Post by Joel_W on Jul 20, 2019 5:21:58 GMT -8
I've run into issue after issue trying to find a well stocked online retailer that can service my modeling needs. Honestly, I've given up on trying to find one here in the states, so I've slowly been looking at various world wide online resources.
I've used Spot Model from Spain as more of a what's new & what's available up to now via their newsletter. I just placed a small test order for the Beemax BMW M3 E30 with upgrade kit, and hopefully the test will turnout fine. The order was held till the kit was in stock that only took 2 additional days. Unfortunately, shipping to the USA is only UPS or USPS. UPS is out of site in price as the shipping was more then the kit cost!! So I opted for the USPS that was more reasonable at $15 for the two items. Time period given is anywhere up to 30 days! As for their stock position has a lot of out of stocks which seems to be a seasonal thing industry wise. I buy paints from Gravity of Spain all the time, and they ship DHL which is very reasonable in price and super fast. I wonder why Spot Model doesn't use them too?
I've been looking at Hiroboy every so often, but they always seem to have a really serious out of stock issue, and shipping costs plus VAT(?) is a major concern.
I keep on looking at HLJ. Plenty of out of stocks as well, as they seem to be more focused on Limited run, super expensive kits. Shipping info seems more reasonable, so they're still on my list to try.
Then I ran across Car_Model_kit which is in northern Slovakia of all places. What impressed me is their in stocks and their inventory. I haven't been able to find out anything about their shipping procedures, costs, or limitations dealing with paints as their site isn't the easiest to navigate for this type of information.
Has anyone had any dealings with Car_Model_Kit?
If anyone has a USA based online retailer that specializes in race cars, I'd love to check them out.
Joel
I've used Spot Model from Spain as more of a what's new & what's available up to now via their newsletter. I just placed a small test order for the Beemax BMW M3 E30 with upgrade kit, and hopefully the test will turnout fine. The order was held till the kit was in stock that only took 2 additional days. Unfortunately, shipping to the USA is only UPS or USPS. UPS is out of site in price as the shipping was more then the kit cost!! So I opted for the USPS that was more reasonable at $15 for the two items. Time period given is anywhere up to 30 days! As for their stock position has a lot of out of stocks which seems to be a seasonal thing industry wise. I buy paints from Gravity of Spain all the time, and they ship DHL which is very reasonable in price and super fast. I wonder why Spot Model doesn't use them too?
I've been looking at Hiroboy every so often, but they always seem to have a really serious out of stock issue, and shipping costs plus VAT(?) is a major concern.
I keep on looking at HLJ. Plenty of out of stocks as well, as they seem to be more focused on Limited run, super expensive kits. Shipping info seems more reasonable, so they're still on my list to try.
Then I ran across Car_Model_kit which is in northern Slovakia of all places. What impressed me is their in stocks and their inventory. I haven't been able to find out anything about their shipping procedures, costs, or limitations dealing with paints as their site isn't the easiest to navigate for this type of information.
Has anyone had any dealings with Car_Model_Kit?
If anyone has a USA based online retailer that specializes in race cars, I'd love to check them out.
Joel