Monday, 1 April 2024

Packets

Like every modeller occasionally does, I unintentionally had a bit of a shopping spree the other week. Mercifully it was with the 009 Society Online Sales page so the dent was a lot smaller than and mainstream retailer.

There's a sort of unspoken idea in amongst certain modellers that if you purchase anything you HAVE to post about it online. Some would argue that this post is falling into those realms, but it's not the items I want to draw anyones attention to, it's the labels.


They're nothing particularly impressive, or even unique, but I was hit by an slight wave of nostalgia. There's something about the simple one colour logo/contents prints on the cards that just appeals to me. Perhaps it's the simplicity compared to modern standards where only a high resolution photograph of whats in the box will suffice to some.

Or perhaps it's flashbacks to my time at art college? In an environment where I didn't quite fit in, ink printing using traditional type blocks in a set (Even as late as 2012!) was one of the few things that did give me a little happiness, despite the heavy set up and clean up that came with it.

I think what it probably is though is a memory of how this is what modelling in 009 was like when I first starting making my serious attempt, and some would say I had it easy with all these kit makers. But there's something about the way the smaller cottage industries present themselves that the bigger manufacturers can never replicate. I can only really describe it as a sort of... cosiness, if that's the right word.

This is the nice thing about buying 2nd hand kits for me. Not only is it (Usually) cheaper and helping some form of model railway society, but I get to experience that feeling again. It's nice.

Oh, and yes, there is a theme linking all those kits.

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