Tamiya Spray Lacquers

[mikemodeler]

I was just looking at the Tower Hobbies website and many of the Tamiya spray lacquers were listed as either temporarily unavailable or on order. Has there been an issue with getting the paint here in the States?  There is only one LHS and they carry the Tamiya paint but it's out of my way to go there, has anyone else had an issue?

I know a while back there was a labeling issue with the clear, have the others been affected?

[Canso65]

A couple of months back I had a hard time finding Tamiya semi-gloss black anywhere. My LHS mentioned there was a shortage and the distributors couldn't get some of the colours from Tamiya. They seem to be back in stock now. 

[espo]

I was lucky enough to pick up a can of TS-29 Semi Gloss Black yesterday from my regular hobby shop. Hopefully this is a sign that any shortage is over.

[unclescott58]

Still by far my favorite paints. I just wish they were more easily available.

[Mike Kucaba]

Still by far my favorite paints. I just wish they were more easily available.

And available in bottles for airbrush use!

[Dragline]

Duplicolor semi gloss black. Big can, great paint, available most places. I used to be at the mercy of Tamiya. No longer.

[mikemodeler]

doing some searching around last night and found that multiple websites had various colors "out of stock" and it looked like some of them were because of relabeling. 

Looks like we can thank the great state of California.

[AC Norton]

...........I'm from Ontario, Canada....and our shops have tons of all the colors and such always....if some member is desperate for a particular can, in the midst of a project for example, I'd be happy to grab what they need and send it out....let me know if anyone could use this......I use their sprays for most of my cars too.....the Ace...........

Edited March 28, 2016 by AC Norton
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[Art Anderson]

I was in "Hobbies & History" at Lebanon IN Saturday--hoping to find a Monogram Duesenberg kit for a pending restoration of a 40-yr old build (they didn't have one).  This shop is HUGE, 15' ceilings kits up to the top--an eclectic mix of newly produced ones (got the Model King '70 F-100) along with several old OOP kits.  But, they had a dozen cans of Tamiya TS-13 (they had 8 when I left!).   I suspect that Kalifornia, where Tamiya USA is located, keeps giving them fits over this and that with paint.  

Art

[Bobdude]

Three hobby stores in Conn. don't know when they will get a restock of TS-13.

[Brett Barrow]

Yes, they did have an entire container shipment held up in port. Not sure if it was labeling-related. AFAIK whatever it was has been resolved and they should be back to normal soon. We're expecting them any day now, we've already been replenished on the PS line that was also affected.  There's plenty of TS-13 in circulation now, I don't have any problem getting it from any of my suppliers.

[slusher]

Yes, they did have an entire container shipment held up in port. Not sure if it was labeling-related. AFAIK whatever it was has been resolved and they should be back to normal soon. We're expecting them any day now, we've already been replenished on the PS line that was also affected.  There's plenty of TS-13 in circulation now, I don't have any problem getting it from any of my suppliers.

Good news Brett as i have started using Tamiya paint more....

[mikemodeler]

I wasn't as concerned about the clear as much as some of the colors. Glad to hear that this is just a temporary thing Brett!