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**GEEDUBBYA** · 03-01-2008

Howdy Bandk7,

Well, being from the United States, I cant answer your question about the customs and their policies on enamels from Japan in the U.K. . I do know that aerosol paints wont be shipped via airmail and being that ya'll are surrounded by just a little bit of water I can see where most things must fly to get to ya'll.
Now I searched this site: http://www.tamiyausa.com/ and didnt see any "enamel paints" even offered, however, there were polycarbonite paints and acryilcs, you might check them out or.....
here is a link to "Great models webstore"

http://www.greatmodels.com/

If you will look on the left of the page you will see the search feature, click on it. On the next page, type in Enamel paint then "show me in stock items only" then under category, select "all" then under manufacturer select "tamiya paints". Click "search" and you will find 99 results for tamiya paints. Again, even though the search was for "enamel paints", the results listed do not specify enamel.

This link http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...AdvancedSearch
Will take you to "Tower Hobbies" website where Tamiya paints are shown, again, no enamel, but plenty of spray and polycarb and acrylic paints. Now the spray paints might be abit of a problem as aerosols are not shipped by air anymore...well not here anyway.

However......and i am not sure if you have used them before or not, I am assuming you have, testors makes a full line of enamel paints. Testors enamel and various commercial spray paints like Krylon and others are all I use...simply because i too, prefer enamel over acrylic.
And testors does offer acrylic paints as well as aerosols and all of their paints are more readily accessible here as well as "less expensive".

I am sorry if this doesn't help ya any, if not, maybe someone else will be able to provide a more useful reply.

have a good day,

greg

03-01-2008	#2 (permalink)
GEEDUBBYA Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pine Bluff, Arkansas Real Name: Greg My Models: model planes tanks and helicopters as well as missiles and rockets Visit GEEDUBBYA's Gallery Posts: 1,015 Images: 329	*Howdy Bandk7,* Well, being from the United States, I cant answer your question about the customs and their policies on enamels from Japan in the U.K. . I do know that aerosol paints wont be shipped via airmail and being that ya'll are surrounded by just a little bit of water I can see where most things must fly to get to ya'll. *Now I searched this site: http://www.tamiyausa.com/ and didnt see any "enamel paints" even offered, however, there were polycarbonite paints and acryilcs, you might check them out or.....* *here is a link to "Great models webstore"* *http://www.greatmodels.com/* If you will look on the left of the page you will see the search feature, click on it. On the next page, type in Enamel paint then "show me in stock items only" then under category, select "all" then under manufacturer select "tamiya paints". Click "search" and you will find 99 results for tamiya paints. Again, even though the search was for "enamel paints", the results listed do not specify enamel. *This link http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...AdvancedSearch* Will take you to "Tower Hobbies" website where Tamiya paints are shown, again, no enamel, but plenty of spray and polycarb and acrylic paints. Now the spray paints might be abit of a problem as aerosols are not shipped by air anymore...well not here anyway. However......and i am not sure if you have used them before or not, I am assuming you have, testors makes a full line of enamel paints. Testors enamel and various commercial spray paints like Krylon and others are all I use...simply because i too, prefer enamel over acrylic. *And testors does offer acrylic paints as well as aerosols and all of their paints are more readily accessible here as well as "less expensive".* *I am sorry if this doesn't help ya any, if not, maybe someone else will be able to provide a more useful reply.* *have a good day,* *greg*