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Tojo72 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2026 4:47 am I appreciated when they used to carry Tamiya Extra thin too,now I make it a habit to include a bottle whenever I have to order anything else.

Last time I looked for some stuff like that at Hobby Lobby, they were carrying Mr Cement.

Same at my HL store

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2026 2:37 pm Same at my HL store

If you go on the Hobby Lobby website, you’ll see pretty much what they carry in every store. They do not have much variety from their nationwide stock.

I’m just curious as to when they did a clearance of their Vallejo products… wish that I had seen that. One visit and they had their usual stock… next visit a month or two later and they had none, nor any in the clearance section…

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 12:34 pm

Medicman71 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 11:11 am I've gotten quite a few Gundam kits from there. The problem is that HL has gotten rid of the name brand stuff and now carries their own stuff.

Yup. They appear to be copying some Tamiya products such as the tiny cotton swabs, weathering mediums compacts, etc. For some things I can take a gamble on some of that knock off stuff, but some of their other products look to be pretty weak. I’ve bought some of their no name paint brushes in the past and those tend to die quickly.

Yeah I tried their "tamiya tape" equivalent and it sucked bad.

Medicman71 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2026 7:59 am

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2026 12:34 pm

Yup. They appear to be copying some Tamiya products such as the tiny cotton swabs, weathering mediums compacts, etc. For some things I can take a gamble on some of that knock off stuff, but some of their other products look to be pretty weak. I’ve bought some of their no name paint brushes in the past and those tend to die quickly.

Yeah I tried their "tamiya tape" equivalent and it sucked bad.

Indeed it does. I use what I have left for non masking jobs now.

My "Tamiya" equivalent tape has been Frog Yellow Painter Tape. Just sayin'...

BlackSheep214 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2026 11:01 am My "Tamiya" equivalent tape has been Frog Yellow Painter Tape. Just sayin'...

I heard that the Blue Stuff was good… tried it - nope… I vaguely recall another type being recommended… tried it… nope. I’ll stick with a known constant. Nothing matches or beats Tamiya masking tape in my experience.