Tamiya Cement?

Sprue Brothers nomally has it.

They have it listed as out of stock... along with Squadron, Scale Hobbyist, Amazon etc. The Amazon site says it may not be available.

Popular stuff I guess. Have you tried Tenax?

rumors abound...

1: some ingrediants were made near where the Nuke plant whent phlooey... and they can't get it for the time being.

2: labeling issue in the importing state of CA.. needs more " don't drink me or u might die" warnings I guess.. lol

3: Sasquatch made off with the formula...

place an order in italy , just received two bottles last week

Out of jokes, think is an american problem, i ordered from a site, but even in other two i used to buy  ,the tamiya cement are avaible (the quick green cap version too). Probably USA importer fear about nuclear pollution?

If I recall, tney had to relabel everything to comply with California more stringent labelling laws for certain harmful ingredients.  My local LHS just got their new supply in last week.

that explanation seems to be the most prevalant.. although the "nuked" reason is from a few,, and also what my LHS owner says...

Has nothing to do with the Nukes.....Talked to Tamiya Tuesday they are still working on the lables. You can try Tennex but it will evaporate faster than Tamiya cement.

Thad

Thanks for the responses... one reason is as good as another. I had 3/4 of a bottle until I dropped it uncapped on the hardwood. Building with tube glue sucks. Just have to live with testors for the time being.

Give Tenax or Ambroid pro weld a try. They are pretty hot stuff and both are pretty thin. If you like the brush in the Tamiya bottle just pour the new stuff in the bottle and keep on trucking.

Problem solved. Didn't know that you could order directly from the the Tamiya web store. I did see a bottle on E-Bay with a buy it now price of $11.49.

You should start seeing Tamiya Cement at your stores in the next week or so......Primers are in to.

Thad

Hercmech

Give Tenax or Ambroid pro weld a try. They are pretty hot stuff and both are pretty thin. If you like the brush in the Tamiya bottle just pour the new stuff in the bottle and keep on trucking.

I don't know if it was Pro-Weld (think it was), but I bought a bottle of something at my LHS a few months ago when I ran out of Tenax. Good god the fumes. Absolutely unbearable. 

Thankfully my order of two more Tenax bottles came a week or so later.

A month or so back I ordered a couple of bottles from one of the Hong-Kong businesses on E-bay.  IIRC, it was about $7.00 a bottle.  Got here in about a week.

I can recommend "Plast-i-Weld", made by "Flex-i-File" and intended for use with their "Touch-N-Flow" applicator.  Very similar in use to the Tamiya thin cement.  It's very thin, has good capilllary action, and no odor.  Made with methyl ethyl chloride.  Not as "hot" as Tenax- seems just about right.

You can usually get it from Sprue Bros or Squadron.  I have seen it recently in the local Hobby Lobby store.  Or you can buy from their web site, www.flex-i-file.com

Good stuff!

jbrady

Problem solved. Didn't know that you could order directly from the the Tamiya web store. I did see a bottle on E-Bay with a buy it now price of $11.49.

this price is not too much high for a tamiya cement bottle?

Yes, that price is far too high.  I believe I paid about $6.00 at my local hobby store last time, earlier this year.

Another example of your government simply working hard to protect you?They want to make sure you know not to eat or drink the stuff. A dead modeller is exempt from paying taxes, at least for now!

mitsdude

Another example of your government simply working hard to protect you?They want to make sure you know not to eat or drink the stuff. A dead modeller is exempt from paying taxes, at least for now!

 

LOL

guys i just payed one for 1.96 € but highest price i see here is about 2,50 .Exchange between euro and dollar is not so differents now. Is behind the russian mafia that derive profit from the tamiya cement there?