If you have a use for scale ration boxes, then this review by Darren Baker looking at a cross section of Ration Boxes from FC Modeltips may be of interest. These products cover a wide time period and number of nations.

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The only thing I don't like about cardboard boxes printed on white paper is that you can see the white paper at the edges, as you can in the above pic. I drew up and print my own ration boxes on paper grocery bag paper that I cut to 8 1/2" x 11" sheets. These are much better and show no white edges. I don't see why these couldn't be printed on brown paper to avoid the white as well.

Darren, you asked "what more do you need to know?" Well, how about the accuracy of these products? Are they correctly sized? Do they have the correct information on them? Those would be good things to know. Thanks.

That is a valid question Tim. The British ones look good in all respects, I packed enough of them in the days of the NAAFI, regarding size I cannot help as I just don't know.

Darren, check the Articles section on my website. I have a comparison review of US WWII rations with measurements for boxes and crates. You can see how these new offerings size up. www.usarmymodels.Com

One trick to avoid excessive white glue is a glue stick. Available at any stationary or crafts store.

Tim: here are the measurements I came up with on the K ration boxes. 16.1 x 8.84 x 6.15

These, IMHO, may just be the most accurate WWll ration boxes available - printing, info, font style, and dimensions:




I did the painstaking research myself and printed them up. I got my references from pics of real ones.

@ Tim Streeter; I have used your site for research and reference (especially for my above ration boxes). Do you have any plans for updating articles? A lot has been produced, and facts discovered, since your last entry.

Hello guys, I´m the designer of these boxes. I´m glad you like them. About why using whitepaper and not brown, simply because white paper reproduces better the printed textures. And about sizes and stencilling, they are made rezising real boxes photographs, the stencils are not only reproduced in dimension and font but also in careful location. And don´t worry about the size, I checked the real ones size at MRE forums and auctions, then made the adjustmend in Photoshop, that was the easiest part. If you ever have any question please feel free to contact me through my store or through my blog.