Box Art Favorites

[Zippi]

I don't think this has been discussed for a while so I thought I would bring it up again since it's a nice topic to talk about.  Here's some of my favorites.

[JJ Deuce]

always liked this one.  I have a kit in progress in the stash

[Tabbysdaddy]

I like this one: 

[sfhess]

AMT 68s. And the Revell 71 Mustang.

[atomicholiday]

Great subject, but there are just WAY too many for me to choose from.  
I am very partial to the old white box Monogram boxes.  To me, it really makes the cars “pop”.  This one, by the way, was the first kit I built.

 really like the Polar Lights Tommy Grove funny car box art too.  I could go on and on and on and on…

[Mothersworry]

My Favorite...

[iamsuperdan]

The abstract minimalism...the use of negative space...the bold absence of colour...does it get any better than this?

 

 

 

Seriously though, there is so much terrific artwork out there. I wish modern kits would try a little harder. I appreciate the new AMT Bronco. It's a fantastic kit. But could they not have had some proper artwork done, instead of just a stock colour photo?  Look at Revell. They're doing it right with their new releases. Zippi posted some good examples when he started this thread. Some beautiful artwork there. Seriously, they should market these and release them as posters or puzzles. I think they'd sell really well.

 

But then...AMT has a history of questionable box art choices.

 

Sure gets me excited.

 

 

 

For art though, it's really hard to beat the military kits.

[magicmustang]

AMT's gasser series was different.

[espo]

On 10/17/2023 at 7:54 AM, Zippi said:

I don't think this has been discussed for a while so I thought I would bring it up again since it's a nice topic to talk about.  Here's some of my favorites.

Have to agree, but for me the biggest attraction to these kits is the subject matter. 

[Ulf]

My favorite, so much so that I reinforced the box with cardboard on the inside and soaked the fifty-year-old cardboard with Pledge so that it can be there when I build whatever I build. JO-HAN and sunshine , life at its best.

My absolute favorite kit is AMT (no surprise) #6809 FORD F-150 XLT and with that the box becomes a good second.

 

[slusher]

 

[Dave Van]

Just finished one favorite of mine!!!

 

[magicmustang]

How about the AMT Funny Car series?

[Trendsetta68]

On 10/29/2023 at 8:09 PM, magicmustang said:

How about the AMT Funny Car series?

Looove them all !!! I'd really like if that Barracuda would return !!!

[Lunajammer]

This is my favorite for my own sick reasons; laughable photoshopping, poor photography AND the product only occupies about 20-percent of the cover from an angle that doesn't let the modeler see what the body looks like. Yes, it could have intended to be campy, but it's funnier believing it wasn't. I love it.

Edited November 7, 2023 by Lunajammer

[Pierre Rivard]

I love the art work on Fernando Pinto kits.

 

[bobss396]

I have some boxes... boxed up. I'll have to dig them out and snap some pictures. Almost all AMT Trophy Series.

[Smitty]

Does anyone know the artist’s name by any chance? I’d love to see more of his work.

[Mr. Metallic]

On 10/29/2023 at 7:09 PM, magicmustang said:

How about the AMT Funny Car series?

Agreed, love the box art. I've never seen them all collected together in one pic before.

I was going to ask a question about these but I think I'll start a new thread so I don't derail this one.

[Can-Con]

On 10/17/2023 at 3:22 PM, sfhess said:

AMT 68s. And the Revell 71 Mustang.

Yes, the whole AMT '68 annual line had great artwork. 

 

[pack rat]

29 minutes ago, Can-Con said:

Yes, the whole AMT '68 annual line had great artwork. 

 

I'll second that.

I'll also add the somewhat obscure original AMT 1/43 scale mini-trophies.  The verdoro green Vette may be my all-time favorite.

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

[Snake45]

 

[Bill Eh?]

1 hour ago, Snake45 said:

I'm guessing that Revell sold a lot of the Slingster kits. But to me, nothing beats the original Sizzler box art.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Snake45]

Bill: I never had one. Never saw one. Have never seen one in the flesh to this day. First I ever heard of it was in a 1967 Car Modeler magazine where someone used a Sizzler frame to make a funny car frame for a (IIRC) '66 Skylark named UFO.