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Re: How to transport a UCS Millennium Falcon
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lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage
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Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:58:09 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Matthew Sklar wrote:
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QueLUG, my local LUG (Quebec, Canada) is doing a small display at the
Montreal
ToyCon this coming May, and I’d love to have my Millennium Falcon as part of
the display. I can’t seem to find a box big and sturdy enough to hold it;
does anyone have any good ideas on how to transport this beast?
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I ended up buying a Mighty Tuff 45-gallon 2-wheeled trash can (made by United
Solutions) from Lowe’s (I’ve since seen the same design in a different color at
Meijer). It’s a sealed-bottom plastic trash can that’s sorta square, but has
rounded sides, and the lid clips into the rim. I lay the trash can flat in the
back seat of my car, with the handle-side down, and then I can slide the Falcon
in, clip the lid in place, and shut the door.
The thing is, it’s still not a perfect fit. First problem is that the Falcon
doesn’t sit high enough. I (sorta) solved this by putting it up on blocks (cue
Redneck Jedi jokes). I built seven simple blocks of bricks, 4x6 studs and three
bricks high. Lifting up the Falcon, I quickly attach one block to the bottom
of each landing pad (keep in mind that once you start this process, you sorta
need to finish it before you can set the thing down again, or it won’t be
supported by any landing gear that you missed!). Now, doing this raises the
ship’s midline closer to the widest part of the trash can (remember those
rounded sides?), but it’s still not enough to make it fit. You’ll need to
remove the cockpit, the octagonal pods on the sides, the radar dish assembly,
the skinny dorsal hull section behind the cockpit tunnel, and the matching hull
section from the port side. Pack those sections in a smallish box and stow it
separately (i.e. not in the trash can). I’d really suggest finding a box
that’s just big enough to fit your instruction manual laying flat, with all the
removed sections sitting on top, because you’ll probably need to refer to it
on-site. Now, this all assumes you’re able to find the same basic style of
trash can that I got (worse case scenario, you might have to make a border trip
before the show just to buy a trash can, if you can’t find one in Canadia-land).
And finally, there’s enough flex in the sides of the closed trash can that
vigorous driving will cause it to slide side-to-side (in-and-out from the
Falcon’s perspective), and that will cause stuff to pop loose (hence the
suggestion of bringing the manual). In particular, the ventral main hull
sections like to demonstrate that gravity does, indeed, work, but the nice thing
is that all the loose pieces will be neatly contained within the trash can.
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| Hello! I recently finished building my my (URL) UCS Falcon>; it's an amazing model! QueLUG, my local LUG (Quebec, Canada) is doing a small display at the (URL) Montreal ToyCon> this coming May, and I'd love to have my Millennium Falcon as part of (...) (16 years ago, 20-Apr-08, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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