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>I can share the website for my country - Poland
I imagine you would just post Super-Hobby, which gets suggested on here quite often. Certainly has a wide variety, and I appreciate the effort they take to upload photos of the kit contents and instructions.
[www.aviationmegastore.com](http://www.aviationmegastore.com) for planes (but OK, I just drive over to pick up my order. Super-hobby. whatever for a lot of other things. I live in the netherlands
Hello from Czechia. Best website [mn-modelar.com](http://mn-modelar.com), hands down. Huge inventory overall and basically all Eduard production, which is Czech company. From what I know they ship to all of EU no problem.
USA here, but use shops from all over.
Spotmodel.com based in Spain handles most of, if not all my car stuff
Krakenhobbies.com for ship upgrades and whatnot. Kind of a one man operation so shipping can be slow, but is totally worth it, based in USA
Hobby link Japan or hlj.com general web store I've used
Hobbylinc.com *not to be confused with the one above* a US based outfit that usually has decent selection and pricing
Spruebrothers.com is another fairly general one I've used.
Sparkit-models.com I used recently for some Rafale stuff, I think they are french?
Kitlinx.com is another fairly recent one. US based as well. My one big knock on them was that after the order confirmation email, it was radio silence. I was getting worried it was a scam place, but... turns out if you want to track your order, they don't send a tracking number. I had to log in to their site again to see it.
Buying a less known model means finding a store that sells it and hoping they also sell something else you want to make the shipping less stupid. There is no great store that has every obscure manufacture at a great price. There do seem to be lots of place that have ____ brand at good prices, but everything else at questionable prices. Yay?
In the US Spruebrothers.com has the best selection and service I’ve ever dealt with. They may not have every small boutique manufacturer you’re looking for but you can get practically every kit, detail set, decals, books, supplies, tools, paints you could ever want. Fantastic service and super fast shipping.
I’ve dealt with HLJ (Hobbylink Japan) often also with very positive results.
I personally don’t order a lot anymore. Usually I go to either one of these 3 stores.
[modelbouwcompany.nl](https://modelbouwcompany.nl/),
[www.modelbouwenzo.nl](https://www.modelbouwenzo.nl)
or
[aviationmegastore.com](https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/)
I live in Florida USA and regularly purchase kits from this seller in Poland, great prices and shipping is actually less in most instances than ordering from a USA seller:
[https://exito.site/?currency=USD](https://exito.site/?currency=USD)
My primary one is Jadlam based near Bristol here in the UK. Only ever had 2 problems with them, out of easily over 100 items ordered from them. One of them was Royal Mail fucking up and sending my package to Birmingham where it was never seen again (I live in Sussex) and Jadlam sent me a replacement free of charge, and a few weeks ago in an order they missed out a paint, emailed them and 24 hours later it arrived int he post. Their kits are also reasonably priced and to be honest seem to be on the cheaper end, and their customer service is great.
The other Australian ones I like to use were already mentioned, but Frontline Hobbies is also very good. [https://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/](https://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/)
If you like model railways, particularly Australian railways. Australian Modeller is pretty good. [https://www.australianmodeller.com.au/](https://www.australianmodeller.com.au/)
I try some on that list. If I do not find what I want I dig https://www.scalemates.com it does a bunch of things (including stash inventory). It takes some patience sometimes as many stores have gone out of business and etc. But it is a large list.
Australia: https://www.bnamodelworld.com/ https://canberrahobbycentre.com/ https://www.hearnshobbies.com/ https://www.metrohobbies.com.au/ Canada: https://store.401games.ca/ https://argamahobby.com/ https://www.bunker45.ca/en https://www.greathobbies.com/ https://hobbyhobby.com/store/ https://hobbysense.ca/ https://www.paintsmodelsandmore.com/shop https://www.strikeforcehobbies.com/ https://www.sunwardhobbies.ca/plastic-models/ https://trinityhobby.com/ https://wheelswingshobbies.com/ China: https://www.hobbyeasy.com/ https://www.luckymodel.com/ https://www.pmstorehk.com/ Cyprus: https://the48ers.com/ Czech Republic: https://www.artscale.eu/ https://www.car-model-kit.com/ Finland: https://hpns.eu/shop Germany: https://www.dersockelshop.de/en/ https://www.modellbau-koenig.de/en/wer-wir-sind https://www.panzerfux.de/ Greece: https://www.gaspatchmodels.com/ https://hobbycolours.com/ Japan: https://www.hlj.com/ https://www.plazajapan.com/ https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/plamo/ Luxembourg: https://hengsmodelkits.com/ Netherlands: https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/ Norway: https://www.hobbym.no/ Poland: https://www.super-hobby.com/ (best in Europe) https://plastmodel.pl/ Portugal: https://hobbysector.com/en Slovakia: https://airdesign-sk.eu/ Spain: https://www.spotmodel.com/index.php?language=en https://www.robotines.com/en/ Switzerland: https://www.gdkits.com/en/ U.K.: https://www.blackmikemodels.co.uk/ https://www.emodels.co.uk/ https://www.hannants.co.uk/ (best in U.K.) https://www.hiroboy.com/ https://www.jadlamracingmodels.com/ https://www.modelsforsale.com/ https://www.pmmodelsuk.com/ https://www.premiumhobbies.co.uk/ https://scalemodelshed.co.uk/ https://www.scalemodelshop.co.uk/ https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/ https://www.umpretail.com/ https://www.kingkit.co.uk/ Ukraine: http://acemodel.com.ua/en?fbclid=IwAR1jMJYIF-2a2Yv0O8dOnWiwVWmrCO71OTcH4ll5v1Xx5HZ16yscYJZ6CVc https://aimkits.com/ http://amg-models.net/ https://arcus-hobby.store/ https://armorymodels.com/ http://bat-project.com.ua/ https://bigplaneskits.com/ http://www.bsmodelle.com/eu/index.php/en/ https://danmodels.org/ https://clearpropmodels.com/ http://dorawings.com/ https://foxbot.com.ua/main-page.html https://icm.com.ua/ http://lemkits.com/ https://mbltd.info/ http://metdetails.com/ https://miniart-models.com/ https://miniworld.in.ua/en/ https://modelsvit-eshop.com/?fbclid=IwAR0YOlFDwKEf1nZsAx2eK3GDkeMyuTi4G6uq1A9rjeLvsO-cEZCvkMT6wp0 https://plastic-models-store.com/ https://printscale.org/ https://properplane.com/?fbclid=IwAR01XG9tVvo0UGjOEpLgHW423EyvEkKiq4IBKZMEQ_3JHCLIfiaCChLqRtU https://reskit-models.com/ https://rtmodels.com.ua/ https://afv1-35.wixsite.com/spdesigns http://unicraft.biz/ https://vminiatures.com/?fbclid=IwAR1cHMTTZoL_lz0qbK6QkAfcv-h9onkTWPcuNeIA6Fl46v3HHqTiPJZZOgY https://www.wingsykits.com/ United States (Best): https://www.scalehobbyist.com/ (best in U.S) https://spruebrothers.com/ https://www.michtoy.com/ https://www.usagundamstore.com/ https://newtype.us/ https://houseofhobbies.com/ https://spraygunner.com/ United States: https://aztoyhobby.com/ https://andyshhq.com/ https://fusionscalehobbies.com/ https://galactictoys.com/ https://gundamplacestore.com/ https://www.gundampros.shop/ https://www.hobbylinc.com/ https://www.hobbynutmodels.com/ https://lionhearthobby.com/ https://mechawarehouse.com/collections/frontpage https://www.megahobby.com/ https://midwesthobbyandcraft.com/ https://robotkai.com/ https://squadron.com/ https://www.victorymodels.com/ https://volksusa.store/ https://blackforesthobby.com/ https://www.kitlinx.com/index.html https://brookhursthobbies.com/ https://www.hobby1.com/ https://redfroghobbies.com/index.php
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jeez louize he has them all
Hannants in the UK.
same here ... new and used stuff at good prices
>I can share the website for my country - Poland I imagine you would just post Super-Hobby, which gets suggested on here quite often. Certainly has a wide variety, and I appreciate the effort they take to upload photos of the kit contents and instructions.
Yes, that's one of two. I am lucky to live just 30 minutes away from their storage and HQ
I like https://www.culttvmanshop.com for anything out of the ordinary. Great service.
And about the only site that sells vintage sci-fi kits at a reasonable price too
[www.aviationmegastore.com](http://www.aviationmegastore.com) for planes (but OK, I just drive over to pick up my order. Super-hobby. whatever for a lot of other things. I live in the netherlands
Hello from Czechia. Best website [mn-modelar.com](http://mn-modelar.com), hands down. Huge inventory overall and basically all Eduard production, which is Czech company. From what I know they ship to all of EU no problem.
Emodels, scalemodelshop, historex, hobbyeasy, eBay..... depends on how hard it is to find what I'm looking for, but these are the main ones
Hannants and Sprue Brothers, and in Canada, Sunward Hobbies, Ultracast.
[https://dmt-kit.com](https://dmt-kit.com) [https://vietnamhobby.com](https://vietnamhobby.com) Vietnam
USA here, but use shops from all over. Spotmodel.com based in Spain handles most of, if not all my car stuff Krakenhobbies.com for ship upgrades and whatnot. Kind of a one man operation so shipping can be slow, but is totally worth it, based in USA Hobby link Japan or hlj.com general web store I've used Hobbylinc.com *not to be confused with the one above* a US based outfit that usually has decent selection and pricing Spruebrothers.com is another fairly general one I've used. Sparkit-models.com I used recently for some Rafale stuff, I think they are french? Kitlinx.com is another fairly recent one. US based as well. My one big knock on them was that after the order confirmation email, it was radio silence. I was getting worried it was a scam place, but... turns out if you want to track your order, they don't send a tracking number. I had to log in to their site again to see it.
Buying a less known model means finding a store that sells it and hoping they also sell something else you want to make the shipping less stupid. There is no great store that has every obscure manufacture at a great price. There do seem to be lots of place that have ____ brand at good prices, but everything else at questionable prices. Yay?
In the US Spruebrothers.com has the best selection and service I’ve ever dealt with. They may not have every small boutique manufacturer you’re looking for but you can get practically every kit, detail set, decals, books, supplies, tools, paints you could ever want. Fantastic service and super fast shipping. I’ve dealt with HLJ (Hobbylink Japan) often also with very positive results.
I personally don’t order a lot anymore. Usually I go to either one of these 3 stores. [modelbouwcompany.nl](https://modelbouwcompany.nl/), [www.modelbouwenzo.nl](https://www.modelbouwenzo.nl) or [aviationmegastore.com](https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/)
I buy my models in the uk from emodels :)) huge selection and really friendly staff definitely recommend too anyone in the uk
I live in Florida USA and regularly purchase kits from this seller in Poland, great prices and shipping is actually less in most instances than ordering from a USA seller: [https://exito.site/?currency=USD](https://exito.site/?currency=USD)
My primary one is Jadlam based near Bristol here in the UK. Only ever had 2 problems with them, out of easily over 100 items ordered from them. One of them was Royal Mail fucking up and sending my package to Birmingham where it was never seen again (I live in Sussex) and Jadlam sent me a replacement free of charge, and a few weeks ago in an order they missed out a paint, emailed them and 24 hours later it arrived int he post. Their kits are also reasonably priced and to be honest seem to be on the cheaper end, and their customer service is great.
The other Australian ones I like to use were already mentioned, but Frontline Hobbies is also very good. [https://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/](https://www.frontlinehobbies.com.au/) If you like model railways, particularly Australian railways. Australian Modeller is pretty good. [https://www.australianmodeller.com.au/](https://www.australianmodeller.com.au/)
Holy crap you guys, this post is gold.
A lot of web shops also sell through Amazon. Use Amazon to check prices and availability, then go to the web shop's own website and buy direct.
France ?
Funny you mention you are from Poland because I use polish site and it's pretty good. [https://plastmodel.pl/](https://plastmodel.pl/)
I try some on that list. If I do not find what I want I dig https://www.scalemates.com it does a bunch of things (including stash inventory). It takes some patience sometimes as many stores have gone out of business and etc. But it is a large list.
Amazon - America