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1/144 Kit World
Box Art for 1/144 scale Kits
http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/y/cyoung2/

Air & Space Magazine
One of the VERY FINEST aviation magazines going; the official magazine of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. Included herin are not your run-of-the-mill aviation stories. With subject matter comprising classic to cutting edge, each issue is a fascinating read!
http://www.airspacemag.com

Airline Display & Travel Agent Models
If you collect old airline travel agency models, this is THE group for you!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airlinedisplaymodels

Airliner Cafe
Another airliner modelling group; VERY NICELY DONE! Lots of great photos, aircraft "walkarounds", "buy & sell", message boards, etc. Look for restored airliner model kit box art by Christian in the kit & decal database!
http://www.airlinercafe.com

Airliner Modelling Digest
Excellent, in depth group discussions about building airliner kits
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airlinermodelling

Airliner SIG/U.K.
Airliner modelling group from the U.K. Very nice pictures!
http://groups.msn.com/airlinerSIGuk/home.htm

Airliners.net
Worlds largest selection of airliner photos, plus MUCH more!
http://www.airliners.net

An Aviation Kit Collectors Page
Nice shots of box art, etc. COOL STUFF!
http://www.avkits.net/index.html

Anigrand Craftswork
A new line of resin aircraft kits. VERY COOL ESOTERIC & RARE subject matter!
http://www.anigrand.com

Area 51 Special Projects
Declassified cold war pictures & stories.
http://www.area51specialprojects.com

ArtShakes
Artshakes.com is an online community of Artists/Dealers/Collectors focusing mainly on Fine Art but with a broad focus on all art in all mediums. It is absolutely free to use with no personal info needed other than an email address. Members are encouraged to post artwork they've created/collected or they have for sale.
http://www.artshakes.com

Aurora Reproduction Boxes
Operated by David Vaughn, these are beautifully restored complete boxes. Complete with shrinkwrap!
http://www.morbidmonster.com/Aurora/index.html

Aviation Art Ou L'art De Voler
French box art site specialising in Heller's artist, Paul Lengelle!
http://www.mypage.bluewin.ch/AviationArt

B-52 Stratofortress Association Website
All about this legendary bomber, and icon of an era!
http://www.stratofortress.org

Baade 152 Jetliner Homepage
COMPLETE history and developement of the very obscure Baade 152, built in Dresden. Text is in German.
http://www.skybird-ev.de/152/152.htm

Bad Movies
Another one of my passions; movies so bad they'er good!
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/bad_movies

Bell X-2
Everything you ever wanted to know about this incredible, but neglected X-Plane! Operated by my good friend Carrie Raspberry.
http://www.bellx-2.com

Biker.net
"My mostly motorcycles website"! Our "2nd in command" here at "The Dens"; Jean's passions, and his life.
http://www.biker.net

Bill Bayer Box Art Site
Revell, Hawk, & Aurora boxart
http://members.aol.com/billbayer/revell3.htm

Bob Black - My Models
All about Auto modeling, PLUS THE LARGEST collection of auto instruction sheets on the net!
http://www.thedpmcc.com/intro.html
http://www.thedpmcc.com/instructionsintro.html

Bonediggers Styrene Archeology
Really neat site about auto modeling; lots of cool columns, like "The Boxman Chronicles"!
http://www.bonediggers.com/toc.html

Boxart Den, The
Our home base for FULLY RESTORED images of RARE and COLLECTABLE box art! All art is also available as full size high quality prints! Our selection of FULLY RESTORED box art will astound you!!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Box-Art

Boxart Den Free Download
Free downloads of Christian's restored box art! Hosted by Jean Aker.
http://www.biker.net/boxart

Buc Wheat's Modeling World
Lot's of neat modeling stuff here; Aurora build ups, box art, vinyl, resin, etc.
http://home.cshore.com/bucwheat/index.html

C.A. Hood & Associates
HUGE mail order outlet, with tons of kits, new & old!
http://www.cahood.com/nshindex.htm

Canadair CL-44, The
"The Home of the 44"-One of my all time favourites! Based on the Bristol Britannia, only 39 aircraft were ever built! Nice history, plus images of all 39 airplanes.
http://www.cl44.com

Caravelle Web Museum
Another nicely done site on this beautiful bird!
http://www.airliner-pics.com/caravelle

Caravelle Website, The
All about the Sud-Aviation Caravelle, one of the world's most beautiful Jetliners!
http://sudaviation.com

Christian Bryan At "My Space"
Learn all about your group owner here at "The Boxart Den"; his likes, passions, etc!
http://www.myspace.com/craviola990

Collect-Aire Models
ALWAYS a nice selection of old kits, PLUS their own range of unique & esoteric subject matter resin kits! Operated by Lou Maglio
http://www.collectaire.com/index.html

Collectair: Aviation art and artifacts
AWESOME site operated by Steve Remington! Just as the title suggests, lots of great goodies here. As you scroll down, you never know what your'e going to see next!
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home/CollectAir/index.html

Collecting Airfix Kits
All about the history, etc. of this classic British kit industry!
http://pws.prserv.net/gbinet.dbjames/

Combat/Robert's Models
Combat vac kits are back! MANY interesting and esoteric titles!
http://www.swiftsite.com/rosemonthobby/combat.htm

Concorde
All about the beautiful Anglo/French SST. Your one stop source!
http://concordesst.com

Conelrad
ALL about the A & H-Bombs in popular culture; fallout shelters, "Duck & Cover", etc. If you liked "The Atomic Cafe", you'll LOVE this site!
http://www.conelrad.com/index.html

Convair Jet.Com
The OFFICIAL site of the Convair jetliners, 880 & 990!
http://www.convairjet.com

Cult TV Man
You'll be gone for hours; TONS of Sci-Fi goodness! Including forum, and the "Cult Tv Man Hobby Shop"
http://www.culttvman.com

Dave's Show Rod Rally
Very nicely done website featuring TONS of automotive box art!
http://www.showrods.com

Dodge Deora, The
All about this classic pick-up, plus kit reviews!
http://www.bonediggers.com/1-2/deora/deora.html

Draw Decals
Many interesting airliner subjects; also the "In Formation" line of aftermarket parts for "Fixing up" some of those older airliner kits!!
http://www.drawdecal.com

Dreamland Resort
All about "The Ranch", aka "Area 51" "Groom Lake", & "Dreamland" VERY COMPREHENSIVE site!
http://www.dreamlandresort.com

Ebay
The world's market place! Great source for rare and out of production kits, AND our box art prints!
http://www.ebay.com

Edwards Air Force Base
The OFFICIAL site of the world famous and "Iconic" home of the AFFTC.
http://www.edwards.af.mil

Ellwyn Angle - 1921 - 2003
Designer of the Revell XSL-01 Spaceship Model in 1957 and the Revell Space Station model in 1959. Two of the most famous model kits ever produced. This link is to his on line BIO.
http://www.smallspace.demon.co.uk/Space_Models/Creating_Space/EllwynAngle.htm

Fantastic Plastic
"The Virtual Museum Of Flying Wonders"! Operated by my very dear friend, and one of our box art suppliers, Allen B. Ury. This site has tons of goodies to offer: Box art (By yours truly), pictures of Allen's built-ups, stories behind the craft and the kits, model contests, etc; Allen's site centers around x-planes, spacecraft, exotic & speculative aircraft, and Pop culture. You know-The good stuff!
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com

Fine Scale Modeler Magazine
Standard in the industry! Includes forums, message boards, etc
http://www.finescale.com

Flight Of The Valkyrie
EXCELLENT in depth study & history of the amazing North American XB-70!
http://www.labiker.org/xb-70.html

Fred Cox DC-8 Collection
ALL about the DC-8, worlds most beautiful jetliner! Production lists, travel agency models, etc. Look for restored DC-8 kit box art by Christian! VERY NICELY DONE!
http://www.dc-8jet.com

Frog/Penguin
All about the early history of Frog model kits; some AWESOME ancient box art!
http://www.frogpenguin.com

Hannants Model Shop
Largest hobby shop in England! Excellent selection, and world wide mail order too!
http://www.hannants.co.uk

Horrora Model Boxes
"What-if" monster boxes from David Vaughn. Very cool!
http://members.sigecom.net/mustang/horrora/index.html

Hot Rod Model Cars From 1950-70
Brand new group featuring box art of "Rods" from the best era!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hotrodmodelcarsfrom1950to1970

Hot Rod Model Cars From 1950-70
New group featuring box art of "Rods" from the best era!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jet-Ex-Press

IPMS/USA
International Plastic Modelers Society
http://ipmsusa.org

It Came From The '50's
"Sci-fi Movies From The Atomic Decade"-Operated by Mike Scott, this is a REALLY NEAT group for those interested in the genre!
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/itcamefromthe50s

Jet-Ex-Press
All about Jetex, Dyna-Jet, etc. Cool!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Jet-Ex-Press

Jetex.Org
All about the history, etc of Jetex sold fuel rocket engine & kits. Very nicely done site
http://www.jetex.org

Jim Z's Rocket Plans
THE site for old rocketry! Plans, art, etc.
http://www.dars.org/jimz/rp00.htm

Just Kits & Models
UK based Just Kits & Models provides plastic kits and plastic model kits which mainly include aircraft, vehicles, ships, military vehicles, military figures, maritime vessels and dioramas. Good stock of aircraft, ship, boat and road vechicle kits like car models, lorries, motorbikes, et cetera.
[Keywords: Plastic Kits - Plastic Model Kits UK - Plastic Aircraft Model, Plastic Vehicle Model, Plastic Model Ships]
http://www.justkitsandmodels.co.uk/

KVZ/Plasticart/VEB
KVZ/Plasticart and 1/100 scale box art! Operated by my friend Richard Wimmer, and his family. Look for restored box art by Christian.
http://familie-wimmer.com

Keith Meyer's Aurora Page
LOTS of cool Aurora stuff, including most of the classic kit catalogues!
http://www.majormattmason.net/aurora/

List of Ship Kits
Rajen's List: an ambitious (perhaps futile and/or insane) attempt by various members of the model ship community to catalog and review every plastic and resin model ship kit of all time.
http://www.quuxuum.org/rajens_list/shiprevs.html

Luchtvaart Hobby Shop
Absolutely amazing aviation superstore located right next to Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Holland. Largest hobby shop in all of Europe!! Look for Erwin Stam; he's the kit guy.
http://www.lhshop.nl

Mach 2 Models
Operated by Didier Palix, and featuring a very unique line of kits!
http://www.mach2.fr/

Major Matt Mason Group
group devoted mmm and custom work
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/majormattmasongroup/

Martin Mace & Matador Missiles
All about these two classic missiles. Pictures of kit box art, plus the Topping display models. Neat site!
http://mace-b.com/38TMW

Milano Model Kit & Toy Museum
Neat site! All kinds of goodies, including lots of model car box art and built-ups.
http://www.toys-n-cars.com/default.htm

Minicraft Model Kits
VERY LARGE assortment of airliner kits, and their stretch DC-8 looks to be the best yet!
http://www.minicraftmodels.com

Model Airliners.Com
Nice selection of airliner kits!
http://www.modelairliners.com

Model Archives
Operated by J.C. Carbonel, very unique site featuring box art, stories of kits, histories of the "Atomic Powered" aircraft, plus more!
http://modelarchives.free.fr/index.html

Model Car Box Art Group
Model Car box art from all genre's- Neat site!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boxartgroups

Model Car List, The
Operated by Dwayne Bressem, this is a very active group with over 1,300 members! Covering the whole genre of auto modelling.
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/modelcarlist

Model Warships
Currently available kits, message board, gallery, forum, etc. VERY NICELY done site!
http://www.modelwarships.com

Models For Sale.Com
HUGE selection of kits, old & new. Mail order outlet based in England
http://www.modelsforsale.com

News Group Plastic Model Kits
Group covering the entire genre and subject matter of plastic modelling
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PLASTICMODELLERS

Nostalgia Model Rocketry
Awesome group about old rocketry; Estes, Centuri, etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OldRockets

Nostalgicals.Com
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE decal restorations from our member Wolfgang Perez! He specialises in restoring old Revell "S" decals (Among others!), re-creating decals of yesteryear, PLUS new titles! I can vouch personally for these sheets. Very impressive!
http://www.nostalgicals.com

Nurple.Com
The title of their home page is "Voice Over Talent, Voice Over Artist, male voiceover artist, voice over guy, Movie Memorabilia, Collectibles, Model Kits, Action Figures, Toys Horror Superheroes Sci-Fi" so it's obvious there is a LOT to see there.
http://www.nurple.com/

Old Model Kits
Alan Bussie's store. LOTS of the great classics for sale. EXCELLENT RARE KIT SELECTION!!
http://www.oldmodelkits.com

Original Issue Pre '70's Kits Club
Automotive based group with pictures of boxart and built-ups
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/originalissuepre70skitsclub

Parts Pit, The
Specialising in Aurora monster & figure kits, they have individual kit pieces needed to complete collections! Also repro boxes, etc.
http://www.thepartspit.com

Plastic Pushers
Operated by Ron Downey. GREAT source for old kits!
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/1805/sale.html

Plasticart Nostalgia Site
Dedicated to KVZ, and it's later incarnation; Plasticart/VEB. Operated by my good friend, Rene' Zehnder
http://www.arnes-modellbauseite.de/History/plast.htm

Q-Modeling
Mega-sized replicas of classic model rocket kits by Estes, Centuri, and more!
http://www.qmodeling.com

Rare Airliner Hobby Kits
Excellent selection of rare airliner kits! Operated by my friend Jose' Rodriguez.
http://www.geocities.com/airliners_rare_kits

Rare Plane Detective
Another great source for old kits! Very nicely done site, operated by Jeff Garrity
http://www.rare-planedetective.com

Regulus & Submarine Website, The
All about the Regulus Missile, and the ships and subs that carried them. VERY NICE kit section, with a nice overview on the ITC Halibut Submarine!
http://hometown.aol.com/ntspark/myhomepage/Regulus-Missile.html

Replica Boxes
Repro toy and model kit boxes. EXCELLENT selection!
http://replicaboxes.tripod.com/replicaboxes.html

Roadrunners Internationale
AWESOME site concerning the developement of the U-2, A-12, YF-12A, SR-71, plus other "Black Projects".
http://www.roadrunnersinternationale.com

Rocketarium
Marc's rocket store.
http://www.rocketarium.com/

Ruediger Haines Model Airliners
Very nice site featuring some really super built-ups of airliners!
http://www.707fan.de

Save-A-Connie
Site of the beautifully restored Lockheed L-1049G Constellation!
http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com

Scale Aircraft Modeling
Another Yahoo! group; this one dedicated to aircraft modeling.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scale_Aircraft

Scale Model Aircraft
BEAUTIFUL site operated by Alex Bigey. Gorgeous build-ups by master modelers from around the world.
http://www.freewebs.com/aeroscale

Scale Model. Net
Your link to THOUSANDS of modeling related sites!
http://scalemodel.net

Scale Modeling Nostalgia
THE GROUP about collecting and building old kits. Lots of great conversation here, answers to your'e questions, and very friendly folks! Operated by the VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE Michael Bludworth!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScaleModelingNostalgia

Sharkit
Operated by Renault Maganlon, they offer a VERY COOL line of kits; rocket boosters, speculative craft, x-planes, etc. Very esoteric selection!
http://renax.club.fr/sharkit/sharkithome/sharkithome.htm

The Skunk-Labworks
An up and coming site by our own Christos G. Psarras! Specialising in aftermarket parts & decals for older airliner kits, and large scale military aircraft!
http://www.skunk-labworks.com/

Skyway Model Shop
Another great source for old kits! Operated by my friend Emil Minerich
http://www.skywaymodel.com

Solar Guard Academy, The
All about "Space Patrol", "Tom Corbett-Space Cadet", etc. Really cool!
http://www.solarguard.com

Solid Model Memories
About building and collecting the classic wood models; Strombecker, Maircraft, Hawk, etc.
http://groups.msn.com/SolidModelMemories

Space Modelers Mailing List
Awesome group about rockets, missiles, spacecraft, & x-planes! Operated by the incomparable Sven Knudson!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/space-modelers

Spacecraft And X-Plane Models
A very thorough list of rocket, missile, spacecraft, and x-plane kits. Part of the Ninfinger website, and also run by Sven Knudson!
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/models/models.html

Starship Modeler
All things related to space & sci-fi modeling; message forum, where to buy, model building services, trading post, etc
http://www.starshipmodeler.com

Strange New Worlds
Very cool site about all things Sci-fi; Books, Models, Collectables, etc.
http://www.strangenewworlds.com

Strombeck-Becker Story, The
The History of Strombecker. VERY NICELY DONE! Part of Steve Remington's Collectair website
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/home/CollectAir/strombecker.html

TU-144 SST
All about the Tupelov TU-144, first supersonic transport to fly.
http://perso.wanadoo.es/tu144sst

Time Machine Toys & Collectables
Really nice selection of toys, games, model kits, NASA Collectables and MORE!! Check it out!
http://www.timemachinetoys.com

Topping
Very nice group about collecting Topping desk models
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Topping

Toyadz.com
Lots of really cool original toy and model kit ads, plus more!
http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/menu1.html

VEB/Plasticart
KVZ/Plasticart and 1/100 scale box art! Operated by my friend Richard Wimmer, and his family. Look for restored box art by Christian.
http://familie-wimmer.com/hobby/hr06-veb/index.html

Welsh Models
Vac kits w/resin & metal parts. EXCELLENT airliner selection, offering many titles no one else has!
http://www.welshmodels.co.uk

Wings n' Wheels Hobbies
Great source for old vintage kits at fair prices. The owner Jim, is a supporter of the Boxart Den's goals and submits box art regularly. Check out his auctions on ebay too. You should list his site as a favorite.
http://stores.ebay.com/WINGS-N-WHEELS-HOBBIES

World Airline Historical Society
Concerning everything airliners! Models, playing cards, timetables, etc
http://wahsonline.com

X- Hunters, The (Aerospace Archeology Team)
More specifically, Peter W. Merlin & Tony Moore; these gentleman travel to crash sites of famous X-plane and exotic aircraft, and recover artifacts of the downed craft. Fascinating stories, and very nicely done site.
http://www.thexhunters.com

X-Planes Data Site
Awesome site covering the whole genre of X-planes!
http://www.x-planes.net


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