A useful book for kitbuilders, but.....

I have the weekly newsletter from Hattons (along with several others) and the last had what I consider a useful reference 'Bookzine' for those of us who build kits. It contains over 400 pics of classes of steam loco's showing the liveries, so handy to know when you get around to applying finishing liveries. It's certainly worth the £7.99 price (+P&P.), but........

 

......and here's the 'but', If you are perhaps a "Tree Hugger" or care about the Planet, maybe you ought to look to buy it locally rather than from Hattons, as this is what it comes in!



Something of a 'packaging overkill' perhaps! This isn't the first time I've had this daft 'over the top' packaging from Hattons, a delivery of one pack of 10 No 5 Kadee's was sent in the same size box, maybe they think economies of scale boxwise is sensible but when many suppliers would send this 'bookzine' in a padded Jiffy bag or even just an envelope, this borders on the ridiculous. I do my bit regarding recycling, but this is absolutely crackers in my opinion.
Incidentally, a second 'Bookzine' is available covering the later years of diesel/electric operations, same price.
Keith.