Re: FT: Transporting minis

John Leary wrote:

>      I have a number of boxes (plastic, 24 slots) that I
> purchased at Orchard Supply Hardware.   The normal price is
> 20 Dollars, sometimes on sale for 10.
>      Each slot is lined with 1/4 inch thick foam on four
> sides (top, bottom, sides) the larger ships do not have
> room to move sideways.
>

I used a Sterilite plastic box that I purchased at K-Mart.  It's about
six inches deep.  I had some foam left over from a Doskocil gun case
(that I replaced with foam cutouts for my 40K miniatures).  I cut this
to fit the box, then cut round holes in it for the ship bases.	The foam
is just thick enough so the bases "hang" in the holes and the ships rest
on the foam.  Then I put another layer of foam over the top of the
ships, and two strips of foam on top of that.  The lid locks down and
prevents the ships from moving at all.	It even got knocked off a table
once and landed upside down without a single casualty to any of my
minis.	Best of all, it's compact but still manages to fit my entire ESU
fleet.	It probably would work equally well for an FSE or NAC fleet,
although it probably wouldn't work too well for the new UN ships (if the
SD I've seen is any indication of their overall design scheme).

Mark

>
> Bye for now,
> John L.