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Did ya ever get that feeling of déjà vu all over again?
Since there’s a pretty good chance that Frances is going to try and take out the trees and roofs that Charley missed in Orlando, I thought this might be a good time to cover an area of hurricane preparedness that the media usually miss.
Modelers Hurricane Checklist
Jim
(Central Florida Hurricane Ground Zero - again!)
Since there’s a pretty good chance that Frances is going to try and take out the trees and roofs that Charley missed in Orlando, I thought this might be a good time to cover an area of hurricane preparedness that the media usually miss.
Modelers Hurricane Checklist
- Make sure your house, family, pets are secure, etc. Board up windows, doors, etc. In other words, do the stuff the radio and TV are telling you to do. Do this stuff before any modeling!
- Try not to paint anything within 48 hours before the projected impact of a hurricane. You will need to handle these models and you don’t want to have to worry about fingerprints on top of all the other things.
- Store work in progress (including parts) in plastic bags and place these in a plastic or cardboard box.
- Store irreplaceable tools similarly. Don’t worry about paint; you were going to have to buy new ones any way.
- Store your parts and decals boxes the same way.
- Get a weather proof storage trailer or a large SUV (Hummers are good) to store all your unbuilt kits.
- Make sure you have a generator to power lights and your airbrush compressor after the storm.
- Lay in a good supply of acrylic back paint. You’ll need it to spray paint help messages on the side of your house. Buy rattle cans since the power will out and your airbrush won’t work!
- While the hurricane is passing overhead, do not attempt to model. If the roof goes, you’ll most likely lose those really small parts and never see them again. Plus, painting in a damp environment is a bad idea too.
Jim
(Central Florida Hurricane Ground Zero - again!)