Oh believe me, I am taking cosiderable risk. I have had success shipping a small model in this type of case to my daughter successfully. The case is wood and plexi. the model is secured well with very strong metal pins, plus the rigging helps alot from any jarring. I will wrap the case in several layers of bubble wrap and then pack that in a strong box with styrofoam "peanuts". Then, I will insure the heck out of it. I'm sure the carrier takes great joy in seeing if they can break anything that is fragile. Only other way if for my friend (who is over 80 yrs old) drive 1000 miles to pick the model up. I could be wrong here, but the physics for a small model like this and the over-all light weight, tends to have less enertia dynamics, relative to shearing aspects etc. (I flunked physics in school). Of course, I believe in the power of prayer. Dennis