Vincewb

Its the way the Japanese work, any dealer can get Dragon from them in Japan, stick a margin on and sell it. So if its £25 out the factory, add a margin sell for £35 In Japan For the UK its a sole distributor, who then has to stick a wholesale margin on it, then a trade margin, then a retail margin. So roughly importer gets it at £27 landed, wholesaler price, £35, shop price around £45+VAT so shop sells for 79.99 Inc VAT. The odd manufacturer that will sell to any UK dealer direct who then may not add a wholesale or even a trade margin means 1 or 2 of these margins are missed out so the product is more competetive in the UK market. So the Japanese will get £35 odd into their economy if you buy direct or £25 if you but it from a UK shop, maybe thats why the yen is so strong and they rather the "sole" distributor route as this ensure more and more money flows into the Japanese economy from the UK and elsewhere.

Due to wonderful eu regs we can no longer sell this item, something to do with the mind altering ingredients.

Still availabl on our site as of today

Remember there is a shortage of these paints and the public have been advised they will not be available until next year.

Hi Alex We have spares for this. If you are a customer of ours in the past let us know and will send FOC if not 2.50GBP P&P for it All the best Vince FYI Theres lots of these kicking around with the wrong fuselages, another joke by the prisoners who pack them!

Theres a UK company called Whirlybird who have revamped the Airfix one and also have other decal options. Not sure where or who they are just have a sample somewhere.

Its all being re-labelled in Germany. Why not do it in the UK??

The last time I was in the Northampton one they had plenty of Tamiya kits but only Humbrol paints. Its a good place on occasion to pick up cheap kits as they often slash the prices to clear stock.