Hi all,

I am interested in some of the kits offered by Tristar but have never seen any in the stores I frequent. (Melbourne) Are Tristar kits available anywhere in Australia?

Cheers,

TimTam27

Hi Timtam

I have bought all of mine through luckymodel.com (HK) as I have not been able to find any in Aus as well.

I've seen the Tristar kits available in Vic Hobby Center but I don't think they have any in stock at the moment.

As jejb_71 said, your best bet is to try the nice "much cheaper" folks at either:
Hobby Easy http://www.hobbyeasy.com
Lucky Models www.luckymodel.com
Hobby Link Japan http://www.hlj.com/

Cheers
Darren

G'day,

I have seen the figures in Hobbyco. www.hobbyco.com.au

I have also seen armour in Avenue Hobbies. www.avenuehobbies.com.au

Barry at avenue Hobbies has very good prices for Australia. The other bonus is that your $ stay here in Australia and help our economy.

Thanks guys for the replies.

Looks like whatever I do it means buying on the net. It will probably mean lower prices but there is nothing like going into the shop paying you money and taking a kit home with you. I don't get the same satisfaction clicking the mouse a bit and then waiting a month for the parcel to arrive.

Cheers,
TimTam27

G'day all,
The Australian distributor closed up about 12 months ago. But I have heard on the grapevine that one of the other model distributors might be brining them onboard at sometime in the future.

Cheers Jason

I am a mail order junky - I love getting things in the mail!!!! :-)

Try Stanbridges in Perth. Not sure what their current stock is but they used to get them in.

http://www.stanbridges.com.au

Cheers

Hi Guys,

I ended up ordering a Tristar Panzer IVB from HLJ and with postage it was around $56. I imagine if I had to pay retail in an Aussie shop I would have been looking at least $75 so even though it would have been nice to go to a shop it probably works out a lot cheaper. Gotta get over my need for instant gratification.

Just a word on the kit. Wow! Nicely moulded, P-Etch including clamps for the tools and even some wingnuts. Nice decal options. Absolutely fantastic kit but incredibly complicated. Also the box was bursting with sprues. When I unpacked it to have a look I had real problems getting the sprues back into the box. They have to go in in special order to fit. You certainly get your money's worth. The only thing I didn't like is the colour of the plastic. It is dark yellow. I much prefer light-mid grey. It looks more professional somehow and better to paint.

Also got the Tamiya Char B1 bis from HLJ while it was on special. $56 including post. That was a real bargain.

Cheers,
TimTam27