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  • Member since
    September 2015
How do you ship completed models?
Posted by labrat on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 10:46 PM

Hello everyone, my name is Steve Short and I started building aircraft kits again in 2008 after I retired and had nothing better to do. Over the past 7 years I've completed well over 100 kits of various scales and I have a few that I would like to take with me when I move from Arkansas to Idaho. How do you transport a completed kit without totally destroying it?

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 10:26 AM

Welcome to the forums,I would say drive them yourself if you can,otherwise it's a tough proposition.I have seen some good suggestions on packing here,good but complicated.I'm sure you will get some.

  • Member since
    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 10:51 AM

Welcome Steve Welcome Sign,

 

During my (short) move recently, I taped them down in a box so they wouldn’t move. All of my builds are on bases so I could do that. Otherwise, you will probably need to make special foam cutouts for each one. Either way, if possible you should pack and carry them yourself and don't rely on a moving company to move them, that is unless you feel like rebuilding them in Idaho.
By the way, there are at least 3 of us on the forum that live here in Idaho, where are you moving to?

Steve

 

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 11:03 AM

NO WAY I would ship my models. I have moved a couple of times and I have packed and transported my models myself. I don't care how well you pack them for shipment, some type of damage is bound to happen.

 

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