Model kit boxes

[ewetwo]

Does everyone keep all the boxes to their kits? Or do some of you buy promo boxes to store your built models in.

[NOBLNG]

I fold mine up and stuff them on the self…just in case.?

[Ace-Garageguy]

I use the empty kit boxes as homes for ongoing projects, as they're, amazingly, the perfect size for all the parts a model car requires.

As most of my projects are mashups of bits and pieces of numerous kits, I kinda rarely actually use a box a car came in as a build-box for that particular car...though sometimes it works out that way.

I also use empty kit boxes for safe storage of often fragile old resin and vacuum-formed bodies, which warp easily if they're stored with any pressure on them.

As I have more projects than I have empty kit boxes, shoeboxes, cigar boxes, and several kinds of food packaging make up the difference.

[Jim B]

I cut the artwork off the top, and the rest goes into recycling. I do have a couple of boxes for spares, though. 

[Oldriginal86]

I don’t have a large area to display my finished kits so most of the time I’ll put the model back in its respective box.

[iamsuperdan]

I hardly have the space for my unbuilt stash, let alone the empty boxes!

I usually cut the top off and keep that, along with the instructions. Everything else goes into the recycling bin.

[Fat Brian]

Unless the box survives the building process in particularly good shape and I'm looking for an extra box for something they usually go in the trash.

[Bills72sj]

Builds in progress use the original kit box until done.

When complete, the bottom gets reused as a parts bin (or recycled)

The tops get folded and stuffed in a stack under my parts dresser.

If the box has been damaged, it hits the recycle bin.

I have not yet reached the point where I am out of display space for my builds.

I HAVE reached the point where I am out of space for my stash.

I have two large boxes of unbuilt/never-will-get-built kits I need to make go away.

I would be happy to trade them off even at a significant loss as long as I am not wasting more cash on shipping them.

[av405]

I've never really had an attachment to kit boxes so I throw them away when I can as a space saving measure. I have duplicates of many kits though, so I sometimes save a box of that particular kit and throw in all the extra parts from its sister kits in there. Knowing that all of the (for example) Chevy C-1500 parts from various kits are in the C-1500 box helps keep me organized.

[slusher]

I have Just a few of my favorite art work boxes 2 are holding all my old used instructions.  I have one with spare parts, the rest go in the recycles…

Edited September 23, 2023 by slusher
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[TonyW]

I like to display old boxes alongside built kits. Old paints and glue get a look in as well.

 

 

 

Box tops can make nice looking backdrops for built models as well

 

[Roadrunner]

Once the model is finished, I never keep the boxes. I do however occasionally buy specific old boxes for display purposes. You know, man cave decorations.

[Ben Brown]

I keep the instructions, any useful extra parts and decals, and then throw out the box with the sprues and any parts I can’t use. Which is why the Aoshima Aventador I just finished is missing the exhaust tips. ?

Ben

[ewetwo]

OK. Thank you all for your responses. Another person told me he buys 550 baseball card boxes on line and uses them I can see where you could basically store 4 models in the space of one kit box. 

[carrucha]

I only keep kit boxes with cool art work.  If not, it gets sent to the recycling bin.