slant6 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I was buying from an oline company, lucy model in Tokyo. But they recently screwed up an order of mine realy, realy bad (you dont want me to get into it). Im looking for a new palce to buy online, ive found that buying outside the US gets me a much better price than my local hobbly shop, even with shipping. Does anyone have suggestions, I build mainly car models, so military isnt of to much interest to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVZ2881 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 depends on what you are looking for... hobby link japan, had good luck with them: http://www.hlj.com/ tower hobbies: http://www.towerhobbies.com/plastic/listin..._car_model.html and ehobbies.com: http://www.ehobbies.com/models.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse op Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 i have great service with hiroboy in england it takes about 1 week to 10 days for shipping. http://www.hiroboy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m408 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've had good luck with Hobbylink.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornpatch Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 slant6: There are so many places,(hobby shops--aftermarket shops and resin shops) its hard to know where to start. It also depends, what you are looking to buy. Also if you look around here in the states you will find some of these places have good prices and you probley get your purchases a lot quicker. A few places I have had real good luck with are My first choice is Mega-Hobby out of New York state, Order goes in and within a week I usually have my stuff. If its not in stock or going to take a little bit longer, Pete will let you know. Plus the prices are a-ok in my opinion. WWW.MEGAHOBBY.COM An aftermarket shop that has good prieces and a hell of a selection and good service is Models by Chris. If you need something for a diorama or for goodying (hope thats a word) up a car or motor chances are he has it. WWW.SCALEMODELINGBYCHRIS.COM Also if you subscribe to Model Car Magazine (got you a plug Gregg) there are a lot of ads for web-site modeling places in there. Big world out there in cyber-space millions of choices. You just have to do your thing your way. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 http://modelcargarage.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I've become a fan of Model Express. Always seems to have new kits as quickly as anyone and carries some of the Japanese and Revell Germany kits. He also carries a good selection of MCG, Pro Tech and Pegasus. The only thing he doesn't carry is paints. While Dennis runs a one man operation I've found him to be quick with his shipping and he's never messed up any order that I've sent. Rob W http://www.modelexpress.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) I get almost all of my supplies and a lot of my kits from Tower Hobbies. They have a good selection from the mainstream kit makers (Revell, AMT, Tamiya etc), not so good for more obscure stuff. Good prices and fixed rate shipping so on large orders shipping really works out in my favor. http://www.towerhobbies.com/index.html I also get quite a few kits from Model Roundup, they stock more heavy trucks and less common kits like those from Model King than Tower does. http://www.modelroundup.com/index.html Edited February 7, 2008 by Aaronw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas LB808 Labanon Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) Here's my favorite place to go. LEN, always gives me the best service. http://www.fantastic-plastics.com/catalog.html Edited February 8, 2008 by Thomas Labanon aka LB808 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canada Jeff Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I've become a fan of Model Express. Always seems to have new kits as quickly as anyone and carries some of the Japanese and Revell Germany kits. He also carries a good selection of MCG, Pro Tech and Pegasus. The only thing he doesn't carry is paints. While Dennis runs a one man operation I've found him to be quick with his shipping and he's never messed up any order that I've sent. Rob W http://www.modelexpress.net +1 for Model Express. Dennis is awesome. Great prices, fast shipping and top service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewaze Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I third the vote for Model Express !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVZ2881 Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I've ordered from Mega-Hobby with good success too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 There is a model shop that does mailorder in Shizuoka City. It's called Rainbow Ten (ten means 'sky' in Japanese). I always received first class service from them. They have a stock list on their website, so you really know what they have, a bit like Len Feinberg's online catalog and unlike HLJ, where 99.8% of what I order usually goes on backorder for months on end. You find Rainbow Ten's website here: http://www.rainbowten.co.jp/english/ Just click on ,todays stock list' in the left pane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflame Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I opened my own shop last week: https://www.automodelling.com/shop/ Not got a tonne of stuff yet, waiting for stock to arrive, but its open at least. I'm gonna bring all the cool stuff you Americans can buy easily over to the UK so us Brits can buy it easily too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I opened my own shop last week: https://www.automodelling.com/shop/ Not got a tonne of stuff yet, waiting for stock to arrive, but its open at least. I'm gonna bring all the cool stuff you Americans can buy easily over to the UK so us Brits can buy it easily too! Do all of us get the "family" discount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflame Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I probably wouldnt recommend any American member to buy from my shop - the dollar/pound exchange rate is such that you'll end up paying twice what you would locally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I probably wouldnt recommend any American member to buy from my shop - the dollar/pound exchange rate is such that you'll end up paying twice what you would locally Not if you give us 50% off!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflame Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Anything's possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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