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Hi all I have subcribed for this beautiful ship and only receive my parts each month,I am not going to build her until I have all the parts to build the hull frame which will take quite a few months to collect. How do I store these parts safe until I start the build.  Regards Daz. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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 Hi Taz store them flat in an area that has a constant temperature , not the shed as this will guarantee warped parts. Hope this helps regards Andy  Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi Daz...I use a couple of those large cardboard veg display trays that you can get for nothing at Tesco..They are pretty rigid and can be stored on top of each other..mine is kept in a clothing cupboard where the room temperature is pretty much stable...Hope this helps?  Current Builds: Deagostini HMS Victory: Deagostini HMS Sovereign of the seas. Completed Builds: Del Prado: HMAS Bounty: Hachette: RMS Titanic: Del Prado: Cutty Sark...
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Hi Daz. i use plastic container box with sealed lid that allows the temperature to be constant and no moisture / humidity. As they say on most packets "Store in cool dry place" Hope it helps Rgds, Hans
"It's okay to make mistakes. mistakes are our teachers - they help us to to learn, even if it is painfully"
Current Build:
Endeavour Cross section,D51
Completed: HMS Victory
Under the bench: Endeavour x 2,Sovereign of the Seas, Akagi and The Black Pearl!HMS Victory Cross Section
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Good practice would be to take out the flat wood componants and store them at room temp somwhere. other parts such as anchor, cannon etc can go in a box seperatly. J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Thanks Andy,jonny,Hans,jase I appreciate your comments. Regards Daz. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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I would strongly recommend that you keep all the parts unopened in their bags with the issue number clearly on them. Even after using some of the parts (wooden strips) I put the rest back in their bags - have found that later issues refer back to parts that were included in previous issues.
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Hi Taz, I too am collecting issues of the Vic and am up to number 26... Not starting the build for some time yet so I store my parts in my wardrobe all unopened..... Temperature in my room is always constant.....
Hope this helps..
Regards
Alan
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HI, it will take ages to build HMS Victory - my abonnement ended some time ago and I am just at mag 45......... So, my recommendation is, get started! You will have enough issues already and it takes a lot of time to build it! If you have already 26 mag collected, it's six month down the line and if you wait until collection complete - it's 2 years!! The mag and instructions are great, the forum invaluable... and it's all step by step. So, you must not wait until you received all bits and pieces. Again, I recommend get started and enjoy the build! Its a great hobby - and very time intensive too!! Looking forward seeing your build in near future. Skipper P.S> And I agree, keep parts in their bags with issue numbers, makes life lot easier! There are only few parts which you can separate (canons, anchors, boats etc). All other parts are better kept in place!
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Hi Taz, I would say the same as Skipper,enjoy the build and start straight away, and don't open the bags until needed. I started straight away, and everything does go slow up to issue 6 with the launch build,which you nead to take your time on. Once you reach issue 17, then everything speeds up, and you may wish you started earlier. At the moment i've received issues up to 54, but am still assembling the Victory at issue 36.If i'd have had 1 to 16 to do still, i may have had a backlog of 26 issues or more by the time i reached 17. So i'm storing issues away even though i started early. Mal.
Built:
Caldercraft - HM Cutter Sherbourne.
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Hi all Thankyou for all your comments,much appreciated.It feels very tempting to want to start straight away but I will resist temptation until I have collected more issues... “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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Joined: 11/04/2013 Posts: 14 Points: 42 Location: South Africa
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Hi Taz,
I did exactly the same and waited +- 2 years to have the full collection. I would however also recommend that you start. There is really lots to do.
But if you do decide to collect them all, here are a few pointers and problems I had.
1. Make sure that all pieces are in the packaging, compare it with what is mentioned in each issue.
2. Take a permanent marker and write the issue number on it as the small stickers sometimes come off.
3. Do not stack too much parts on top of the other. After 2 years they are more than likely to be bend a bit.
4. I bundled them together 1-10, 11-20 etc. Because when you get to 98 you will wonder if the previous ones are all there still. So if it is in a bundle you know you have checked it. Keep all in separate plastic stack-able containers.
Hope this helps a bit. ;)
Oh, another thing I can maybe recommend, if you decide to collect all and is fairly new to building models...buy yourself a less expensive ship to practice planking etc. This will help you to get all your needed tools in place.
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My storage box for HMS Victory parts, maybe not the best way. Yes thats the DB5 in the background. 
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skyfire wrote:My storage box for HMS Victory parts, maybe not the best way. Yes thats the DB5 in the background. No pic?
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Rank: Vice-Master Groups: Registered
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Showing up for me ok. Could be that photobucket is playing up again.
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Thanks skyfire and dizz16 for your comments, sorry for the delay in answering,I had not noticed your replies.  . “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
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The main thing is to keep them damp or moisture free to prevent warp.
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Rank: Pro Groups: Joined: 24/08/2009 Posts: 48,827 Points: -13,348
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The main thing is to keep them damp or moisture free to prevent warp.
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