If you did not ship yet......

.... hot glue probably WILL NOT hold the zip bag. Needs some sort of positive mechanical clamp. Don't ask how I learned it.....

Nice job packaging

Rick,

That's one heck of a job packaging. Nice job. Like you said they'd have to run over it with truck to wreck it. I really think it would survive a drop from a plane though. 

Bernd

another way

Rick,

I think you're missing the most obvious, safest, way to get that beautiful model to Kevin.

You travel overnight, with the precious cargo, to Washomgton, D,C, on the Crescent, then take the Capitol Limited to Chicago, then the Empire Builder to the Pacific Northwest, home of trees that cannot be modeled by puffballs.  While there, you'll gaze in awe at the magnificent scenery, marvel at the engineering feats necessary to traverse the Rockies and Cascades by rail, and then, the culmination of your trip, where you'll be met by a special train on the Washington Northern.  Wow!

This seems to me to be the slam-dunk decision.

Hot glue

Don, oh, if only!

Thanks, Bernd

Packaging theory...

It's decent, so long as the box does not meet any fast stop forces...My preferred method is a minimum of an inch of peanuts all around the object, to give it some "breath" room in the event of a jarring stop or a crushing blow - it's more akin to a Faraday cage then, as opposed to a Insect cage.  I generally wrap the object itself first in a thin plastic bag, then wrap that in bubble wrap, and finish with the inch of peanuts.

Either way, I hope it comes through ok.  I'm mostly concerned about the wood dowels, should the box get crushed.  Should be fine, though!

Rick too bad every Company doesn't pack that well.

We have all had that one package with a fragile piece arrive all cracked and broken but Grandpas Sams Place will be a definite safe and all together in one piece model upon arrival.

Dan

So, tell us...

Did it arrive okay?

It arrived at Kevin's! Thanks for asking