kash80 Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 Apologies if this questions has been asked and beaten to death multiple times. I am getting back to this hobby after a decade, would like to know where to buy supplies, including paint, etc., either online or local store. Appreciate any info. I am located in the US. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marvin20 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) If you are looking to purchase items and get them quickly, I would suggest these two websites, both of these suppliers are located in the US and have quick turnaround on orders and great customer service: SCALEHobbyist https://www.scalehobbyist.com/index.php Sprue Brothers Models http://spruebrothers.com/ Now, if you are looking for an item, that you can wait to come to you, I would suggest Lucky Model https://www.luckymodel.com/ They can ship things out right away if they are in stock, but they are located in Hong Kong, and shipping can be expensive. However, they occasionally will offer $10 flat rate surface shipping to the US, and this is where the wait time comes in, as it can take 2 months or more for the items to arrive on your doorstep, and this is if the items are in stock and ready to be shipped to you. My experiences with Lucky has been that my items arrive exactly 2 months from the time I get the shipment notification. Two other places to buy model kits from are: Hannants -- located in the United Kingdom https://www.hannants.co.uk/ They have access to all of the kits manufactured in Europe, and pricing is very reasonable, however, shipping costs are pretty steep. Hobby Link Japan https://hlj.com/?SID=dinf28bt4486m36d5l11car9b0 Another good place to get models from, again shipping costs can be steep And finally, if you are looking to purchase Gunze Brand paints, I get mine from this online supplier, as no one can beat their prices on paints, and that place is: Seal Model http://www.sealmodel.com/ Hope this helps! Edited October 3, 2019 by marvin20 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kash80 Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 14 minutes ago, marvin20 said: If you are looking to purchase items and get them quickly, I would suggest these two websites, both of these suppliers are located in the US and have quick turnaround on orders and great customer service: SCALEHobbyist https://www.scalehobbyist.com/index.php Sprue Brothers Models http://spruebrothers.com/ Now, if you are looking for an item, that you can wait to come to you, I would suggest Lucky Model https://www.luckymodel.com/ They can ship things out right away if they are in stock, but they are located in Hong Kong, and shipping can be expensive. However, they occasionally will offer $10 flat rate surface shipping to the US, and this is where the wait time comes in, as it can take 2 months or more for the items to arrive on your doorstep, and this is if the items are in stock and ready to be shipped to you. My experiences with Lucky has been that my items arrive exactly 2 months from the time I get the shipment notification. Two other places to buy model kits from are: Hannants -- located in the United Kingdom https://www.hannants.co.uk/ They have access to all of the kits manufactured in Europe, and pricing is very reasonable, however, shipping costs are pretty steep. Hobby Link Japan https://hlj.com/?SID=dinf28bt4486m36d5l11car9b0 Another good place to get models from, again shipping costs can be steep And finally, if you are looking to purchase Gunze Brand paints, I get mine from this online supplier, as no one can beat their prices on paints, and that place is: Seal Model http://www.sealmodel.com/ Hope this helps! thanks a bunch... this helps a lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Marvin gave you a great summary of on-line scale modeling stores. My personal favorite is Scalehobbyist, as their prices, as far as I have noticed, tend to be lower than SprueBrothers, though they often have products backordered. Still, they usually get those backorders filled pretty quickly. There are, of course, many other on-line places to get 'stuff' for modeling. If you have some specifics on things like paint, there are some places that are better than others. Again, talking about paint, specifically, while there are seemingly a huge number of different manufacturers these days, some of them are harder to find than others. Since Marvin mentioned Gunze (and I'm a big fan of the Gunze Mr. Color lacquer based paints) some of the most desirable colors (to me, at least) seem to be available only from China (via eBay). And some paint manufacturers have very limited distributors in the States. Welcome back to modeling....it's a great hobby!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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