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Re: Packing MOCs for Shipment - Suggestions?
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lugnet.storage
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Mon, 4 Apr 2005 19:40:31 GMT
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Hm.
Besides bagging sections of MOCs, I would recommend:
1. Wrapping MOCs in towels or bubble wrap to fit a box...try to minimize open
space in the box. On the other hand, do not pack too tight - the bubble wrap
and towel keep the MOC from being restricted when bounced around.
2. Have
reference pictures in the package. 3. If MOCs have large open spaces inside
(spaceship compartments), stuff with bubble wrap for support.
4. List an
inventory somewhere in the box.
Those immediately come to mind.
Joe Meno
.space paparazzi!
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The bagging of components is good--so is bubble wrap. I’d also recommend using
sheets of foam padding--they absorb impact, as well as providing “compartments”
for your compartmentalized bags. Don’t forget to pad all sides of the carton
well (including the bottom)--those freight guys toss stuff in all sorts of
directions--I like to pack as if it’s WWW III (excluding nuclear option;).
You don’t want any space for MOC’s to move around freely in the box. Let the
Bubble wrap absorb the shock of impact. If you’re really nervous about it--pack
up the box, use one piece of tape, pick up the box about 3-4 feet off the
ground, and drop onto a hard surface--then open up the box and check it out.
That 3-4 foot drop should emulate any shipping stress that would happen in
normal shipping.
Duane, you may wind up having to ship stuff with that new job of yours ;)
--same story holds on packing those boxes too. One trick I learned--cutting
boxes of corrugated cardboard apart and rolling them into something like a
compression spring (kinda like what a cinnamon roll looks like) as filler
material is cheap and effective, if you don’t have bubble wrap on hand.
Scott Lyttle
(hope you’re liking that “new” job!
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| (...) Hm. Besides bagging sections of MOCs, I would recommend: 1. Wrapping MOCs in towels or bubble wrap to fit a box...try to minimize open space in the box. On the other hand, do not pack too tight - the bubble wrap and towel keep the MOC from (...) (20 years ago, 4-Apr-05, to lugnet.storage, FTX)
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