Aurora Box-top homage....

[Allan31]

I did these several years ago for a laff... Always loved box top art.
Monogram 1/4" with an Airfix 109.


















You can only imagine my troubled childhood when I discovered Zeros were never yellow and 109s were never lavender....
We can't take this hobby too seriously. (Says he who just finished the Eduards Hannover....)

[lcarroll]

Great trip back down "Memory Lane" Allan! Wonderful!
Cheers,
Lance

[gedmundson]

Those models look fantastic - a great tribute to the box art. Back in the 60s I had the Aurora catalogue and still think they had the most exciting box art, and since colour references were scarce (to me) it did not matter that the Fw 190's were black and the Zeros yellow. As Lance says - that brings back great memories. Cheers!

[Brad Cancian]

I love it! I've done similar 'homages' to airfix and revell boxes of my own childhood in the 1980s, so these 'tributes' resonate with me

Cheers,

BC

[macsporran]

Superb models Allan and great concept. These are much better colour schemes than the real ones! I think Jo Katula (sp?) was the imaginative artist. Lovely models.

I did something similar with the Fokker D8 kit unfortunately. The box art showed hexagonal lozenges angled across the wing, so I carefully marked these out in pencil on a Matt primer, then painstakingly filled the colors in. I was so pleased with the result until I later found that 'D8's had a wooden wing, at that time supposedly in olive green. I took off the wing and sanded it flat then brushed it green.
Wish I'd taken pictures, but now I wish I'd left it 'katullad'
Sandy

[PJ Fisher]

Brilliant idea!

[Borsos]

Lovely ideas and nicely executed.

[NigelR]

Great fun and a really clever idea, very nicely done.

[WD]

Wonderful idea, and well done modeling to boot.

Warren

[RAGIII]

That is absolutely awesome! Built per the Box art to Perfection! I Love all of them!
RAGIII

[JamesAPrattIII]

This brings back memories I bought the zero kit back in the 1960s when i was young.

[Allan31]

Thanks everyone.
I've thought about adding to this collection but I'm thinking I'll leave it to just these first four.





If these were less accurate like the first four, I'd consider it. The Hellcat with the brighter blue and neutral gray bottom is a contender and I already have the Monogram kit in the stash...

[KiwiZac]

I love this idea, and they're executed so well. Thanks so much for sharing! They remind me of Brad's nostalgia builds, and the similar-to-Brad concept I have in mind for a few subjects of my own. These brought a big smile to my face.