Chrisk-k

Nobody in the US beats scalehobbyist in terms of price, search engine and customer service in my experience.

 

Search engine is outstanding and a real treat!

I don't buy much and kind of got hooked into HobbyLink with the rewards thing. I will say I saw someone post a link to a model on this forum the other day and HobbyLink was ten bucks less on the same approx $50.00 model.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

 

 

crazypat

https://www.bnamodelworld.com/ you can get some very good deals and shipping is very cheap

 

 

 

 

 

Good deals? Not compared to scalehobbyist.com.

 

Example - I compared a Tamiya 1/48 scale F-14A Tomcat kit # 61114:

BNA Model World sale price: $102.64

Scalehobbyist sale price:  $75.99

Squadron and Sprue Brothers price: $91.99

 

I think scalehobbyist has the best prices all around.

 

 

Yes, scalehobbyost is by far cheaper, but no good if you live in the rest of the world as the don't ship beyond US and Canada. I use BNA for everything apart from kits as they have stock and delivery is same day if order placed before 3pm M-F.

I came across an ebay reseller in mainland China that sold a 1/48 Hobby Boss TBF-1 for $30 less than the other cheapest online hobby store with shipping!

crazypat

https://www.bnamodelworld.com/ you can get some very good deals and shipping is very cheap

 

Good deals? Not compared to scalehobbyist.com.

Example - I compared a Tamiya 1/48 scale F-14A Tomcat kit # 61114:

BNA Model World sale price: $102.64

Scalehobbyist sale price:  $75.99

Squadron and Sprue Brothers price: $91.99

I think scalehobbyist has the best prices all around.

Till Midnight tonight, 10/9/17,   40% off on $100.00 at Dragon USA.

 That means their $99.00 Dragon 1/350 Scharnhorst 1943 will only be $59.97!

Of course you need to add $1.00 to that $99.00 to equal the $100. So, Buy some PE.

Coupon code COLUMBUS.

   Good Luck.

Chrisk-k

Nobody in the US beats scalehobbyist in terms of price, search engine and customer service in my experience.

 

I’m afraid my list is pretty large. I started research on Model kits back in 2012. Lottsa Fun shopping.  Good experiences with all of the following sites.

FreetimeHobbies for kits no one in the US seems to carry (Selection is down this year)

ScaleHobbist: Prices/selection really good! Easy to navigate. Great web site.

HobbyLink: Good deals on many occasions. Easy site to navigate. (70 sailing ship kits)

Sprue Bros: Fantastic specials!

Tower Hobbies: Good when they have a Sale/Coupon.

Plaza Japan: Better prices then USA.. Bigger selection on Japanese OEM. S&H not bad makes price about equal to USA. Shipping time longer.                            

Hobby Easy: Same as Plaza.  ( No wish list- bummer)

HobbyLink Japan: Same as Plaza.  ( No wish list)

Martola: Great for certain Brands ie: Mirage.  Was great on price till EUR vs USD changed.

Models UA:  Same as Martola (plus MicroMir)

Armory:  Same as Martola (no Mirage now)  (Plus MicroMir)

OKB shop.okbgrigorov:Where else could you get a Seawolf Special Projects 1/700 sub?

VCS Hobbies:  Best prices I have seen on Gold Medal Models PE

Dragon Online store: Prices vary but their Moving Sale a few months ago was fantastic.

Goodwill: Good prices but S&H are very high. Best to be 1^st bidder and hope.

  Note: Except for Ebay, most of the above “stores” are really poor for Sailing Ships. It seems that if it’s got sails, there’s no sales.

king.45

Try rollmodels.come, I shop with them and scalehobbyist.com. Both really good sites. 

 

The only knock I have with Roll Models is they're super slow fulfilling your order. Unless you're not in a hurry in getting it. Scalehobbyist is by far has the best prices around.

Try rollmodels.come, I shop with them and scalehobbyist.com. Both really good sites. 

And reviving an old post once more....

I found the same thing to be true.  Most importantly for me they have great shipping prices and insanely fast delivery by UPS.  The contents are carefully packed, liquids are bagged separately, they use heavy duty cardboard boxes; they really are a first class outfit.   

It's also very comforting to have an order status page that they scrupulously maintain; I can see where my order is from placement to shipment, you get a UPS tracking number; you can cancel the order if you catch it before they process it too.  I've never had a single problem from them.  

If you look for an item that is out of stock you can get on a notification list which is done by email.  Their website is very easy to navigate with pictures of the items.  

Nobody in the US beats scalehobbyist in terms of price, search engine and customer service in my experience.

Squadron is another that usually has a large stock of kits.

Well I'll be.  I wonder why they didn't include a category for it?  They're losing out on some business.

They do have si-fi and space just have to type it in search.

When I have a model in mind to purchase I search all of those sites for the best price, including taxes and shipping costs.  Last week Amazon had a aircraft carrier for $40 dollars less than all these sites, plus free shipping.  The week before they had the carrier by $30 dollars over all the other sites with no free shipping.    

I suggest you keep a list of models you would like to purchase and check prices every week.

Adam148;  Try spruBrothers.com and Amazion.com       ACESES5                 

I've shopped online at megahobby.com a couple times with no complaints.

Ditto on scalehobbist.  I've compare prices between them and most others and they usually turn out to be the cheapest.  They have, IMHO, one of the easiest to use sites for finding what you want and their packing and shipping (care taken with your stuff)  are second to none.  No sci-fi or space models though.

I have purchased several from Ebay and got pretty decent deals (some, I've probably paid too much for, but it was the only place I could find them.  I've also used hobbylinc.com, they have pretty competitive prices and often run specials as well.

I agree with Tojo72.  I use scalehobbyist the most, though.

www.spruebrothers.com

www.freetimehobbies.com

www.redfroghobbies.com

www.luckymodels.com

www.dragonusaonline.com

Look for sales around holidays,sign up for their ads to be notified of sales. Also shop around Ebay,bargains could be had,just watch shipping costs.