Warning , Warning , Busy Texas Modelers !

Gary, I'm in Cameron, about 75 miles NE of Kings in Austin.  I often just call and order supplies to be mailed to me.  Shipping vs. gas costs...pretty close.

Gary

Tanker - 

My local Hobby Lobby stocks a full line of MM paints, half of the selection is enamel. It would not bother me to go and get you the colors you want and mail them to you.

Drop me a PM with your address if you want me to do this.

Hunter

I think you're looking at the wave of the future as far as paints go. I'm lucky enough to have a 50 year established hobby shop, Michaels,and two hobby lobby's within 12 miles of me. An aside to Hunter, I just started the Hasegawa A6M5c.

templar1099

I think you're looking at the wave of the future as far as paints go. I'm lucky enough to have a 50 year established hobby shop, Michaels,and two hobby lobby's within 12 miles of me. An aside to Hunter, I just started the Hasegawa A6M5c.

 

Templer - 

I can't wait too see it. I'll check out the Aircraft section to check on your progress. Enjoy the build.

tankerbuilder

 

 

    That's a lot of gas used to get two or three bottles of paint ! 

I just made a LHS run last week (1/2hr drive)...needed 2-3 bottles of paint. To help offset the cost per bottle of paint (factoring in gas, time, etc)...I bought 4 kits as well.

That is logical and makes perfect sense, right...RIGHT???!!!!!

fermis

 

 

tankerbuilder

 

 

    That's a lot of gas used to get two or three bottles of paint ! 

 

 

 

 

I just made a LHS run last week (1/2hr drive)...needed 2-3 bottles of paint. To help offset the cost per bottle of paint (factoring in gas, time, etc)...I bought 4 kits as well.

That is logical and makes perfect sense, right...RIGHT???!!!!!

 

Absolutely perfect sense 

fermis

 

 

tankerbuilder

 

 

    That's a lot of gas used to get two or three bottles of paint ! 

 

 

 

 

..I bought 4 kits as well.

That is logical and makes perfect sense, right...RIGHT???!!!!!

 

Oh no, that stinks.  My LHS here in Dallas has plenty to offer at the moment.  However, he said they may stop carrying them, but for now they're in abundant supply. 

tempestjohnny

 

 

fermis

 

 

tankerbuilder

 

 

    That's a lot of gas used to get two or three bottles of paint ! 

 

 

 

 

..I bought 4 kits as well.

That is logical and makes perfect sense, right...RIGHT???!!!!!

 

 

 

 

oh really do tell. What kits made the trip home

 

 

HobbyBoss Tunnan

Revell Stearman

Academy OV-10

MasterBox fig.

It really blows that Model Master's Enamel line is slowly shrinking.  They're my favourite paints.  I'm not a fan of acrylics so I'm going to have to change but options may be limited.  We'll see how things progress in these parts.

Your local Michael's craft shop will carry MM/testors enamels. The range will depend on the store. They are my fav paint for sure

i have anLHA small store 15 minutes from the house and the larger store is across town next to model club saturday morning breakfast and buy things. though affiliated with Hobbytown they aare their own store and offer 15% discount to IPMS members. I will spend a little more even with the discount to buy from them as do a lot of my friends. That's not to say we don't take advantage of 40% off free shipping sales and there are some sites (HobbyTerra and some Japanese sites that offer stuff not found in the states). it's worth the extra dollars on a model to be able to hit the LHS on a Sunday afternoon because i need a bottle of paint.

Oh , Texgunner ;

 You hit that nail , squarely on the head . Come on down to New Braunfels some first or third Saturday to the Museum ( train ) and we can meet face to face . Maybe have lunch ?

Well ;

  C'mon what kits did you abscond with ? Okay , have fun with the Stearman . I am having fun with the SparrowHawk !

Waynec ;

 I do like your Dino . gotta say he's ( she's ? ) neat .

Hi ;

    Well , here's the breakdown . They have all the regular glosses and flats in the little bottles . No military colors . All the Acrylics are the regular rundown of the civilian color wheel . No military at all .  T.B.

tankerbuilder

Oh , Texgunner ;

 You hit that nail , squarely on the head . Come on down to New Braunfels some first or third Saturday to the Museum ( train ) and we can meet face to face . Maybe have lunch ?

 

Thanks for the invitation Gary.  I might just take you up on that this summer!

Gary

The Hobby Lobby closest to me (Kingsport TN) has a limited selection of Model Master enamels. The HobbyTown USA in Johnson City, on the other hand, has 3 racks of the stuff; hundreds of colors.

fermis

 

 

tempestjohnny

 

 

fermis

 

 

tankerbuilder

 

 

    That's a lot of gas used to get two or three bottles of paint ! 

 

 

 

 

..I bought 4 kits as well.

That is logical and makes perfect sense, right...RIGHT???!!!!!

 

 

 

 

oh really do tell. What kits made the trip home

 

 

 

 

 

HobbyBoss Tunnan

Revell Stearman

Academy OV-10

MasterBox fig.

 

Fermis - 

I had to look up your choices and very nice. I hope to see them once you are done.

Try the new and largest hobby supplier ""AMAZON""

Hello-Texgunner ;

 Just contact me on messages and we can set it up .    GARY.

Silver

Try the new and largest hobby supplier ""AMAZON""

 

Sure.... if you don't mind paying twice as much for the same kit than you  would at an online hobby shop like Squadron, Sprue Brothers, Megahobby, or Hobbylinc. 

I never would even think of buying a kit through Amazon. They charge too much for the kit when you can get it cheaper elsewhere.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 

Silver

Try the new and largest hobby supplier ""AMAZON""

 

 

 

 

Sure.... if you don't mind paying twice as much for the same kit than you  would at an online hobby shop like Squadron, Sprue Brothers, Megahobby, or Hobbylinc. 

I never would even think of buying a kit through Amazon. They charge too much for the kit when you can get it cheaper elsewhere.

 

Not always true.  There's a lot of times where a kit will depreciate after initial sales weren't as expected and hobby vendors won't make the adjustment, where independent vendors on amazon will.  Squadron is one of the worst, if not the worst online hobby vendor out there for prices.  How they've stayed in business baffles me. Don't get me wrong, I understand the logic behind a brick and mortar store raising prices to pay the bills, but a mail order company doing the same is just ridiculous.  I can literally find almost everything on their website elsewhere for cheaper.  People saying "spend the extra money to support them" are foolish.  Why would I support a place that's knowingly gouging their customers.  Amazon has turned into a market place the part few years where independent vendors have ea platform to sell through their website, so not everything on there's is just from Amazon,but vendors selling through there.  A lot of the times its the only place I can find kits for commission work that have since disappeared from the regular retailers who try to keep up with what's currently being produced.