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                        3 Years Too Long

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                        ua0124
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Arizona
                        3 Years Too Long
                        Posted by ua0124 on Sunday, June 28, 2009 7:43 PM

                        I have been away for all most 3 years.  I just started to finish a model I started 3 years ago.  Since then we had a son and another on the way.  I have been extremely busy.  Any ways I am sure many of you may have experienced leaving the hobby for various reasons.  Its good to start modeling again.

                         I went to my local hobby store to stock on some items and they do not carry Tamiya Basic Putty anymore.  Has this product been discontinued?  I have search the forums and nothing so far.

                        Ernie If I can not do something about a problem, it's not my problem; it is a fact of life...
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                        bilbirk
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan
                        Posted by bilbirk on Sunday, June 28, 2009 10:21 PM
                        First off  let me be the first to welcome you back. Congrats on the new son and the baby on the way. Right now I've put the models on hold cause I'm overseas but next year I will be back at ruining plastic left and right. Can't help you on the putty but maybe somebody else will help out.
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                        camo junkie
                        • Member since
                          January 2009
                        • From: clinton twp, michigan
                        Posted by camo junkie on Monday, June 29, 2009 10:16 AM
                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome]&Sign - Ditto [#ditto] with what he said! Big Smile [:D]
                        "An idea is only as good as the person who thought of it...and only as brilliant as the person who makes it!!"
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                        grandadjohn
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: phoenix
                        Posted by grandadjohn on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 10:46 AM
                        The LHS's simply can not carry every item sold by all manufacterer's, best bet is to check with the better on-line store's and see if they carry it, if so they you can buy it or go direct to Tamiya USA and check there, you can buy direct from them also, but you will pay more
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                        Hans von Hammer
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, July 2, 2009 3:24 PM
                        Frankly, I avoid the Hobby brands... Bondo Red Glazing putty is my choice and it's half the price for three times as much of any Hobby Brand..

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                        ua0124
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Arizona
                        Posted by ua0124 on Friday, July 3, 2009 3:39 AM

                        Bilbirk...stay safe. 

                         As far as the Tamiya putty it looks like it has been discontinued oh well.  The Bondo Red Glazing putty looks like a good alternative.  Is this stuff sold at places like Auto zone or checkers?

                        Ernie If I can not do something about a problem, it's not my problem; it is a fact of life...
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                        Hans von Hammer
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        • From: Iowa
                        Posted by Hans von Hammer on Sunday, July 5, 2009 7:37 AM
                        Should be able to find it at any auto parts store and Wal-Mart..

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                        Dubau
                        • Member since
                          March 2006
                        • From: Boyertown, PA, USA
                        Posted by Dubau on Sunday, July 5, 2009 10:23 PM

                        Sign - Welcome [#welcome] Back

                        Bud

                        " You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "
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                        rabbiteatsnake
                        • Member since
                          February 2005
                        • From: California
                        Posted by rabbiteatsnake on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 12:25 AM
                         Hans von Hammer wrote:
                        Frankly, I avoid the Hobby brands... Bondo Red Glazing putty is my choice and it's half the price for three times as much of any Hobby Brand..
                        Oh hans when will you come over to the green side, it is the best behaved putty around for plastic modeling.Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Welcome back ua0124, now dazzle us with an incredable build.
                        The devil is in the details...and somtimes he's in my sock drawer. On the bench. Airfix 1/24 bf109E scratch conv to 109 G14AS MPC1/24 ju87B conv to 87G Rev 1/48 B17G toF Trump 1/32 f4u-1D and staying a1D Scratch 1/16 TigerII.
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                        luftwaffle
                        • Member since
                          December 2004
                        • From: Yokosuka, Japan
                        Posted by luftwaffle on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 9:37 AM
                        Tamiya still makes putty, hobby shops in Japan usually carry 4 or 5 variants of it.  May have just become too expensive to import with the poor exchange rate.

                        aka Mike, The Mikester My Website

                        "He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."   -Winston Churchill

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