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Great Customer Service from Tamiya USA


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Got one of the 72nd F-84G's but missing the clear sprue. Sent a note through their website www.tamiyausa.com and got a response back the next day (9/14) asking for what part numbers, my address, etc. Sent them the info and today I get a box with the entire clear sprue in it. That is a week from request to parts and no charge.

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They are beyond great. And for more than just fixing problems they may have caused. I had a Mercedes race kit that I knew was relesed with a different livery a few years later. I too contacted them through the web sit. I was honest about wanting an alternate decal sheet to what my kit came with originally (if still available). Yes they charged me but it was like $3.50 for a two sheet set and no postage. No way I could have gotten an aftermarket decal sheet any where close to that price. AND fast too.

 

Kit manufactures are often overlooked as resources for anything other than complete kits.

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Even though they may not produce anything I build, when I find or know of something they have, I love being able to call and if they have THAT sprue I can get it as opposed to purchasing a complete kit for one part. Wish they all did that.

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  • 1 year later...

I know I'm replying to an old post but I felt I needed to add my experience. Years ago I bought the Testors SR-71 and have had it in my garage, moved to shed, back to garage, finally to project table. Like I said, I have had this model for a LONG time. Opened the box and everything was there despite the condition of the box. Only problem was the decals. They were a mess and totally unuseable. I contacted Testors through their site and, in a few days, heard from Wendy. She stated she would be glad to send a set if I would send my address, which I did. Whithin a week I had a new set of decals at no charge. That is good customer service. However, Revell/Monogram wants $10.00 for a set for my equally old B58. I will look elsewhere for those.

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Revell-Monogram must have changed then. I had the old Monogram TBF Avenger and the decals were ruined because I had spilled a coke on them a long time ago (pre-internet). I asked them for a replacement set after I had seen that they reissued the kit in the late 90s. They sent replacement decals right away.

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