I keep hearing of hangar rash.
What is it and how can it be avoided?

I have just picked up a second hand airframe thats way to advanced for my flying skill. But it was a bargain. So I intend to tidy up all the nigly bits, then keep it as a display model. I going to need a big area to display this one
http://www.skysharkrc.com/ceagle.htm

I have heard that the covering film looses its oil from being in the warm in a house. Is there anyway of avaoiding this?

Thanks Lee

Ah... hangar rash. As long as we keep our models in houses, apartments or hangars, they will develop hangar rash. Hangar rash is nothing more than light (or moderate) damage to the model's structure or finish due to normal wear and tear of transporting it through doorways, in/out of a vehicle or any non-flying sustained boo-boos.

I had just completed a new trainer and was anxious to take it to one of our club meeting for show 'n tell. I have a small pickup with a canopy over the bed and put the fuseage in the bed and laid the wing alongside. Sure enough, just normal stopping and acceleration caused the fuselage to roll on it's own wheels and I dinged the corner of the stab. Hangar rash #1.

I rarely manage to get a model through a doorway without hitting something. I've learned to carry the fuselage by holding it just ahead of the stab and allowing the nose to hang down. Less, but still some careless hangar rash.

One of my control line friends built a new stunter and was anxious to take it outside for pictures before the first flight. Screen door slammed closed on it getting it out of the house.

Ted Fancher, many times a national C/L stunt (OK, Precision Aerobatics) champion built a gorgeous Nobler for the Tucson, AZ Vintage Stunt Championships (VSC) held every spring. Put it on the garage floor and went into the house to get something. Sure enough, his wife arrives home, hits the garage door opener and doesn't see the Nobler. Physics wins out as balsawood just doesn't stand up to the weight of a Lincoln Continental. Ted said the wing panel was crushed into balsa dust.
Plastic films don't really lose oil per se but it will become dusty. A regular wipedown with a film polish will keep it looking spanking new for many years. Doped finishes tend to crack and the butyrate dopes never really stop shrinking.