i am moving to arizona next month and am packing completed models for move and hope not to cause too much damage.

i am packing individual models into shoeboxes with shredded paper for packing. my wife has shredded junk ads and such to macke the packing for me. then the shoeboxes will be packed into a packing box.

am willing to accept other ideas from out there.

regards
reb

Howdy...

go look for some styrafoam packing material get some that isn't too thick and cut it to size to lock your models into place into the boxes.. a good way to transport armor and open vehicles without damaging the antenna's and gear.. as long as you don't bounce the boxes around.,

for aircraft if they fit into the box.. cut to fit and carve out some hollows for the wingtips to help lock into place..

Delbert

I think you're on the right track.
When I used to pimp my models out on the contest circuit, I'd put them in boxes and just secure the track with twist ties, much like die-cast toys are packaged. There wasn't even a need for paper or foam. Models packaged this way even survived flights halfway across the planet.

I've placed several of my built models into gallon baggies and tied them shut. Then I place them in boxes with packing peanuts. When stuff falls off, it's at least captured in the baggie and not lost in the peanuts.

thanks for the ideas guys, appreciate ya!

reb

Plastic bags to catch whatever breaks off in a largish box loosely filled with packing peanuts. Worked for me.