Alright, I am picking up the household and moving about 1000 miles. I need suggestions relating do and do not’s of packing up my collection, most with open canopies. I realize I will certainly inccur some damge, but I still would like to minimize any potential calamity.
Thanks!
Ray
Ray,
I am not going to be much help on how to pack your models,but I am curious as to where your moving to,did you finally get tired if the hurricanes?
I would suggest that if you use styrofoam peanuts, that you first loosely wrap the models in bubble wrap first. This will keep the little static clinging foam fragments from sticking to the models and keep any parts that may fall off from becoming lost. Then place each model in an individual box, then set those boxes in a sturdy box. Then commence a very long prayer vigil. Good luck from a former Florida boy who also got weary of continuous hurricanes and “him-a-canes”.
Get some big plastic baggies to put each model in, so if/when parts come off, they’ll be easier to find, then use a lot of styrofoam peanuts or even easter grass in layers to lock the models in place. There’s no such thing as too much protection for your kits, believe me.
Can you take your models with you? That would be better than leaving them to the dubious care of the movers. Just some thoughts from someone that moved across the Pacific last year. All my kits had minor damage, but nothing that I couldn’t fix. Here’s hoping you have even better luck in your move.
Swanny’s website has some good tips on packing models for moves/shipments. It one of his stickies on the forum.
I’ve done my share of moving within Europe and to and from the US and I’d recommend you find yourself some expanded polystiremne boxes as you would find at the fishmonger’s (or at the fish dept in the supermarket). Be nice to the people and they’ll even clean them for you or even keep the non-smelly ones for you. Take only the ones with lids, of course.
Then put your models in and secure with lots of cocktail sticks.
Also, make sure you move those boxes yourself. Family and removal maen do not understand what models really are, in general!
Found the link: http://www.swannysmodels.com/Tools.html
Ray,
[?][?] where are you moving to??? I know that you have a lot on your plate … and not just with your models. Hope you will stay in touch…Glen S
Thanks for all the great info guys.
I work for the National Park Service. I had two options for a transfer, Guam or Arkansas. Guam was tempting becuase of the WWII sites and my love of Scuba diving, but the high cost of living and the potential for even more storms I chose Ark. Besides, as a Florida native I have had enough of my beloved state for awhile. It has become ever so crowded and the cost of property has gone through the roof! I start work up there in mid October, so I will be in and out alot over the next several weeks but I will be Back…
Ray
Hey Grenadier, I lived in Guam for 2 1/2 years. It was great at first but after about 7 months you can go island happy (it is only 35 by 8 miles and a lot of that is military reservations) The highest speed limit is 45 MPH and that is on a 4 mile stretch. There is a high divorce ratio and it is HOT! The diving is fantastic and the WWII relics are there, too. The people are really great and so is the food. But you are isolated. I would suppose that as a ranger that you would be working at the National WWII Park (the invasion beach and museum). I used to dive on that beach and occasionally would find old bullets, shrapnel and other war junk. It was pretty cool. Go to Arkansas.
Thanks, that’s seems to be the general concensus on Guam. Great place to visit, but …