How To: Transport your models safely, Pt.2.

[thehjupo]

@BasicModelling thanks I will

[thehjupo]

@BasicModelling I am going to the US for 5/6 weeks I am taking 6 models just got them today and some filler finally! and paints with me I will try to use method 1 but if not this one do you know if you are all allowed to take glue on a plane ? :) nice video

[BasicModelling]

@thehjupo I don't know at all if you can take glue on board or not.. best option is to ring the company you are flying with as each airline have their own rules, more or less, I think.. You can probably take glue in the main luggage but not in the hand luggage, I would imagine.. :)

[PenRua]

That gave me an idea how to models if needed. Thanks!

[BasicModelling]

That was the general idea of the video... :) :) Thank you..

[SUPERSOCK4L1FE]

i doubt you have but if you've ever been to the Patton museum in fort knox,kentucky they have a 1:15 scale solid silver tank at the end of the tour its amazingly bright , it kinda blinds you. This was off topic...

[BasicModelling]

I have never been to the US, let alone the Patton Museum in Kentucky.. but I'd love to go, and one day I hopefully will.. :) :)

[Inky261]

u really love them.

[CurtisWildebeest]

Indeed I do.. will be restoring my Lancaster bomber tonight, for the show on Sunday.. it needs the broken off machine guns replaced! A friend of mine in the club has promised to bring a box big enough for me to take it in, as I haven't got one myself.. we all help each other out! :)

[Inky261]

sunday next show already. there is action in your life.

[BasicModelling]

This will be the last show I'll attend before October.. There may be another club trip, as there's a nice Tank museum not far from here, but other than that it'll be a break over the summer now.. :) Last year I only went to ONE show, but I enjoy them so much now, so try and make the most of it when I can.. :)

[Akademee]

this is good, I do a lot of transporting of models, I just used a box and hoped to god that it wouldn't slip around, this helps!

[BasicModelling]

Blown polystyrene and cocktail sticks is the better method, but this works fine.. I will have to use a similar technique to this for my Lancaster on Sunday, as I'm bringing it to the RAF Hendon show, but haven't got a box big enough to take it.. :) It will be ALL Airfix kits on the table.. the club had a very succesful display doing that at another show, and hope to repeat the success again.. it is Airfix 70th Anniversary this year.. :)

[bzzymatt]

How would i transport a model plane with landing gear?

[BasicModelling]

Ah.. Thank you! I was waiting for that question... but that would work the same way, believe it or not... especially if you use a wooly cardigan! I have seen it work, and one of the better modellers in the club always use that method.. :)

[randomwritings]

What if the box isn't big enough - can you b reak the wings off?

[BasicModelling]

granskare already suggested that.. but no, the solution is to get a bigger box.. :)

Your theory is often practised though, especially when it comes to model helicopters... :)

[randomwritings]

oh I see and if the box is too big you make a bigger model - got it now

[BasicModelling]

Spot on.. :)

[dl737]

No protection on the top? Curious.

[PuppyZwolle]

That was my first thought also. I bet it has to do with the one arm filming.

[BasicModelling]

I should have set up the tripod.. :) Lesson learnt.. :)

[BasicModelling]

Only the box lid... weighing down the model by putting something directly on top of it rather defies the purpose in this case.. Here the box itself restricts movement, but normally, if you use a cardiigan in a bigger box, the various bulges and shapes of the clothing keeps the models in position.. it seems.. :) I still prefer the blown styrene / toothpick method though..

[Blargaldalien]

I wish I had thought of that in 2007. I was trundling my 1/35th Dora railgun around in a large crate i built for it. 80 inches long,24 inches high,and 15 inches wide. I wonder how many sweaters or towels that would require???

[BasicModelling]

You have built the .. WHAT??? I have only seen that model built up once, and it is mightily impressive!! Congratulations to you for your achievement.. With a model like that a specially designed crate surely is to be preferred.. I wouldn't risk using anything else... :) :)

[Blargaldalien]

Ii will PM you a few pictures,later. I got a Silver at AMPS East,in 2007, and a Judges choice,and Armor line judge award at Baycon 2007.

[BasicModelling]

Well done!! The one I saw had a room all to itself at the show... :) :) Thay do take up a little bit of space.. :)

[Blargaldalien]

At AMPS,it was on its own table,near the registration table. Had a large crowd of people around it the whole time.

[pimpdaddypunk]

Awesome advice. :^)

[BasicModelling]

It's worth trying... at your own risk, of'course.. :) But I prefer the other method, as demonstrated in video 1.. :)

[NaturalTwentyFilms]

Ha! You almost lost it in a video about safe packaging. That would have been funny, I mean sad, but funny.

:P

[BasicModelling]

IF it had happened, I would have laughed...

.. 20 years from now... :)

[CapLAGOS]

good to know!!!

hey Rob, ^^ i´m prepared for the su 27 now i know a lot about this awesome jet..... and i´m one of there fans.... !!

salute from (at least today sunny düsseldorf) cap.lagos:-))))

[BasicModelling]

I'm surprised it hasn't arrived yet.. One of the prizewinners in the US got his parcel 2 days ago, and the winner in the Philippines received his yesterday.. but apart from the one in the UK, none of the European parcels have yet arrived.. :P

[aid2003]

Great advise..

THX for share

[BasicModelling]

It works well.. but for longer distances (like travelling around Europe over 6 days or so) I would still recommend the blown styrene and toothpick method... :)

[granskare]

nifty...and if the model does not fit, use what my mechanical engineer son called 'impact maintenance' - a hammer :) ok,not quite right but I'd been waiting to use that for some time so this is it :)

[ModelbuildingTANKS]

:O Are you suggesting to completely destroy the model? :)

[granskare]

lol, it was a facetious remark:)

[ModelbuildingTANKS]

Sarcasm. Isn't that the same thing as being Faceadfeous? :) I know I spelled it wrong.

[granskare]

to tell the truth, I had to find it in my dictionary :) so my spelling is correct...and other terms for it : lightly joking, jocular, etc :)

[BasicModelling]

The modelling fraternity appreciates the fact that you're NOT a modeller... :) :)

[granskare]

hmmm, so what is the frat going to pay to keep me away from modeling ? :)

I'm trying to learn from our former governor, Blagojavich :)

[BasicModelling]

We're only too keen for you to join the ranks.. just leave the hammer at home.. :)

[granskare]

but, but, if the engine does not fit, it would need some 'persuasion' for which a hammer is especially designed. :)

[ModelbuildingTANKS]

:0 uh oh. Poor engine.

[granskare]

i mistakenly hit the thumb down icon...i have done that before...too bad yt doesn't allow one to change ...engines are known to be tough enough to withstand hammers :)

[ModelbuildingTANKS]

Wish yt could allow one to change. That would be very bad. Hopefully it can be fixed.

[granskare]

I just clicked the thumbs up side so it s hould be ok :)

[ModelbuildingTANKS]

Thumbs up for you!

[sekon56]

Nice idea!

[BasicModelling]

I prefer the other method, with the styrene and toothpicks, but in this case the little glider fitted perfectly in the box it came in.. :)

[bzzymatt]

Great idea!

[BasicModelling]

It works, but this was just a small scale demonstration, if you pardon the pun..