Hi everyone,
World exclusive – the seldom seen super-rare box tops from some of the classic kits! Feast your eyes!
Just kidding ….or am I…?
Have we gone back to the future?
Is this life imitating art imitating life?
Nup, I am definitely kidding.
Every now and then I feel inclined to have some fun with our hobby. I remember some of the boxings of Revell and Airfix kits from the 1980s, which featured built up models, often in odd settings or clearly done in a hurry. For example, I remember fondly the old Revell Fokker Triplane with the mis-placed undercarriage. So, I decided to have some fun and ‘create’ my own ‘retro box art’, reminiscent of these old kits.
I have built a couple of these old Revell and Airfix kits more recently, so they were prime for my little experiment. What I also did was make sure that I picked models that were never actually released in these specific boxing styles.
The Revell Sopwith Triplane and Nieuport 28 were never released in these ‘red border’ boxes, which tried to portray the aircraft in a ‘natural’ setting (sky or ground in the background).
The Nieuport took inspiration from the old fokker triplane box:
The Sopwith took inspiration from the old Fokker D.VII box:
Likewise, the Airfix Albatros was never released on the blueprint box. These boxes were released during the “Palitoy” era, where Pailtoy owned Airfix. The models were unusually displayed on a blueprint. The blueprints, strangely, usually had nothing to do with the model itself. For example:
All of the ‘trickery’ was done 1980’s style – in camera (no funky photoshopping here), using printed backgrounds:
Anyways, just thought it might be something fun to do… I hope you don’t mind me indulging myself!
Cheers as always,
BC
