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In lugnet.general, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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I am going to be going on a holiday over xmas, part of which includes
meeting some AFOLs and hopefully going to a BUGS meeting (Brisbame lego club).
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Fun!
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Being the kind of person that I am, I want to make some kind of moc or mocs
to take over and show off.
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Understandable.
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Part of the travel will be by air.
There will also be travel in a hire-car and on a bus.
Its all domestic travel.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is/isnt a good thing to take
and more importantly how to take it?
Is it safe to trust it to airport baggage handlers or should I take it
in-cabin?
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Ok, so this is a real concern amoung many of us. We (those who have) worried
about this with real cause and personal history know a few good things to shoot
for:
Aside from the custom case and ultimate packing techniques, I find the best
thing to do is to take what you need as “carry on” (meaning what you bring on
the aero plane) as Lego either in a modest box or bag, instead of other items.
You ussually get two small to medium size bags if your lucky to put in the over
head and underseat compartments. (Must be at least briefcase size!)
So what *I do is, make one business bag and one Lego -supreme carefullnes, only
I can watch over bag or box.
What ever else you decide to put under the plane is at the mercy of the bagage
handlers. Sometimes I send my stuff ahead to a friend via Mail or UPS.
We I went asked the curb side check in to put FRAGILE stickers all over my bag,
the handlers don’t always notice them.
Just remember, the faster you ship the package the less handling the package
gets. My years as a supervisor at UPS taught me that.
The old carrier jargen was “Hand to Surface”. Meaning, the package never left
your hand until until it reached the other surface.
The reality is, sometimes they get more like a 2-3 foot drop each time,
possibly, they move. Allow for that.
Bring the most delicate part of your MOC with you on the Plane.
When talking about packing MOCs, that’s a whole other science.
Suffice to say, put each section in its own baggie(s). This helps you keep track
of the parts that fall of in a given section. (saves set up time) (who cares on
the way back)
;)
4 days before September 11th 2001, I stepped onto a plane to California from
Newark Airport (NJ).
Funny thing was, when I took the head of the Super Mech Bot with me on the
plane, I had to (of course) go through security, so when I put the box on the
little conveyor belt to go through the x-ray, the head itself has 2 Vision
Command Cameras plus a gaggle of wires for sensors, motors, and lights,
pneumatics, fiber optics, you name it...then the security guard looked at the
box in the x-ray machine and then called his supervisor over and said “meida!”
(look), she then said, what’s that? I smiled and said, It’s a Robot Head.
With all the wires, they knew it wasn’t a toy when I said “....Robot head”
LOL!
Then I said...“Cool huh...” (as I side stepped closer to look at the X-ray image
of the Super Mech Bot’s Head.)
They waved me on.
Sir, take every precaution. Pack Pack Pack, or send send send ahead, or carry on
under your personal guard, all depends on the nature of your construction.
but, Good Luck.
e
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