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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.

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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!

 

 

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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.

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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!!

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