

[Greg Myers]

Wonder if that hood and scoop really came in the box ?

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[fairlane1320]

[cobraman]

45 minutes ago, Greg Myers said:

Wonder if that hood and scoop really come in the box ?

It does not. It is a standard kit. I had hoped it would be as the box shows but it is not. I still would have bought it anyway just to have it in my collection. Found it on ebay from someone in Russia. I'm sure there is more out there but it is the one and only I ever saw on ebay since I have been buying there since 1999.

[afx]

Revell produced some great box art back in the day.

[samdiego]

I can't decide if this is a photo or one of the nicest renderings I've ever seen. I found this same image on line with a signature by the rear wheel. Since photos aren't usually signed I think it's an illustration.

[Mike999]

Aurora did some nice art on their big line of 1/32 car kits.  Some illustrations, some photos:

 

[Dirty Dave]

Lindberg 4 Banger dragster.
Just saw the real one a couple of weeks ago at the NHRA museum (it's red).

[Greg Myers]

Revell 

[Greg Myers]

Not sure if this is just box art for arts sake or actual box art, There are a few more.

[Craig Irwin]

[High octane]

[Mike999]

I'll bet many of us geezers got hooked on scale modeling with this Aurora box art, and had this as their first kit.  How could you resist that box-top, with the Me-109 shot full of holes and the pilot bailing out?

 

[Snake45]

10 hours ago, Mike999 said:

I'll bet many of us geezers got hooked on scale modeling with this Aurora box art, and had this as their first kit.  How could you resist that box-top, with the Me-109 shot full of holes and the pilot bailing out?

 

I had that kit--molded in a sort of metallic burgundy. I still have a couple kits from that same series--F9F Panther, P-51H Mustang, and Spitfire. Also have a VERY rare Lockheed F-90.

[Daddyfink]

Killer box art, terrible kit

[unclescott58]

1 hour ago, Daddyfink said:

 

I love above box art. I've never seen that one before. Even though I know how bad that kit really is, that box art may convince to buy one if it was reissued with it. That's great art work! 

Edited November 30, 2017 by unclescott58

[Mike999]

Same kit, 2 different approaches to box art, years apart.  Original ESCI and Italeri re-issue.  No doubt for licensing reasons, Italeri didn't even mention the vehicle name on its box.  The ESCI decals also had several trademarks in them, like "Air Camping" and the Land Rover logo.  The re--issue decal sheet is tiny, but gives you tiger head decals for the doors.  The basic kit is a nice curbside, whichever version you find.

 

[Draggon]

This is my favorite of the ones that use a picture of the actual model. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

One of the truly greats, far as my taste goes...

And this one, that unfortunately looks nothing like what's in the box...

[Mark]

15 hours ago, Craig Irwin said:

By Tom Daniel...the only one he did for Revell back in those days. 

[Mike999]

From Jo-Han's short-lived "Custom Car" series.  The custom version of the kit was front-and-center on the box.  But the kits still had all the stock parts.

The car just looks plain mean and nasty in that art.  It reminds me of the '66 Olds Toronado in Stephen King's "The Dark Half."

 

[Earl Marischal]

20 hours ago, Dirty Dave said:

Lindberg 4 Banger dragster.
Just saw the real one a couple of weeks ago at the NHRA museum (it's red).

I wouldn't mind one of those now.

steve

[unclescott58]

I like AMT's 25 anniversary box art. Especially the one for their '40 Ford coupe and '37 Chevy coupe.