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Prolific poster 1,558 posts CandOfan Prolific poster 1,558 posts
CandOfan

I travel a lot. When I know I'm going to be somewhere for a while (several days or more) I have often brought along a model or two to work on, usually something like rolling stock that is relatively straightforward to pack securely in an assembled or even partially assembled state. I've never tried doing this with structures, since I have no idea how I'd get the assembled model home without actually shipping it. I guess I could put it in a box with a huge amount of air bags and/or styrofoam popcorn (yech). They certainly don't weigh much.

I'm thinking in terms of a station, not Terminal Stores or anything enormous.

Anyone else do this and have some advice?

Modeling the C&O in Virginia in 1943, 1927 and 1918
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UPWilly Prolific poster 1,965 posts
UPWilly

Suggestion

Our friend, Rick Wade (rtw3rd), built a structure for another of our friends, Kevin Kletke (caboose14) and then shipped the completed structure to Kevin. Rick posted a blog on the construction progress and shipping of the structure here:

http://kevinkreaganhouse.blogspot.com/

Halfway down from the page is an illustration and description of how Rick did this packing.

Further information on Rick's structure building of "Grandpa Sam's Place" can be found in this blog"

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/limbo-a-cure-grandpa-sams-place-is-done-12190076

and packing:

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/one-way-to-pack-12190475

I hope this helps you.

 

Bill D.

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N Scale (1:160), not N Gauge. DC (analog), Stapleton PWM Throttle.

Proto-freelance Southwest U.S. 2nd half 20th Century.

Keep on trackin'
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Ironhand_13 Frequent poster 707 posts
Ironhand_13

Never done a transport

of a model but this thread a great idea for 'Tips'.  How do you, the MRH Forum people, transport stuff?
-Steve in Iowa City
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CandOfan Prolific poster 1,558 posts
CandOfan

Wow

That's certainly the super-duper job. I guess the executive summary is that one builds a custom shipping container, although it doesn't have to be expensive materials (cardboard, foam, wooden dowls, glue).

That obviously will work, although not really suited to my particular application, since probably I'll be moving stuff in various states of incompletion and thus in very different configurations.

Modeling the C&O in Virginia in 1943, 1927 and 1918
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