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In flying to NY and will be taking my 2 40k armies with me and was curious how others do it. Does anyone fly with theirs? If so, can you take them as a carry on? If not, how do you pack and check them? Anyone just say forget it and mail them to their destination?

i have a Sabol Army Transport that i've travelled with for 10 years...
it fits in the overhead...
i carry that, and my regular backpack, onto every flight...

stuff like Exacto knives and paints go in the checked luggage...
never had a problem with any of that down in the hold, but super glue does like to explode (on the rare occasion), so i put that in its own baggie...

cheers
jah

Awesome, so plastic and metal mini's are fine to carry on? Saawweeeettt

Yes. Even Dark Eldar and Chaos, with all their pointy bits.

Just as a precaution, every airline that I've been on has stated "no paints" allowed on board the plane, regardless. However, when I inquired further, it seems that this doesn't apply to watercolor, they're referring to the kinds of paints that can be toxic or flammable in its not-dry state. But just double-check before you fly.