I now have a surplus of structures from my much larger past layout. I don't know if I should give them away or keep them for the unlikely event of a future larger layout. They are too delicate in my opinion to mail.  What is a model railroader to do?

I'm starting a little thread here, let's see how it goes... Give us a "Don't do it, EVER!" tip, and follow it with "Ask Me How I Know" (it doesn't have to be something you did, but even something you've seen happen, that should fall into the "just don't do it" catagory)

I'll start:

I've been doing a fair amount of travelling for work recently and have begun, in the past year, taking models along to fill in down time hours.

Unfortunately, most hotels have mediocre to downright bad lighting around the tables / workspaces.  I'm therefore looking for a relatively compact task light with good, bright, diffuse lighting. Good color rendering is a plus, though less critical since I'm not doing any painting (I will be doing some powder weathering).

Any recommendations?

Matt