Friday, November 7, 2014

Boxart that never was

One of the more obscure issues of modeling is on the Boxart that never appeared, there are works that only the manufacturer and the authors have seen, ever published for the general public, some of them have finished decorating a room or in the trash.


Boxart like this, was the product of the entrance to the market models of Binney & Smith, Mexico, for a short time Crayola manufacturers attempted to enter the Mexican market, with models Revell Monogram, but his mexican staff were incredibly inept, did not know anything about modeling, and I say absolutely nothing, it was no surprise that company fell out, with not even a year in the market. There  are obvious errors in the box, the model name, despite being one of the most famous airplanes of the West, is wrong, the photo is wrong and is not the model, a Lodela's F-4E, painted as if it was a F-4E Thunderbird.

One of his mistakes was printed wrong boxes, later used as interior backboxes, but even the Boxart that finally sell their products was wrong, note incorrect plane's name, the final box was this: