beingthehero Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 What's some of the absolute worst box art you've seen on model kits? MiniHobbyModels reboxed that ancient 1/144 MiG-25 years ago, and whoever painted the art for it evidently was just given a vague description of a jet in general: Who knew Belenko defected to the west in a giant grey summer sausage with perfectly square wings and vertical stabilizers. Anybody else know of any particularly bad kit artwork- jet, armor, car, etc? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Damn, that is bad. :D Out of modern ones i think Trump Su-33 one is horrific: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 My LHS has a pile of old chinese kits. One can't really tell what the model is from the picture on the box. Its hilarious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) : That looks like a MiG-25 chopped. Edited December 4, 2014 by #1 Greywolf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceB Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) The old Airfix Buccaneer box - with a Bucc landing on a carrier in the middle of heated combat with Japanese Zeros. Whoever drew that had to be having a lark. Edited December 4, 2014 by LanceB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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GEH737 Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 That's just the first draft for "The Final Countdown" :) "Splash the Zero's" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 oh! man... that Airfix Buccaneer boxart is totally... hilariousnever thought such ting could have ever been printed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Oooh, can I play? VEB Plastikart MiL-4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
breadneck Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Now where did i place that inflatable dinghy.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brengun-Models-1-72-HAWKER-TYPHOON-Mk-IB-Mid-Production-Car-Door-Version-/131143643851?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item1e88c532cb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Back in the 50s Lindberg turned out what they thought was representative of the MiG-19, a singularly horrid bit of plastic which they later marketed as a 'Russian Fighter'. Later, somehow, the molds were shipped to Russia, and the box art on them is terrible, bearing absolutely no relation to the contents other than the fact that they both have all the requisite parts of an aircraft : The illustration on the instruction sheet is even worse: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 An East German company called Dubena marketed dome small airliners years ago, here's their insult to the DH Comet: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beingthehero Posted December 5, 2014 Author Share Posted December 5, 2014 Starfix's Bf 109 features a b-17 dropping about a billion bombs out of its wing: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) According to Fujimi, either the JASDF used midget pilots, or the F-86D was a LOT bigger than we think: Edited December 5, 2014 by The Rat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 This is made worse by virtue of the fact that it's one of my favourite aircraft: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 This one is just, well, terrible: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Rear half of the fuselage appears a bit, shall we say, truncated? And those horizontal stabilisers on the Spitfire just look like slabs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yeah, I know it's from 'an earlier time', but this is bad: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Okay, I want to know how these two crossed that close to each other without damaage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Rat Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Those tires look they should be tailwheels. And those pilots are UGLEEEEEEE! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Finn Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Check out the F-104 in the background: Jari Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Rear half of the fuselage appears a bit, shall we say, truncated? And those horizontal stabilisers on the Spitfire just look like slabs. And another looker probably from the same artist; Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Maddux Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Now for some cool and unexpected box art Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) Trumpeter 1/72 F-16 Â Edited November 29, 2017 by habu2 fixed broken image link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Exhausted Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 That is... laughably bad! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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