Best online sites to order from???

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Sadly I dont have any legitimate Hobby Stores near (the nearest Hobby Towns are 2+ hours), so for me I have to do my purchasing online. The one website ive used so far has been MegaHobby, which while they have a pretty good selection, in know they have a lot they dont offer. What are some other good web sites that have good pricing and good selctions of paints, tools, and kits?

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Scalehobbiest.com. spruebrothers. Are two really good ones

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squadron.com and dragonusaonline.com which has some great daily deals https://www.dragonusaonline.com/Dragon-Daily-Deals.aspx

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I also always check Amazon.

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Scalehobbyist

Spruebrothers

Sincerehobby

Ebay

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Scale Hobbyiest has the best prices and customer service

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Awesome, thanks everyone [:D[

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Just got an order today from freetimehobbies.com Great prices and service. I also use scalehobbyest.com and lotsofmodels.com

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Even more sadder is all these mom & pop LHS are closing everyday. In my area, only one remains open. I refuse to shop there again after the owner’s paranoid daughter accused me of shoplifting because I walked out of the store with my hands in my pocket. She stopped me and I showed proof I had done nothing wrong. Needless to say, she realized her error and I told her she has lost a loyal customer and I refuse step foot in this store again.

I feel bad for the owner though because he hardly gets any customers now. I won’t be surprised if he closes within a year. The owner is pushing at least in his late 70s.

years.

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I’ve always gotten very good service from Sprue Bros. Their prices are good too. Free Time Hobbies is also very good.

Tom

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that sucks, I live in near a pretty large city and I wish we had atleast one legit hobby store.

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Hobbylinc has the best prices on what they carry, but order processing is slow compared to others.

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Being on the right side of the pond, most of my ordering is done here, but i have used Sprue Brothers a few times and have always found them really great to use, nice selection, good price, compared to most UK stores at least, and always gets here pretty quick.

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They are the ones I have ordered from a couple of times. The only bad thing is that one time they took TWO WEEKS to ship my order from the warehouse. It only took half a week to get from the warehouse to my house, but TWO WEEKS to get it out of the warehouse… anyway, pick wisely.

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SB gets my order to me in about 3 days. Scale Hobbyist has great prices but a bit slower. Free time is also good. There are some Chinese sellers overseas in ebay offering free shipping on some Meng and Ryefield tanks with huge discounts so I don’t mind waiting a month to get a $80 to $90 kit for $60 or less.

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Amazon always has the lowest prices on Tamiya products. They come direct from Japan with free shipping. 2 weeks most of the time. I have bought at least 20 Tamiya kits and tools on Amazon from Japan without a problem.

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Compared to Scalehobbyist? Far from it. Hobbylinc prices don’t even come close to scalehobbyist. I’ve looked in their site and wasn’t overly impressed with their selections and prices.

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I ordered from them for the first time a few weeks back. Good price on the kit i was after, but i did notrice that it said it stock but it actually wasn’t, have to watch out for that. They did have it with me in less than 2 weeks from ordering though, so couldn’t complain at that.

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Thanks for the input guys! Its weird because if I googled hobby sites, none of those sites would come up.

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I use Megahobby.com

They always have a great selection of new products.