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Never seen that before! 
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How's these for boxarts?
This is not my photograph but it is a very memorable model I built when I built decades ago.
One usually expects the featured aircraft to be performing some heroic deed.... as this one was not.
The other very memorable thing was that everything was moulded in red plastic.
I have thought about trying to find another one of these kits to keep for nostalgia until I think about how really BAD the kit actually was.
- Ivan.
One usually expects the featured aircraft to be performing some heroic deed.... as this one was not.
The other very memorable thing was that everything was moulded in red plastic.
I have thought about trying to find another one of these kits to keep for nostalgia until I think about how really BAD the kit actually was.
- Ivan.
Speaking of box tops, does this one depict an actual scene? Perhaps during the Prague Spring?
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Ilyushin Il-28?
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I sometimes mix them up, the Il-28 and Yak-28! 
Here is another oldie that I received as a gift many decades ago.
It was a nice kit and a bit beyond my painting abilities at the time though it came out pretty well even with very minimal paint.
The A6M remained dark green which was the colour it was moulded in.
At the time I didn't really think that this setup really didn't make sense.
The Fuel Truck was reasonable, but a Hucks Starter Truck is pretty much useless for a Navy A6M when you consider that they used a cranked inertia starter.
- Ivan.
It was a nice kit and a bit beyond my painting abilities at the time though it came out pretty well even with very minimal paint.
The A6M remained dark green which was the colour it was moulded in.
At the time I didn't really think that this setup really didn't make sense.
The Fuel Truck was reasonable, but a Hucks Starter Truck is pretty much useless for a Navy A6M when you consider that they used a cranked inertia starter.
- Ivan.
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MIflyer
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Closest thing to that Mig-21/IL-28 artwork was a picture I saw from the US intervention in the former Yugoslavia, with two Slovak Mig-21's escorting an E-3 AWACS.
That Aurora Me-109 kit was disappointing not only in the quality but in the fact that dramatic box art shows a BF-109F while the kit is more or less a BF-109B. Similarly, their FW-190 kit was actually that of an early prototype.
For years I thought that Aurora's ME-109 kit was unique in that it showed the subject of the model being shot down. But in fact Aurora's Fokker DVII kit also was issued with cover art showing it being shot down in flames.
That Aurora Me-109 kit was disappointing not only in the quality but in the fact that dramatic box art shows a BF-109F while the kit is more or less a BF-109B. Similarly, their FW-190 kit was actually that of an early prototype.
For years I thought that Aurora's ME-109 kit was unique in that it showed the subject of the model being shot down. But in fact Aurora's Fokker DVII kit also was issued with cover art showing it being shot down in flames.
Always thought this was an unusual condition to show the subject in. I brought this up once before, but without the picture IIRC.
Dave Goessling
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Sign up for the Box Art Den Google Group. This has just moved from an old Yahoo Group, so it's just "getting off the ground", but once all the images that were on the Yahoo site have migrated it will be the same treasure trove it was before. Lots of U.S., UK and Japanese manufacturers' box art going back to the early 50s. And then you can all add to it!
And go here: Boxart Gallery
Cheers!
Dave G.
And go here: Boxart Gallery
Cheers!
Dave G.
"Daddy, can you buy me the one being shot down in flames by a u-boat?"
I like the DML box tops. I believe this one purports to show the one kill credited to the 335...or am I thinking of the He 162?
vikingBerserker
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Very cool! I remember the battle damaged models some company used to make.
