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Anyone have any tips or tricks for handling your collection during a move? I'm moving in a few weeks and I have a portion of my collection setup in my display cases. I have about 40 models in my display cases and 20 in smaller acrylic cases with the remainder of the collection in about a half a dozen totes. I really don't want to pack the items back up in their original boxes only to unpack them again. Also, many of the items in my cases are custom builds and have no box. So, any tips? - Dan
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I would suggest packing peanuts, but based off past experience there have been mirrors and lights replaced and small parts repaired multiple times. You could try taping structurally sound parts of models to plastic bins (to prevent the chance of movement) and bunches of shredded paper tied or taped together between models. I also don't suggest stacking models (unless there are of low or no quality).
Hope it helps.
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I have moved all my displayed models, and have taken many to show at toy shows. I use boxes a little bigger than the models. Then, I cut a piece of foam rubber to cover the models (like the Conrad boxes). Or, after you wrap in foam rubber, place in the bottom of a shallow moving or bank/file box. You can get boxes at Packaging Price.com or Uline.  Ken
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Any time I move some of my models without boxes, I wrap them first in tissue paper. Then I will use foam or packing peanuts. Just make sure that the foam peanuts don't directly touch the model. (That is the purpose of the tissue paper) I had some of the peanuts melt in the heat, it is challenging to get that goo off off your model's paint.
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Original boxes are your best bet if possible.. And the customs , just be very careful. When we moved a couple years ago, I carried the 555 crane in my lap.
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I used to work for a moving company and we had packed a lot of people's collectibles. We used what is called newsprint paper to wrap stuff in. Also depending on the size of the models we would put one in a box with lots of newsprint paper around it. You can get bundles of the stuff at your local moving company.
Another choice would be to use bubble wrap which is really good and not too expensive.
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Move them to my house, I have plenty of room  Dan, get the heavier duty bubble wrap, the larger bubbles from Home Depot or Lowes, wrap 'em up and put them in a larger box with packing peanuts. I had to move the models twice in two years, luckily the second move majority of them still were packed.
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Dewoc and I moved my fully maxed out 18000 45 miles.
We boomed up, luffed down, put all the lines under rubber band tension.
It went flawlessly.
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Appreciate the response guys. I like the idea of making a case with the foam sheets/egg carton and just putting 4-5 models/ a big box. I think that might be the way to go. Thankfully I tore my 1280 and 16000 down earlier in the year, so those guys are good to go. Only crane I have out now is my 555 which should be manageable. Now who's helping me move 
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Just moved my LR1750 with the 600t hook on for a local expo and used beach towels to secure them in the car (five doors, lucky me!).
In order to prevent sheaves skipping, I use masking tape bands on each sides of sheaves where accessible. I squeezed a small book (actually the rigging handbook!) under the A frame so to keep a tension for the same matter.
For trucks and smaller custom models, I used a Rubbermaid plastic container with a mix of old towels and foam pieces. Whatever soft and flexible do.
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wedding vail material draped over light but tight foam peanuts rubber band boom to hook
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qball wrote:Dewoc and I moved my fully maxed out 18000 45 miles.
We boomed up, luffed down, put all the lines under rubber band tension.
It went flawlessly. It was indeed a perfectly executed plan
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I save used plastic bags from WalMart etc..Sure works for me, and may I say, cheap too...
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This has probably already been mentioned, but I figure I would throw my two cents in as well. What I do apart from keeping the original model box I will usually use the cardboard box the item was shipped in and just remove a bit of packing to fit 1 or two more models inside. If the model has no box, I recommend using bubble wrap and then surrounding it with foam rubber.
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I've not moved since I started collecting but I reckon I will have it to come soon! I do move models around alot though because I live at my permanent home address at the weekend but have a place where I live during the week for work. One thing I still have from my RC heli days is a large aluminium case like this. http://www.toysonics.com/aluminum-rc-helicopter-transmitter-carrying-case-box.htmlI plan on modifying it with a shelf or 2 in there and a load of foam inserts. I've not measured up yet so it's guess work at the mo. The models will go in on their side however when the case is carried they will be upright. The cases are expensive but can be found second hand cheap enough.
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Luckilly, i never needed to move with cranes(not some big ones anyway). In my case, the thrickiest thing unboxed i had to move was my Conrad O&K RH120 shovel.I spent no less than 2 hours building a box that would be suitable to move the model without wrecking all the handrails on it.It did work out well. For the others models that were unbozed, i build boxes or used any kind of box that would fit the size of the model to go Inside it. Over the years, i kept wuite a bit of the wrapping material that came with nay model that i bought, in case one it need to move.So i had a lot of bubble plastic handy. Quite frankly, i don't even know how my "improvised boxes" worked out because most models has'nt been taken out of the boxes since i moved, because i got no room to put my collection. I know that one model did'nt do to well:The Komatsu GD650 grader(Minimac crap) came of the box wtih all the wheels broken off!!!! Max.
Cat 245.....Now and Forever  I am looking for industrial auction brochures from Ritchie Bros, Miller & Miller, Forke Bros, First Team Auction, Max Rouse, etc from the 70's, 80's and 90's.I am a collector and heavy equipment enthusiast and these pamphlets are loaded with nice pictures of cleaned and freshly painted equipment.Thet don't have much value once the sale is over but they are a great help to me in preserving the memory of machines that are no longer being built.Please, help my hobby by looking in your old storage boxes and file folders for these old auction sale brochures.Your help is much appreciated.
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I've moved a few times over the years…trust me something is going to break even with the best protection(just look at the number of breakages in transit for well packaged new models..it happens)…take all the fragile bits off before you pack them and put them in small plastic snaplok bags for safety storage and list them properly and put the bits back on at their new destination…otherwise you will come up short of a bit that is noticeable when it is missing.
The way some describe the way things are packed almost leads me to believe that they are driving like Jimmy Johnson…jeez Qball and the Woc did it with a crane on their lap and got it there OK so some of you guys must be doing something seriously out of kilter with your travelling ways. Jsut put them in the boxes and get there…don't over analyse because the thing that will get you…you wont see coming….for example …you pack them diligently, you put cotton wool around them and place them gently in the trunk of your car and drive to your new place of residence in a careful and safe manner thinking of your pride and joys in the trunk and begin to turn into the driveway of your new house….and get rear ended by a truck..OOPS, or you get there safely and are carrying the box of models up two steps and trip over..OOPS.
It aint over until they are safe on the shelf of their and your new home and there are a gazillion things that can go wrong so dont overthink it…..then the shelf collapses..OOPS…we have seen a few of them right here on this very forum…no ones fault..it just happens.
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