1:35 Cardboard Boxes - coffee

Cardboard boxes with coffee graphics in 1:35 scale

A sheet of printed fold-up boxes from Matho Models, this time with the full-color graphics of coffee packaging. You cut the flattened shells of the boxes out of the sheet, fold them along the marked edges and glue them into three-dimensional miniatures. The result is small 1:35 props that convincingly imitate shipping cartons of goods and bring a piece of everyday civilian life into a diorama or a vignette.

Use in a diorama

Boxes of coffee are made for subjects around shops and supply: a cafe or bistro, the shelves and stockroom of a shop, a loading dock with pallets, the bed of a van or a marketplace. They work in modern scenes as well as in subjects from the second half of the twentieth century. Cut the shells with a sharp knife against a steel ruler, score the edges with the blunt side of the blade before folding and glue with a small amount of PVA; super glue soaks through paper. Stacks of boxes look best when you turn them slightly out of line and mix in an open or crumpled box. A fine coat of dust pigment or a brownish wash around the lower edges visually settles the print into the scene and tones down the newness of clean paper.

Who the accessory is for

• Builders of civilian dioramas with shops, cafes and marketplaces.
• Modelers who want to bring supply and cargo scenes in 1:35 to life.
• Makers of vignettes where small props tell the story.

This is a printed diorama accessory, not a model kit. The boxes are supplied unfolded on a sheet; the knife, the ruler and the glue are not included in the package.