Special Offer promotion has finished - for now!

We had a fantastic response to the special offers but we need a breathing space after working like maniacs to keep up with the demand.

We expect to be able to re-start the promotion in a couple of weeks time, once we have calmed down and assessed the stock situation.

Watch this blog or watch out for our regular e-mails.

BTW if you don't get our regular e-mail newsletters, then just send an e-mail to david@sbxmodelshop.co.uk and I will put you on the list.

It's the best way to find out all that is happening.

Over 250 special offers - up to 40% discount

One of our main wholesalers is having a massive clear out and has offered us over 270 kits at superb discounts up to 40% of the recommended retail price. These will sell out fast and are offered to you on a 'whilst stocks last' basis. Because the list is so long, we are back ordering any item to our suppliers so it may take up to 5 - 7 days for us to ship to you. We know this is a bit of a pain but it gives you access to the complete list rather than us cherry picking those that we think will be popular. One thing we have learned is that we can't predict what you, the modeller will want so this is probably the best way.

The list of discounted kits includes items from the following manufacturers.

    * Academy
    * Airfix
    * Ark Models
    * Czech Models
    * Dragon
    * Eduard
    * Eastern Express
    * Encore
    * Hobby Boss
    * Heller
    * Hasegawa
    * ICM
    * Italeri
    * Master Box
    * MiniArt
    * Revell
    * Tamiya

Go to our Web Site and enter 'Special Offer' (without the quotes) into the Keywords section of the Search and you will see a full list of everything on offer.

Examples:

CM4819    Czech Model 1:48 - Cessna
Bobcat 'Bamboo Bomber' & 'Song Bird' 50% off!

ICM35513   ICM 1:35 - Studebaker US6 U4 w/ Medical Personnel 40% off!

HB83201   Hobbyboss 1:32 - IL-2 Ground Attack Aircraft 40% off!

HB80354   Hobbyboss 1:48 - Tornado ECR 40% off

EDK1154   Eduard LTD EDT 1:48 - Focke Wulf Fw 190D JV 44 Grunherz Dual DUAL
COMBO  35% off!

IT2698   Italeri 1:48 - EA-6B Prowler 23% off!

DN6576   Dragon 1:35 - Stug IV Early Production w/ Zimmerit 23% off!

****TA60319   Tamiya 1:32 - Spitfire Mk iXC 20% off!

IWATA are back - with 10% Discount

We have sold large numbers of these items over the last few years with no complaints and a huge amount of praise for their ease of use and maintenance.
For some time now we have not had these items available. We are pleasedto announce that we are now offering the complete range of Iwata
Airbrushes and Compressor all at 10% discount with our usual FREE
Delivery (within the UK).

The following are just a few items from the range.

	Code	Item	RRP	SBX price
	C-IW-NINJA	Ninja Jet Compressor	£125.00	£112.50	Buy Now
	C-IW-SMARTP	Smart Jet Pro Compressor	£230.00	£207.00	Buy Now
	C-IW-SPRINT	Sprint Jet Compressor	£190.00	£171.00	Buy Now
	IW-RV-TR0	Revolution TR0 Trigger Airbrush	£189.00	£170.10	Buy Now
	IW-HP-CH	Hi-Line HP-CH Airbrush	£205.00	£184.50	Buy Now
	IW-ECL-CS	Eclipse CS Airbrush	£137.00	£123.30	Buy Now
	IW-NEO-CN	Neo CN Budget Airbrush	£47.00	£42.30	Buy Now

The Neo-CN is a new item from Iwata. Although not made by them, it has
been built to Iwata standards. It was recently reviewed very favourably
in Scale Aviation Modeller.

Compressor - Airbrush Kits

We offer further discounts if you purchase a compressor with an
airbrush - some kits also include LifeColor paint sets etc. Please
contact us for more information - 01473 785327 or by e-mail

HSM Dreadnought - an interesting change of tack

This latest Zvezda release is a really interesting topic. HSM Dreadnought - the famous battleship from WWI and the Battle of Jutland.

"HMS Dreadnought was a battleship of the British Royal Navy that revolutionised naval power. Her entry into service in 1906 represented such a marked advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships, the "dreadnoughts", as well as the class of ships named after her, while the generation of ships she made obsolete became known as "pre-dreadnoughts". She was the sixth ship of that name in the Royal Navy."
(quoted from Wikipedia)

This kit is to 1/350th scale which makes it around 18" (46cm) long and is priced at £45.00.
Go to SBX Models Web Site to purchase

New Airfix Deliveries

The Airfix Vickers Valiant Arrives!

The Valiant, first of the three V-bombers, beat its two stablemates in a number of ways. First to drop a nuclear bomb, first to go into action (against the Egyptian airfields in the Suez Crisis) but also first to leave service. The Valiant was a simpler design and less able to stand up to the change in role to low-level penetration (forced upon the V-force by the improvement of Soviet air defences) so had a short life, much of it spent as a tanker. Today, only one complete example survives. (Details courtesy of Thunder and Lightnings Web Site)

The Airfix Vickers Valiant - AX11001V - is a new moulding 1/72nd Scale kit and is available now at £39.99 with free delivery throughout the UK (Unfortunately, given the size of the box, we will have to add a £2.50 postage surcharge on all shipments to the EU and £5.00 on all shipments to the rest of the World - this is additional to our standard £2.50 postage to these areas). This will be added at shipping time (we will issue a Paypal invoice if you pay in that way).

Go to SBX Models Web Site

The Airfix Harrier GR.9 AX04050 also arrives!

This is a new tooling of the ever popular Harrier in 1/72nd and costs £12.99 with free delivery in the UK and just £2.50 postage everywhere else


Go to SBX Models Web Site

More Vallejo Special Offers

Panzer Aces

This is the range of paints made by Vallejo specifically for Panzer Aces magazine. The range includes lots of useful colour such as tail lights, splinter camo, etc.

We still have quite reasonable stocks which we are offering at a very special price so that we can clear these quickly.

All of our current Panzer Aces paints are listed on our web site and are available at £1.19 per pot.

The normal retail price for Panzer Aces is £2.00 so we don't expect these to be available for long.

Please note that, because paints are heavy against their cost, we cannot offer free postage on this special deal. Every individual order that contains any Vallejo paints will have £2.50 postage added.

This makes it a great incentive to order as many as possible in one go!

Go to SBX Models Web Site


Coming Soon!

We are expecting confirmation of a list of special items from our wholesalers. This list will include Dragon, Mini Art and ICM and will have a large number of these items at very special prices. As we are working off our wholesaler's stock in this instance, we will only be able to offer these whilst he has stocks.

We will put up a Blog Entry and a Twitter message as soon as we have the list on our web site. This will be a very good opportunity to obtain items at a good discount. If you are in the UK then you still get free delivery on these items as well!

More Paint Offers and Postage Changes

Vallejo Model Color Paints It is with regret that we have to announce that we shall no longer be stocking this make of acrylic paints. We still have quite reasonable stocks which we are offering at a very special price so that we can clear these quickly. All of our current Model Color paints are listed on our web site and are available at £1.40 per pot. Given that Vallejo paints come in 17ml pots (Tamiya pots hold just 10ml and cost £1.55) this price is extremely favourable. Please note that, because paints are heavy against their cost, we cannot offer free postage on this special deal. Every individual order that contains any Vallejo Model Color paints will have £2.50 postage added. This makes it a great incentive to order as many as possible in one go! We have also listed the small quantity of Vallejo Game Color and Game Inks that we have - at the same £1.40 per pot. Go to SBX Models Web Site

One Click Purchasing! When we added One Click to our system, we found a drop off in people payng by Paypal. There seemed to have been a misunderstanding with people reading this as us not taking Paypal any more. You can, of course, still pay by Paypal - it is just that, for the moment, you can't use one click to do so. Secondly, please make very sure what is in your basket before you hit One Click. Remember, One Click will place an order for your current basket and the next thing you will see is an e-mail confirming. Go to SBX Models Web Site

International Postage We are very sorry but we have held off as long as we can in maintaining Free Delivery for overseas destinations. Due to recent postage rises, we can no longer do this. As from the 17th June, there will be a postage charge of £2.50 added to all sales to non-UK customers. This is still good value against our competitors. Orders over £75.00 will still be free. To make best use of our service and to reduce costs, we would recommend that when you do make an purchase, you place everything you want into a single order. That way you will only pay a single postage charge no matter what the value.

New Arrivals, Blogs and Twitter Every week we update the site for all the newly released items. This is available from the New Arrivals link on the home page . Twitter is a bit of a mystery to us but we have recently started to Tweet(!) news to our Twitter page . Lastly, don't forget David's increasingly popular modelling Blog. Follow his mistakes, errors and successes at Gentle Scale Modelling That's all for now