Exciting news about paint!

We have found a change in buying patterns since we closed our shop and concentrated purely on Mail Order and Internet sales. No-one comes in the shop any more to buy paint! Now, there is a surprise - smile.

This means that we are over-stocked on paint so over the next few weeks we are making a good effort to reduce the amount we are holding. We have also seen a change in the makes of paint that we are selling.

In the shop we used to sell a lot of Vallejo and Lifecolor whilst we are finding that the Internet sales are concentrated on Xtracolor enamels, Xtracrylix  and Tamiya acrylics. We did start to stock up on Testors Modelmaster enamels but found that these were not too popular. I am not sure why because the paint itself is first class and the range of authentic colours is wide and interesting. However, this does mean that we have decided not to stock the range and thus we have stock that we need to dispose off.

While stocks last, we have Modelmaster enamels available at just £1.00 per pot - reduced from £1.60. However, we are only offering those bottles we actually have. If we run out then we will not be restocking.

Get onto the web site quick and do a search under Manufacturers for Testors/Modelmaster and snap them up whilst you can.

Once we have cleared these out, we will be doing a similar exercise with the remaining Lifecolor and Vallejo stocks so keep coming back to the web site and the blog as often as you can. Better still, with the blog, add an RSS feed to your e-mail program and get told every time that we update the site.

David

Rumours of the Sea Vixen being unavailable are just that - rumours!

All of a sudden both of our wholesalers have plenty of stock so goodness knows what is happening.

However, I think it may be a short-lived event - maybe a deal that fell through because I don't think that they have had any more deliveries from India. As a consequence, I would suggest that, if you don't have one now and still want one - BE QUICK. The price has already risen to £39.99.

The kit is getting ace reviews so it may end up as the 'kit of the year'

EBAY Bargains
We are still piling excess stock onto our EBay shop with a lot of it at half price. There are limited numbers of each item so if you don't go and look, you will miss a bargain.

Go to http://www.sbxebayshop.co.uk

That's all for now
David

MIG Pigments at half price

We have added a whole list of MIG Pigments to our EBay Shop - all at half price of course.

This adds to the existing list of Vallejo, MIG and AK Interactive items already there.

Keep checking every day because we have a long list of items still to go on to the shop.

One offer ends and another begins at 50% off!

We have stopped the offer on paints - mainly because we now have our paint stock where we wanted it to be, taking in to account the fact that people are no longer browsing the paints in the shop. Sorry if you missed out but we shipped hundreds of bottles in the time the offer was on.

50% OFF!
Yup - that's right - a genuine half price offer. There is always a catch in an offer like this - and the catch with this one is that it is only available on EBay! Sorry but it would be too much programming to change our web site to manage this.

Go to our EBay shop. There you will find a large number of items all available at 50% off - admittedly, you have to pay postage but... The list includes the following:
Vallejo Airbrush cleaner, Thinners, Pigments, Varnishes and Primers
MIG Pigments, Washes, Abtielung Oils, etc.
Super Glues and Accelerators - Vital and Roket
AK Interactive washes
Plus Model Lead Wire
Lion Roar Brass Wire
and so on.

Not everything is there at the moment but the list will grow over the coming days so keep a watch on it.
As we are clearing out existing stock, some items will disappear when they are sold out so we can only advise you to be quick!

Free Vallejo, Lifecolor and Xtracrylix paints

Extra Special Paint Offer - How it works

If you purchase 5 or more Vallejo, LifeColor or Xtracrylix paints, we will add in 5 more pots free. Buy your paints and then add a further 5 to the list. Your basket will show the total value of the order including the 5 free ones. Your confirmation e-mail will show the same total. When we process and ship your order we will adjust the credit card charge accordingly. If you paid by Paypal, we will refund the difference when we ship.
You cannot mix and match manufacturers.

Unfortunately, due to the cost of shipping paint overseas, we have had to reduce the number of free pots to 3 when shipping outside of the UK so if you do not live in the UK, please ensure that you only add 3 pots to your order.

Your Savings

5 Vallejo paints are worth £9.25. 
3 Vallejo paints are worth £5.55.
5 Lifecolor paints are worth £11.25. 
3 Lifecolor paints are worth £6.90.  
5 Xtracrylix paints are worth £9.95.
3 Xtracrylix paints are worth £5.97.

Please note that we no longer have full stocks of Lifecolor paints - we only have those shades shown on our web site.

Expected Arrivals

Although we cannot predict many items arriving, we have it on good authority that the following is an accurate list. Please note that the Sea Vixen is listed as a Limited Edition so it would be wise to pre-order one now.

Personally, I can't wait for the 1/72nd Dora - at 1.3 metres long, this is an absolute beast!

As usual, we will remind you that, so long as you do not pay by Paypal, you will not be charged until we ship. If you do pay by Paypal, please be aware that Paypal charge your card immediately you confirm the sale.

Click on the product code to go through to the web site to pre-order each item.

AX03085    Airfix    Hawk T1    1:72    £7.99
AX04050    Airfix    Harrier GR9    1:72    £10.99
AX05121    Airfix    Hawk T1    1:48    £13.99
AX05172    Airfix    Vostok 1    1:48    £13.99
AX06172    Airfix    Saturn 1B    1:144    £18.99
AX08107    Airfix    Westland Lynx Navy HAMA8 Super Lynx    1:48    £19.99
AX08108    Airfix    Westland Lynx Army AH1-7    1:48    £19.99
AX11001    Airfix    Vickers Valiant    1:72    £34.99
AX11002    Airfix    H S Sea Vixen - LTD EDT    1:72    £34.99
AX50010    Airfix    Sea Harrier FRS 1 Gift Set    1:24    £79.99
HB80347    Hobbyboss    A-7K Corsair II    1:48    £27.99
HB80399    Hobbyboss    PLAAF JJ-5    1:48    £15.99
HB82461    Hobbyboss    German Land Wasser Schlepper II - Prototype    1:35    £25.99
HB82464    Hobbyboss    ZTZ 96A MBT    1:35    £26.99
HB82911    Hobbyboss    German 80cm K(E) railway gun Dora    1:72    £139.99
HB83201    Hobbyboss    IL-2 Ground Attack Aircraft    1:32    £59.99
HB83509    Hobbyboss    HMS Astute    1:350    £10.00
HB85501    Hobbyboss    152mm ShkH DANA vz.77    1:35    £39.99
All with the usal FREE Delivery Wold Wide!

Fantastic Paint Offer

We are having a bit of a clearout with paints so we are making you an offer you shouldn't be able to refuse.

If you buy 5 or more Vallejo or LifeColor paints from our web site or on the phone (+44 (0)1473 785327), we will add in a further 5 paints of your choice, FREE of charge!

Check out the website for more details or call us on the above number.