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Old Nov 14, 2017 | 7:01 pm
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Originally Posted by tim0409
Hi there,

I'm currently in Tokyo having benefited from the ultra-cheap Qatar fare (£537); that is where the good news ends as I've spend the majority of my time here in my room suffering from a bad cold. I'm heading back tonight, and on one of my few trips out I purchased a Tamiya radio control car kit; this is within the size of cabin luggage but I'm unsure whether or not I can take in onboard (I will be transferring from QR to BA) as I would rather it doesn't go in the hold. I can't think of anything dangerous in the kit (it's really just a collection of plastic and some metal parts), but I don't want to get stuck at security either.

I would be grateful for some advice from seasoned flyers.

Thanks

Tim
I collect RC Tamiya cars. Which one did you buy? Did you go to the Tamiya store?

I had a Saturday job when I was 16 (1989) working at a shop called, "The toys and hobbies centre", IIRC it was later renamed Beatties. I used to make some extra money building the cars for customers as well. I liked the BigWig and the Porsche 959 kits.

I bought a TA04 Ferrari 360 Modena back in 2003 in a shop in Sham Shui Po and bought it back in hand luggage on BA - No problem.
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