The Grand Display of Lifeless Packaging
The trouble with model railway stuff is the secondhand value is always more if you keep the original box it came in. This means I’m reluctant to throw the boxes away, even though they’re decidedly sub-optimal for actually keeping the trains in when not in use (purpose-designed stock boxes capable of holding entire trains are better for that)
This means I’ve actually had to buy a couple of plastic storage boxes just to hold loads of empty Dapol, Bachmann and Minitrix boxes so I can stick them all up in the loft.
Something makes me think I really should be throwing them out instead.
September 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
“Something makes me think I really should be throwing them out instead.”
I’d leave the 14XX in the box when you do!
September 28th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I’ll tell Fat Belly Jones you said that
October 1st, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Lydney - 26th to 28th Sep 2008 - a Prog festival (Summers End) and a model railway convention in the same small Gloucestershire town - would have been ideal for you!
October 1st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Now I seriously considered going to Summers End at one point (I went to Lydney to see Panic Room back in April). Still, got the Manchester show this weekend, and might well be going to Breathing Space on the Sunday