Box art.....

[Airframes]

Ah! Now I know what they are! I'm never any good with the lesser known 'numbers'!
Does look rather good, the Spitfire jigsaw, doesn't it? Close up, or square-on to the picture, you can't really tell it's a jigsaw puzzle; only at an angle. I was stunned when I was presented with it in the pub, and it's b****y heavy!
Being so large in the frame, I had to find somewhere to put it, where it would compliment my own paintings. The stairwell is ideal, as it can be seen as soon as anyone stands near there, or climbs the stairs.

 

[Captain Dunsel]

Yes, the Goshawk, the F11C, not the F11F. Monogram's model was the -2 variant of the F11C, before they were renamed BF2C's for Bombing Fighting vice Fighting.

CD

 

[Lucky13]

Cool CD, wasn't too sure which one of the two it was...

 

[Airframes]

I think it was a Goshawk that featured in a fantastic deck-top diorama, in 1/32nd scale, in a British modelling mag a year or so ago. Some fantastic detailing and scratch-building. I wonder if it would be 'legal' to post a pic from the mag?

 

[Lucky13]

As long as you mention the source etc., it'll have to be ok I think....

 

[Catch22]

Yeah, freedom of use allows you to use it if you give proper credit. It's not like you're claiming it's yours or anything.

 

[Njaco]

Glad I'm not the only goofball that folds the boxes and keeps the tops. Pre-wife asks 'why?' and I just shrug.

Anybody also have any of the extras they used to or still put with the models? I'm talking like baseball cards or I even have cloth patches of the models I was working on.

 

[Airframes]

Lucky's got a Knight's Cross..........

 

[Njaco]

Lucky that lucky b@s......!!!!

 

[Lucky13]

Who's the master of box art in your opinion then?

 

[Airframes]

Overall, probably Roy Cross, but that Japanese chap, who's name escapes me, is rather good too.

 

[muller]

Box art still has an influence on me when I buy a kit!

I started out building 1/72 Matchbox kits when I was about 8, they had great box art, don't know who the artist was.

I could never get my models to look as cool as the bird on the box though!

 

[109ROAMING]

Nice M Same here box arts a huge influence for me

 

[Wayne Little]

Overall, probably Roy Cross, but that Japanese chap, who's name escapes me, is rather good too.

...Shigeo Koike? is this who you mean Terry, the guy that does a lot of Hasegawa's box art

 

[Graeme]

Well if he didn't do box art, he should have...Wilfred Hardy...





The Book Palace Wilf Hardy Art

 

[Lucky13]

WHAT are those F-16 lookalike machines?? Great artwork! 8)

 

[BombTaxi]

WHAT are those F-16 lookalike machines?? Great artwork! 8)

I'll second both the comment and the question! 8) And the TSR2 in wraparound camo has got me wanting to reach for the wallet again...

 

[Lucky13]

True! That TSR2 is one h*lluva good looking machine!

 

[muller]

I'll second both the comment and the question! 8) And the TSR2 in wraparound camo has got me wanting to reach for the wallet again...

I was thinking the same thing! The LHS has about 20 TSR2 kits on the shelf. Hmmm......

 

[Lucky13]

Go get them M!