Category: Box Art

• Macchi MC.200 Saetta – Part One – The Lawyers Called, Mr Chang.

  

  I can see that there has been a phone call from Italy. Hobby Boss has put out their 1:72 model of the Macchi MC-200 Saetta fighter plane with no reference to ” Macchi ” on the box. It is referred to only as ” Italian ” and ” Saetta “. It’s the same story as…

  Dick Stein

  August 9, 2018

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Chinese models, Italian aircraft, Model Airplane, research, Scale Models, Stein’s Air World

  design, Hobby Boss, Italian, licensing, Macchi

• Copyright? I Laugh At Your Copyright!

  

  ” Ha Ha Ha! I am master in my own workshop and I laugh to scorn at your copyright! Paugh! ” Which will make for interesting times if someone actually does go me for pinching artwork that belongs to them. Or if someone decides that I am making fake products in an effort to defraud…

  Dick Stein

  July 16, 2018

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Collecting, Miniature Philosophy, Model cars, Modelling materials, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  box materials, copyright, intellectual property, lawyers

• Extra Dark Sea Yellow-Pink

  

  Or was that RLM Light Puce? Or Cockpit Poo Brown? Every source of information that one can access about authentic colours for scale models is based upon the opinion of the person who wrote it…and that may be perfectly valid, adequately valid, nearly valid, or a dog-bone lie. If it is connected in a commercial…

  Dick Stein

  July 5, 2018

  Acrylic, Box Art, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Enamel, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  colour choices, paint, thinners

• Packaging Part Two – The Quality Of The Box

  

  I’ve been buying model kits since Eisenhower was President and Louis St. Laurent was Prime Minister and I think I’ve seen them offered in every form of packaging save a lard barrel; cardboard boxes, plastic packets, plastic bags, sleeves, and even one memorable lot in paper envelopes. As I sit at my desk typing I…

  Dick Stein

  June 27, 2018

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Czech models, Hobby Shops, Model Airplane, Model cars, Model trains, Modelling materials, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Aurora, box art model kits Airfix, boxes, Lindberg, Monogram, packaging, Revell

• Packaging Part One – The Gallery Of The Shelf

  

  I go to art galleries in the various capital cities I visit on a regular basis. Some, like the NGV in Melbourne or the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney get a visit whenever I’m in town. Others, like the various modern art galleries or smaller dealer’s galleries might get a hit every two or…

  Dick Stein

  June 26, 2018

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Box Art, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Miniature photography, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Airfix, Aurora, Box Art, Monogram, Revell