What do the the recent tsunami, Tamiya and our hobby have in common?

Modeling Subjects Aircraft
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Out of Stocks!!! And lots of them.

Yesterday I went to my local hobby store for Tamiya lacquer thinner and some paints and the rack was just about empty.

When I asked why, he replied because of the tsunami and that distributors are running out or are out.

I then went to 2 Hobby Towns with the same result. [:^)]

So I headed home and straight for the computer. Not any better. All my hobby stores in my FAVS are in the same predicament. Tamiyas website isn’t any better.

It took a google search for the lacquer thinner and I went through 4 pages to find an art store that had it and I bought 2 thinking I better stock up.

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Glad I dont use tamiya paints [proplr]

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4 pages, eh? Takes me 4 blocks… [;)]

You can buy laquer thinner at about any hardware store… Any type of thinner, for that matter, 'cept maybe Turpenoid, which is mainly for oils… Laquer thinner, as well as enamel thinners and reducers are available at about any auto parts store too… I buy stuff like that by the quart, and it’s like a tenth the price of hobby shop and art store per ounce…