Just posted a pic in the albums of a kit by LS depicting a KI-109 downing a B-29. Jerry Boldenow ... time ... bought ... box ... the ... advent ... collection ...
For some of you, this might be an old story. For others, it may be a bright new day. However, with all the recent talk of old box tops, artists, and the kits...
Here is a scan of a Yodel mini-catalog which came out of their C-5 box. Yodel was the last to have the C-5 molds, and pressed for Testors, and maybe Revell....
I'm new around here. Where did the paintings come from that are posted in the Revell gallery? They look like the original canvases that were done for use as...
Alan: Your looking at digital photos of vintage box art. I posted many of the Revell pics incl the Memphis Bell picture. That specific one was cut from the...
Hear, hear! Victory at Sea is appropriate for any occasion, from building
ship models to aircraft models to eating dinner or brushing one's teeth. Dave Zentz ...
Michael, Thanks for Yodel corrections. Keep'em coming! Am working on Update 2005 as we speak! cheers, jwb Michael Bludworth <ssinc77098@...> wrote: Here...
Ah, so they are boxart with the rest of the box removed. I remember the "frameable" text on the box tops, but never took it seriously! Now I'm framing some...
The afore mentioned types of music are great and I could not agree more with the selections. Now for anything else WW 2 there will always be the great Glenn...
Well, of course it is! OSC Ken Palmer, USNR(Ret) ... Hear, hear! Victory at Sea is appropriate for any occasion, from building ship models to aircraft models...
About two years ago, someone put up a supposedly original painting, I think of a Revell PT Boat boxart, and I think it went for somewhere between $400 and...
Generally in the 1950s & 1960s artists just sold their art to the company and it became the property of the company. The Revell- Monogram headquarters still...
I was in Chicago at an airliner collectible show about 4 years ago, and there was a table loaded with Hawk stuff. Among them were "original" artwork, which are...
I had thought it was the McHale's PT Boat, but I didn't want to say for sure. I printed out a lot of items I could not afford to bid on, so if I ever come...
I think that ultimately the artists that were associated with each company gave them an "image" that was quickly discernable. You knew you were looking at...
Well put, Michael! While, at 55, I now buy models for what is inside, I remember the thrill of a beautiful or impressive Revell model boxtop when I was a...
Usually, When I build, I have the local Oldies station on my radio. This is what I do when I get down in the dumps and need to build something to get me back...
I had mentioned the Hawk Skyray box, and here it is. Roy Campbell art work..one of my favorite box tops. I'll add it to the gallery of tops... BTW, as far as...
Yes, indeed the art produced for model kit boxes falls into the category of "commercial illustration." It was produced in a hurry, at low cost, for a specific...
... James Bama was responsible for the cover art on the "Doc Savage" pulp fiction novels reprinted by Bantam in the 1960s. His images depict the way I think...
Maxfield Parish is the best example I can think of whose commercial art became fine art. Too bad he was too early to do box art for models, but he did do...
It's meaningless to become bogged down in industrial, commercial, popular, and fine art definitions. Let's just enjoy the box tops - I know that they served as...
I worked in art galleries for 8 and 1/2 years. Like any style of art,beauty of the work is in the eye of the beholder. I've dealt with works by Robert...
This kit's biggest problem is that it doesn't have the "glove" extension on the leading edge of the wings between the fuselage and inboard engines. The art's...
Hello. I was wondering if anyone could give me some information. I have a 1963 limited edition of 1000 Wright Brothers flyer model. It is 2.2 lbs of...
I approved this message, although it's a little off topic for this group, which is concerned with plastic model kits. I am always to ready to help anyone...
