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parrot
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 02:39 AM UTC
Hi all,

Been back and forth with Daniel at Hobby Easy today.
I ordered a couple of kits and Tamiya acrylic paint.
He tells me that now Hong Kong mail won't ship paint air with a flammable warning on it.Must go surface mail.
Here's the clincher. Surface mail takes 2 1/2 months to arrive.I guess it's back to the LHS at twice the price.

Tom
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 04:30 AM UTC
Im not sure what Tamiya paint you are after, but Scalehobbyist.com is where I go for my Tamiya paints. Great prices and fast shipping too!
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 05:01 AM UTC

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Im not sure what Tamiya paint you are after, but Scalehobbyist.com is where I go for my Tamiya paints. Great prices and fast shipping too!
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Tamiya acrylics , Mr Color and others have the symbol of a flame . Rest is in Japanese , so it's flammable . Maybe try lucky model ?
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 05:58 AM UTC
Try http://www.dersockelshop.de . They've shipped acrylics, enamels and lacquers to me by mail. Takes about 10 days to get to me. It may be faster for you.
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 06:28 AM UTC
You can try eBay , dealers in Taiwan carry Tamiya acrylics and they offer free shipping . And it takes between 7 to 12 days to get here . Give them a look see .
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:11 PM UTC
Thanks guys,

I'll try some of these.
I have got paint from Lucky before no problem.
Daniel tells me this only started in Hong Kong in the last 3 months.

Tom
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 07:24 PM UTC
Hong Kong Post tightened the checking on outbound airmail for "Dangerous Articles" that include flammable liquids a few months ago. Hobby Easy and Lucky Model can only send flammable paints/thinner by surface mail.

http://www.hongkongpost.hk/eng/publications/notices/2015/20150320a/index.htm
brood31877
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 08:23 PM UTC
If you are in canada..... http://scalehobbyist.com is in NH....prices are cheaper than any other options here. ($2.36 for 23 ml Tamiya acrylic bottle) and shipping is $9.95 for first pound which should get you quite a bit of paint. Also I dont believe shipping from US to canada is and issue for paint.
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 08:53 PM UTC
I agree with Doug ... "ScaleHobbyist" ... just a spit over the border. Allow me to add ... they are one of the easiest online sites to navigate. Try their search-engine ... very useful.

Tamiya Paints at ScaleHobbyist

Note: I am not affiliated with any companies.
edmund
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Posted: Friday, July 10, 2015 - 10:58 PM UTC

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If you are in canada..... http://scalehobbyist.com is in NH....prices are cheaper than any other options here. ($2.36 for 23 ml Tamiya acrylic bottle) and shipping is $9.95 for first pound which should get you quite a bit of paint. Also I dont believe shipping from US to canada is and issue for paint.

But the shipping from Canada is sometimes more expensive that from Asia . I have bought paints from Poland and paid less for shipping than from Canada .
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Posted: Saturday, July 11, 2015 - 09:14 AM UTC
I believe that Tom lives in Canada......
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Posted: Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 05:37 AM UTC
Then if the hobby shop is close enough he could just drive there .
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Posted: Monday, July 13, 2015 - 04:25 AM UTC
from Ontario to New Hampshire is about 800 miles.......
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Posted: Monday, July 13, 2015 - 10:17 AM UTC
My fault I thought it was just across the border , it would make for long road trip..
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