Box art.....

[Lucky13]

Just noticed it....what is it with grin!?

 

[GrauGeist]

Just noticed it....what is it with grin!?

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Probably because his Army rig is packed with stuff he just stole.from that Air Force C-130.

 

[Lucky13]

Is the carrier in the background Béarn?

 

[GrauGeist]

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Is the carrier in the background Béarn?

Looks like it.
The French did purchase SBCs, which were loaded aboard Bearn in Canada.

 

[Lucky13]

If I was running a company, I'd definitely hire Michael and Graham Turner!

Studio 88 - Motorsport, Aviation and Medieval Art - paintings, prints and cards by Michael Turner and Graham Turner

 

[Lucky13]

I love these box arts....

 

[Lucky13]

I better step away....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Lucky13]

 

[Lucky13]

Should get one just because of the box art!

 

[Lucky13]

See you, Fujimi!

 

[Lucky13]

Come to think of it, does anyone know why Hasegawa started using photos instead for artwork on their boxes? Cost?

 

[SaparotRob]

I seem to remember of the many ridiculous lawsuits of the last century, one was a complaint about the model inside the box wasn't what the artwork depicted.
Like I ever thought my aircraft carrier model would look like a painting by John Steel.

 

[CATCH 22]

Come to think of it, does anyone know why Hasegawa started using photos instead for artwork on their boxes? Cost?

In different periods almost all companies used photos of the real model and not a box art (painting). IMHO it was not only a money problem for sure. As SaparotRob mentioned it could be some stupid lawsuit of an angry mother or granny whose son/grandson couldn't build the model flying as depicted.
I remember reading in a different forum a story of a modeller who built the model for a box-photo of Airfix-America (or USA) - there was such branch before. Because the particular model was impossible to built for a real show-picture, he used either Hasegawa-parts or the whole Hasegawa-model for the same a/c.
I believe nowadays making a CGI-picture (they call it a 3D-model but model it is not!) is much easier and cheaper than building a real model for guidance. Always loved the dramatic battle scenes depicting "my" model in a real (or sometimes not so real) situation, rather than a model in scale on same base or just floating in the air on white/black/blue background.

 

[GrauGeist]

Come to think of it, does anyone know why Hasegawa started using photos instead for artwork on their boxes? Cost?

I recall reading about this a while back - there was some objection in Australia and Europe to the depiction of "violence" on model boxes.

This was an effort to "protect children"...

 

[CATCH 22]

I recall reading about this a while back - there was some objection in Australia and Europe to the depiction of "violence" on model boxes.

This was an effort to "protect children"...

Is this a recent "measurement" you are talking about? Just asking because the "built-model-box-art" I was thinking of is explicitly from the time long before "The Big Ban(g)", not modern stuff.

 

[Lucky13]

I just noticed that Airfix have made a booboo, they're all RK855, FT-C....

 

[MIflyer]

I believe nowadays making a CGI-picture (they call it a 3D-model but model it is not!) is much easier and cheaper than building a real model for guidance.

An old friend of mine, a professional photographer, informed me that virtually all of the car TV commercials use CGI rather than actual automobiles going through their paces, and that was well over 10 years ago.

On Youtube there are now some well done news reports with a man or woman describing various developments and items. Then a few things, mainly pronunciation of certain words, led me to realize that those are not real human beings giving those reports.

 

[Lucky13]

Frog definitely had some good action box arts....

 

[Lucky13]