BroadwayLion When LION flies (have you ever seen a flying LION?)
When LION flies (have you ever seen a flying LION?)
Gary
MisterBeasley joe323 Actually Trainland in Lynbrook is much more of a retail store than Trainworld in Brooklyn and I can drive there. You can take a train there! The LIRR stops a few blocks away.
joe323 Actually Trainland in Lynbrook is much more of a retail store than Trainworld in Brooklyn and I can drive there.
You can take a train there! The LIRR stops a few blocks away.
Yes I know but living on Staten Island with our train to nowhere that would take hours. Not that drivung the Belt Parkway is much better. Anyway That is why the internet was invented so we would not have to drag the trains home ourselves :)
Joe Staten Island West
joe323Actually Trainland in Lynbrook is much more of a retail store than Trainworld in Brooklyn and I can drive there.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
When I was growing up, it was Mulraney's Trainland. They are the same company as Trainworld now. Maybe they always were. I was in heaven when I could talk my Dad into stopping there.
On a visit to Florida, my father-in-law gave me some old model trains he'd had since the 60s. I packed them in my checked luggage, but included a note at the top of the bag. When I got home, the note was gone but the trains were fine. I figured they'd look strange to an x-ray and figured they'd open the bag.
BroadwayLion LION would visit his "local" hobby shop (Trainworld in Brooklyn). Him would have them ship since him not want to carry it around the city all day. Him not want to pack it ne luggage (carion or not) since space there is at a premium anwyay. Actually cots me more to buy in Brooklyn in person and have them ship, then to just call them from Richardton... pay only shipping and not the tax. Oh Well... They have not all that much in their display areas. Better on lion anywya. ROAR
LION would visit his "local" hobby shop (Trainworld in Brooklyn). Him would have them ship since him not want to carry it around the city all day. Him not want to pack it ne luggage (carion or not) since space there is at a premium anwyay.
Actually cots me more to buy in Brooklyn in person and have them ship, then to just call them from Richardton... pay only shipping and not the tax.
Oh Well... They have not all that much in their display areas. Better on lion anywya.
ROAR
Actually Trainland in Lynbrook is much more of a retail store than Trainworld in Brooklyn and I can drive there.
I usually take an Amtrak or an inter-city bus where ever I go. Have no issues with packages. I purchase stuff online and rarely at my trip destination. No planes-afraid of heights.
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G Paine Check out USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes. If you are buying a lot of heavy things the postage does not change. I went to a glass blowing class a few years ago, and the instructor was shipping boxes full of glass rod this way - very heavy. No problem as long as it is not a prohibited material like solvent paints, glue - anything that you mail order supplier would put an ORM-D label on. You local Post Office can give you a list of typical prohibited items. IN the hobby sense it would be flammibles and corrosives.
Check out USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes. If you are buying a lot of heavy things the postage does not change. I went to a glass blowing class a few years ago, and the instructor was shipping boxes full of glass rod this way - very heavy.
No problem as long as it is not a prohibited material like solvent paints, glue - anything that you mail order supplier would put an ORM-D label on. You local Post Office can give you a list of typical prohibited items. IN the hobby sense it would be flammibles and corrosives.
I forgot about the flat rate boxes. A few weeks ago I bought 50 lbs of lead shot on line. Shipping was only $13. I couldn't figure out how they could ship it for so little, until my mail carrier showed up with a flat rate box filled with shot.
CG
Leave them in the original packaging, and you will be fine. Kudos to you for trying to support a brick and mortar hobby shop.
Mike
joe323 Why not mail it?
Why not mail it?
I second this. When working in Detroit last year, I would visit hobby shops, then mail home my purchases. It saved the hassle of having to open up car kits and risk losing parts in the security area.
Modeling whatever I can make out of that stash of kits that takes up half my apartment's spare bedroom.
As long as it is sealed in its original packaging that explains whet the contents are you should be OK. But carrying some medium green clump foliage in a ziplock bag?
Given all the complications and costs involved, the simple solution is not to buy the scenery supplies at the not so local hobby shop. Your purchase of such items will not be a make or break situation for the survival and profit of the hobby shop.
Rich
Alton Junction
GP-9_Man11786For Christmas this year, my wife and I are flying up to her home town, which has a nice hobby shop.
Call the nice hobby shop today.
Tell the proprietor that you love shopping there and you plan to make a special visit to his/her shop during your family Holiday visit.
Ask if it would be any bother to have the shop package and ship your purchase to your home. I'm sure they would gladly oblige for a reasonable fee or perhaps at cost of the postage or UPS charge.
Especially the thought of lugging heavy ballast through the airport or the risk of forgetting the package in the rental car or, God forbid, someone grabs it and runs off with it.
The ten to twenty bucks to have it shipped home would be cheap insurance and alleviate lots of headache. You still get to browse the aisles of the B&M hobby shop
Have Fun!
Ed
I just brought some Arduino stuff and electronic componets on my business trip, but it was in my checked bag. I didn't want to chance it with wires and LED displays and stuff on a carryon.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Ok as a pilot who has to deal with tsa stupidity on a daily basis. You will be fine with your purchases in carryon bags. It is not a liquid s you are not limited on quantity, it is not on the tsa prohibitd items list so you are fine, if it is questioned just have them read the label. None of it looks suspicious, it would be like taking a can of pringles on the plane.
now if you are going to buy a snow globe, have it shipped. It is on the prohibited items list If you feel like bringing your 12" knitting needles, well by all means bring em they are legal to have on the plane with you. We have several flight attendants at our company that have to travel for work and they bring all that knitting stuff on the plane with them. Oh and if you feel like you must have your katana blade or numchuck or your hand gernade with you please check your bag.
if for whatever reason they do not like the stuff you are bringing most tsa people will either let you go back to the counter to check your bag or they have post office boxes there you can put your stuff into and ship home.
alco's forever!!!!! Majoring in HO scale Minorig in O scale:)
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
Aside from the 'shopping experience' of going through a real LHS - You are better off just ordering it from a reputable on-line place like Model Train Stuff. Lower prices, no sales tax(outside of Maryland) and about $ 12 for shipping. You will make up for the shipping with their discount prices(and they have on-line inventory so you can see if the item is in-stock). I live in an area that has no LHS after years of living in a metro area with a good choice of shops, and I have learned to shop the on-line world.
If you must buy from that LHS while on your trip, having them ship your purchases to your home really makes sense. And many times with mail order, there is no local sales tax charged!
Jim
Modeling BNSF and Milwaukee Road in SW Wisconsin
CentralGulf It will take someone armed to the teeth to get me on any commercial airliner these days. The latest outrage comes from United Airlines. They will no longer allow anyone travelling on the cheapest fares to stow anything in an overhead bin. The poor souls that fall under this fare schedule are permitted one small carry on that must fit under the seat. Unless they pay extra, of course. CG - Who isn't going anywhere unless I drive.
It will take someone armed to the teeth to get me on any commercial airliner these days. The latest outrage comes from United Airlines. They will no longer allow anyone travelling on the cheapest fares to stow anything in an overhead bin. The poor souls that fall under this fare schedule are permitted one small carry on that must fit under the seat.
Unless they pay extra, of course.
CG - Who isn't going anywhere unless I drive.
That's nothing. I was going to try to fly free but they wouldn't actually let me board the aircraft unless I paid for a ticket. Real customer service is dead.
Andre
Unless the hobby shop gives amazing discounts, I'd mail order it from a place like Model Train Stuff
Paul
And then there is the choice to just drive so you can buy a whole trunk full.....
I've been on airplanes, not in any hurry to get on another one. In my experiance, if you can drive there portal to portal in 8 hrs, driving is faster, and cheaper.
But that's just me......
Sheldon
With factory sealed product and a receipt, I'd guess you'd be OK, but any such stuff will raise questions unless you happen on a TSA rep who's a model RR. You do take the risk of choosing between the stuff and getting on your plane. Difficult as refunds or rerouting a ticket can be these days, I'd say buy and ship it home to be sure if you don't want to check it through as hold baggage.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
You can check just about anything on a plane that follows TSA guidelines, but the TSA will inspect it. My robotics club flew our robot to a competition through checked baggage. I can only imagine what the TSA agent thought seeing that go through the machine (metal parts, electrical components, batteries, and wires all in a black crate). On the other end, we opened the crate and found a sheet of paper saying they had inspected it, but everything was fine and as we had packed it.
With modeling items, I would suggest being careful and sticking with stuff that is recognizable and not suspicious looking. You would be amazed to see what people try to fly with, I am sure the TSA is tolerant of modeling supplies, but different agents might have different views.
I highly recommend checking a bag to reduce problems at the inspection point. Better yet, talk with the owner of the hobby shop about shipping what you purchase. Most owners are happy for a sale and will ship your items for a reasonable rate (at cost or slight handling charge for packing material).
Or if possible, take the train. Only regulations are nothing dangerous and no pallets, appliances, etc (it is fun to read the things listed under what not to take and try to imagine the events that caused them to be added to the list).
LION had a 4 ounce bottle of dental dentifrice. TSA was worried about it, but I explained that it was tooth powder not tooth paste. He let me take it aboard. I did not tell him that it was a white powder.
Grass and other products, espc in sealed containers should be no problem.
When LION flies (have you ever seen a flying LION?) him ALWAYS check his bag. Sure it will fit in the overhead but only on one of the three planes that I need to use. But the point is the LION must use three planes, with LONG distance between the gates, and short times between planes.
Last Summer, LION took the train MOT-CHI-WAS-RMT, and him still checked the bag of him. Why worry about a bag when you have time to visit places in DC.
I wouldn't do it, but that's just me. If the security people don't know what it is or don't understand your explanation for it, it can only go downhill from there. It is possible you may have to forfeit your materials in order to get on the plane.
You could call TSA and ask if their people are expected to understand hobby materials. I wish you luck in getting a concrete answer.
My guess is they won't know what it's supposed to look like so they aren't going to like jars and bags of strange looking stuff. You could ask the TSA on your way there.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
For Christmas this year, my wife and I are flying up to her home town, which has a nice hobby shop. Since I need some scenery supplies, namely Woodland Scenics ballast, turf and field grass, I figured I'd give them my business. The hangup is we are not planing on checking any bags when we fly. Do any of you think I'l have an issue brining it through security in my carry on? I'm not planning on buying anything liquid.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
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