Brigade Models

Holiday time is over for now, so we’re back again, working through the order backlog that built up while we were away. Progress has been good, with a bit of luck it should mostly be cleared by the end of the week. We’ll resume putting our Salute releases onto the website tomorrow, a few photos need taking today.

There was however a slight hiccup to getting some orders out the door – and this is a good one, we couldn’t have invented this as an excuse if we tried.

Last year we switched to using biodegradable packing peanuts in our boxes – these are compostable and dissolve in water, rather than ending up in landfill (they’re made from corn starch or similar). We have a big bin of them in the workshop, ready for packing out boxes.

Unfortunately, while we were away some of the local farmyard mice got into the bin, found it to their taste and almost completely emptied it. But while they were eating their way through our packing supplies, the level in the bin gradually lowered until they found themselves trapped inside, unable to climb the smooth plastic walls. So this morning what was left was a sextet of frantic mice scampering around the last peanut remnants at the bottom of the bin with no way out. We’re not sure who was more surprised when we went to grab some packing for the first order of the day! Cue a quick emptying of the mice into the field bordering the yard, and a thorough disinfecting of the bin.

Anyway, the upshot is that there are 7-8 orders still at the workshop, all finished and ready to go, but unable to be packed until new supplies arrive (hopefully tomorrow). We will still be able to send out several smaller orders which are packed in bubble wrap, it’s just the larger boxes which are held up.