The worst box art

[Old Wombat]

Found this when looking at random stuff on a model shop site:

[Gondor]

Found this when looking at random stuff on a model shop site:

Looks as if Tophe did the artwork 

Gondor

[zenrat]

Aw come on, that's a bit unfair.  Tophes work is much better than that.

[PR19_Kit]

What didn't they understand about 'perspective'?

Not to mention 'twist'!

[NARSES2]

What didn't they understand about 'perspective'?

I think the key word in your comment Kit is "they". Certainly more then one person involved in doing the boxart and they were almost certainly not talking to each other at the time 

[JayBee]

Aw come on, that's a bit unfair.  Tophes work is much better than that.

Agreed wholeheartedly! 

[kitnut617]

What didn't they understand about 'perspective'?

I think the key word in your comment Kit is "they". Certainly more then one person involved in doing the boxart and they were almost certainly not talking to each other at the time 

I could say the same thing about some of the models I've built lately, the port side looks totally different to the starboard side and different placed things like wings. Almost as if there was two people making the masters ---

[Joe C-P]

Of course the model inside could actually look like that.

[Weaver]

You could modify the model to actually look like that, then display it with the box to 'prove' that it was build 'straight out of the box'. 

[kitnut617]

Not to mention 'twist'!

No, no! that's the rotating forward fuselage Kit --- 

[PR19_Kit]

Not to mention 'twist'!

No, no! that's the rotating forward fuselage Kit --- 

Oh, it spins?  To produce artificial gravity for the hapless pilot?

[TheChronicOne]

You know... I actually wonder how that would work...  if you made a forward section that was symetrical all the way around and aerodynamically the same no matter which way it heads into the wind..... if you could have it do that... like.... say you roll the aircraft 45 degrees left but the nose and cockpit are still sitting level. You could roll completely and the cockpit stay stable...   this wouldn't prove to be as useful in other movements, but still..... Could prove to have some sort of advantage.

[zenrat]

You know... I actually wonder how that would work...  if you made a forward section that was symetrical all the way around and aerodynamically the same no matter which way it heads into the wind..... if you could have it do that... like.... say you roll the aircraft 45 degrees left but the nose and cockpit are still sitting level. You could roll completely and the cockpit stay stable...   this wouldn't prove to be as useful in other movements, but still..... Could prove to have some sort of advantage.

Yes.  You could dogfight without spilling your tea.   

[TheChronicOne]

Brilliant! This would definitely be a Bri'ish invention then. 

[PR19_Kit]

Knowing quite a bit about lateral accelerations and how they affect vehicles and people as I do, I could go on at some length about how that WOULDN'T be a good idea, for the pilot or the tea.

But instead I'll just say 'NOoooooooooooooooo!'