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Post by tcoat on Jan 12, 2024 12:47:43 GMT -5
Sometimes box art artists are very creative, have no clue about the subject matter or just plane get carried away. This can result in some hilarious scenes. In this case it is apparent that the starboard side of the rocket is extremely hazardous but if you pass around the nose and work on the port side it is perfectly safe. Not sure that is how things really work.  What is you favourite weird box art? |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jan 12, 2024 16:12:46 GMT -5
🤣🤣 that’s so awesome. Man, I just love the old box arts. I’m going to have to go through my box art and see what other gems there are. Remind me to stay on the port side of the rocket while I do.
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Post by keavdog on Jan 12, 2024 17:48:46 GMT -5
That's hilarious.
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Post by atomicholiday on Jan 12, 2024 18:21:08 GMT -5
Probably has something to do with the lead and asbestos shielding inside the rocket. I'm sure it's perfectly safe... Maybe... Probably...
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Post by armornutii on Jan 12, 2024 18:36:23 GMT -5
Leave it to you to find the wierd stuff LOL. Now I'll be going over my box arts for such mmmm...errors LOL.
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Post by jeaton01 on Jan 12, 2024 19:07:03 GMT -5
Here's good one. Looks like a kid stole this helicopter. And with this load it would be seriously out of the safe weight and balance envelope.
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Post by Real G on Jan 13, 2024 23:06:37 GMT -5
Not box art, but I thought I'd share this hilarious bit of "potted history" from Trumpeter's KV-2 box side panel:  Children at war seem to figure prominently in box art - Trumpeter's IS-3 Stalin has a little kid as the tank commander unleashing it all, while a Michael Bay background explosion rages: gallery.kitmaker.net/data/13066/12511.jpg |
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Post by jeaton01 on Jan 14, 2024 0:18:01 GMT -5
Needs to go back through Google Translate!
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Post by castelnuovo on Jan 14, 2024 1:14:43 GMT -5
This is a hilarious tread :-)
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Post by tcoat on Jan 14, 2024 7:52:34 GMT -5
Not box art, but I thought I'd share this hilarious bit of "potted history" from Trumpeter's KV-2 box side panel: Children at war seem to figure prominently in box art - Trumpeter's IS-3 Stalin has a little kid as the tank commander unleashing it all, while a Michael Bay background explosion rages: gallery.kitmaker.net/data/13066/12511.jpgOh that counts for sure.  |
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Post by tcoat on Jan 14, 2024 8:14:18 GMT -5
Not only is this 5 ton Maultier doing a wheelie but apparently there is some sort of break in interdimensional space going on behind it. That, or the box art was done by M.C. Escher?  |
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Post by reserve on Jan 14, 2024 8:26:03 GMT -5
Good thing they have a hot halftrack to escape the anamoly in the background
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Post by tcoat on Jan 14, 2024 8:28:13 GMT -5
Good thing they have a hot halftrack to escape the anamoly in the background Hard to tell but I am not really sure there is anybody driving the thing! |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Jan 14, 2024 8:32:33 GMT -5
Good thing they have a hot halftrack to escape the anamoly in the background Hard to tell but I am not really sure there is anybody driving the thing! Maybe it's the tow cable attached at the bumper that's holding it up.  |
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Post by tcoat on Jan 14, 2024 8:34:33 GMT -5
Hard to tell but I am not really sure there is anybody driving the thing! Maybe it's the tow cable attached at the bumper that's holding it up. But it is only 4 feet long. |
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Post by 406 Silverado on Jan 14, 2024 8:36:36 GMT -5
Maybe it's the tow cable attached at the bumper that's holding it up. But it is only 4 feet long. Modified jack stand??!!  |
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Post by tcoat on Jan 14, 2024 8:41:52 GMT -5
But it is only 4 feet long. Modified jack stand??!! They would have won the war with that tech. |
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Post by ogrejohn on Jan 14, 2024 9:30:58 GMT -5
Good thing they have a hot halftrack to escape the anamoly in the background Hard to tell but I am not really sure there is anybody driving the thing! The original Duel truck chasing someone! |
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Post by tcoat on Jan 14, 2024 9:51:12 GMT -5
Here's good one. Looks like a kid stole this helicopter. And with this load it would be seriously out of the safe weight and balance envelope.
The original issue makes it a bit more clear as to what is happening here.  Although the kit claims that the Cessna helicopter was considered for missile transport there is not one word of such to be found anyplace I looked. |
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Post by armornutii on Jan 14, 2024 10:30:14 GMT -5
Not box art, but I thought I'd share this hilarious bit of "potted history" from Trumpeter's KV-2 box side panel: Children at war seem to figure prominently in box art - Trumpeter's IS-3 Stalin has a little kid as the tank commander unleashing it all, while a Michael Bay background explosion rages: gallery.kitmaker.net/data/13066/12511.jpg Word salad. |
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Post by tcoat on Jan 15, 2024 13:04:04 GMT -5
This one is a bit more subtle unless you know what is happening here. Why are they dropping a sonobuoy? Do they think there may be some Soviet subs nearby? What is keeping that capsule afloat anyway?  |
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Post by stikpusher on Jan 15, 2024 14:04:36 GMT -5
Thats not a sonobuoy... thats an ASW homing torpedo! Now that is some bizarre box art!
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Post by tcoat on Jan 15, 2024 14:35:02 GMT -5
Thats not a sonobuoy... thats an ASW homing torpedo! Now that is some bizarre box art! AHHHH So it is! I should have looked closer. That does make it worse. |
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Post by jeaton01 on Jan 15, 2024 14:40:46 GMT -5
No problem on that flying halftrack, it just got hit by a temporally displaced Ukrainian ATACMS.
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Post by tcoat on Jan 17, 2024 11:21:41 GMT -5
Next up we have a young Clark Kent in mid flight while flinging a driverless VW Bug ahead of him.  |
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Post by lyle on Jan 17, 2024 11:26:44 GMT -5
Those are pretty funny.
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Post by Real G on Jan 17, 2024 13:08:42 GMT -5
Not only is this 5 ton Maultier doing a wheelie but apparently there is some sort of break in interdimensional space going on behind it. That, or the box art was done by M.C. Escher? What we actually have here is a case of movie concept art slipping out to the general public. You see, this is a scene from the sequel to "Inception", where the dream hackers go into the mind of a modeler. The dreams combine his interest of WW II military kits with his fascination of the time travelling tech from "Terminator". |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jan 17, 2024 17:14:28 GMT -5
Next up we have a young Clark Kent in mid flight while flinging a driverless VW Bug ahead of him. Clark, NO!! 😂 |
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Post by tcoat on Apr 18, 2024 10:26:10 GMT -5
Here we have a kit from the Billiken War of the Gargantua series. It is apparently the Dancing With the Stars Edition.  |
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Post by armornutii on Apr 18, 2024 10:51:49 GMT -5
Here we have a kit from the Billiken War of the Gargantua series. It is apparently the Dancing With the Stars Edition. W. T. F. |
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