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Re: Painting HO Scale Brass

Paul Hillman
 

I was told that it has to do with Scalecoat (maybe all other paints ?) having to pay an import fee to Texas for "toxic" materials? This is hearsay, but my hobby shop told me this. Scalecoat didn't pay the fee? He seemed to know all the details, but I'll go back and ask him again.
 
Paul Hillman
 
 

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 1:04 PM
Subject: RE: [STMFC] Painting HO Scale Brass

 

<<All the other model railroad paint brands (Floquil, Polyscale, Testers, etc.) are or have been available in Texas hobby shops and Walthers and Micro-Mark have shipped these paints to Texas (via UPS or FedEx).  I've had no trouble getting Scalecoat sent here from out of state stores that carry it (Walthers excepted) or bringing it home from out-of-state myself (No guards at the Texas border stopping cars searching for bottles of Scalecoat.).  The Whistle Stop in OKC was where I most recently purchased some bottles of Scalecoat and he will ship the paint to Texas. >>

Which raises the question what does Weaver Models see in the Texas regs that in their minds distinguishes between Scalecoat I and the other paints where other shippers do not see the issue.

Curious . . .

Best regards,

Steve Haas

Snoqualmie, WA

Charlie

Sent: Monday, June 09, 2014 12:19 PM

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Subject: RE: [STMFC] Painting HO Scale Brass




<<Paul,
Order your Scalecoat direct. http://www.weavermodels.com/index.html>>

One could try that, but . . . . . .

http://www.weavermodels.com/page8.html, specifically states they can not ship to Texas, which was the original poster's (and his LHS owner's comment).

If any distributor/hobbyshop etc. is aware of the restriction, I doubt they would ship either - too much risk of running afoul of Texas law.

Wonder why Texas won't allow the import of these paints into Texas . . . .

Best regards,

Steve

Steve Haas

Snoqualmie, WA
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