by D-Boy » Thu Nov 03, 2011 9:48 am
Need to import these Hong Kong recommendations into the list:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=87953
Kerry Jang's comments in red; original list from http://s12.invisionfree.com/ScaleModelsMalaysia/index.php?showtopic=7075 wrote:
Here's the list from Loneley Planet with some UPDATES AS OF MARCH 2011. Kerry Jang
1.UML. with a couple of shops around HK.
A must visit shop(s) for Dragon BUT NOT FOR TAMIYA ..but only one of their shops as they all keep the same stock.
Should you miss something in one, ask the shopkeeper to call the other shops for your missing kit and only after confirmation venture out to look the other one up.
Otherwise waste of time and expenses to go criss-cross HK.
I visited Nathan Rd 579/Dundas str, or:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 45.77,,0,0
(go up to higher floors).
and the one on Waterloo rd. 63 or
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 13.62,,0,0
and Pennington str Causeway bay, or:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 76.03,,0,0
AMAZINGLY well stored with Dragon models.
Discounts are: buy over 500HKD get 10% off (except the already discounted goods) and over 1000HKD get 20% discount.
Dragon go for 10% discount anyway (for foreigners , but DO ASK).
Oddly enough TAMIYA kits are as expensive as in EU or USA :
(tamiya 35282 = 460 HKD)
Pretty much all foreign models (Italeri, Revell, Masterbox, Miniart) are same price as back home.
Their website:
http://www.universal-models.com
YES, STILL ACCURATE
2. Continental Models - (corner Pak hoi and woosung strt)
A must visit shop.
or :
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 56.23,,0,0
(do NOT ever use terms like "walk a few blocks south of this and that " it took me nearly an HOUR to find this shop after the insane directions of my predecessors).
Very well stocked with many different brands and the latest kitmodels albeit of the same models 15 boxes (for instance of all the Trumpeter versions of the STryker AFV he had only 2 different types , but of each of them 15 boxes..).
I find the prices proper and not at all "more expensive than others".
No discount for foreigners.
CORRECT. LOOK FOR "WING ON" DEPARTMENT STORE AND ITS ON THE SIDE. BY HIONG KONG STADNARDS, THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF THE SHOPS. IN GENERAL HK RETAIL PRICES ARE 30-40% LOWEER THAN WHAT YOU GET IN NORTH AMERICA AND NO SALES TAX....
3. Sunny Models - Kwong Wah Street in Mongkok.
or :
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 02.65,,0,0
Small shop but always interesting models for a fine price.
Especially Tamiya on low end. (tamiya 35282 = 280 HKD).
Often they have (a few) older models for sale at very nice price.
Opens between 12:00 and 13:00 closes between 20:00 and 20:30 !!
STILL ACCURATE
4. Wai Lee - also on Kwong Wah Street in Mongkok.
or:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 05847&z=18
Has more selection of models than 3, but a bit more expensive.
Though mostly focussed on Japanese Robot/manga plastic kits.
However, I did find some nice discounted old Academy Model kits there.
Opens ? Closes between 21:00 and 22:00 hrs
STILL ACCURATE MOST SHOPS IN HK OPEN AT NOON AND CLOSE AT 10PM
5.Wang Kee on Waterloo Street in Mong Kong....I Walked and looked for this for an hour walking up the waterloo road and asked around NOBODY knew.
And I was ESPECIALLY interested in a shop supposedly focussing on Trumpeter models.
Gosh..I spend extra time on Google Street View and I find it:
here:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... .46,,0,8.2
I did walk there , but perhaps it was still closed or my view was obscured..anyway, If you visit this store , do make an update on its Trumpeter models..(give an example price , how many different types of models roughly indicated, etc).
THEY WERE THE TRUMPETER DISTRIBUTOR BUT NO LONGER. VERY FEW TRUMPETER KITS THERE. I FOUND WHAT I WANTED AT CONTINENTAL.
6.Tristar - ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
Apparently used to be here
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 91,,0,5.51
(the shop that shows "Kyosho" formerly was Tristar)
in Yin Cheong Street...but the supposedly 1st floor commercial building is NOT HERE (no clear , visible, easy entrance around).
PLEASE PLEASE UPDATE if you know where.
GONE. THEY HAVE MOVED OUT. THEY DO NOT HAVE A RETAIL PRESENCE ANYMORE
8. Ying Ming on Sai Yee Street in Mongkok.
or:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 79,,0,0.16
Mainly geared up for Academy Models. but also exclusive ICM models (but just as frikkin expensive as in EU or US)
Offers 10% discount on 2nd (cheapest) kit and 20% on 4th (cheapest) kits of Academy only.
Its Tamiya kits are also many and proper price (tamiya 35282 = 290 HKD).
Opens between 12:00 and 14:00 closes around 20:00 hrs
STILL ACCURATE. I UNDERSTADN THEY WERE THE MAIN TAMIYA IMPORTERS AND THEIR PRICE IS ROUGHLY JAPANESE RETAIL. OTHER SHOPS DO SELL TAMIYA FOR LESS, AROUND 20% OF JAPANESE RETAIL
9. Twineety, or now named Twinner. close to Ying Ming on Sai street.
or:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 2,295,,0,0
Small shop , but selling (Tamiya) models for the right price.
Do not forget to look up above your head where they store their models.
In case you can't find what you look for on the ground.
No 10% discount.
Opens between 12:00 and 14:00 closes around 20:00 hrs
STILL ACCURATE
10.Shiu Lee Leong at Lai chi Kok rd 34212. falcon Hobby/models.
Must be this entrance:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s ... 41.74,,0,0
STILL ACCURATE. a WAYS TO GO TO GET THERE. LOTS OF EDUARD ETCH
Need to import these Hong Kong recommendations into the list: [url]http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=87953[/url]
[quote="Kerry Jang's comments in red; original list from http://s12.invisionfree.com/ScaleModelsMalaysia/index.php?showtopic=7075"]
Here's the list from Loneley Planet with some UPDATES AS OF MARCH 2011. Kerry Jang
1.UML. with a couple of shops around HK.
A must visit shop(s) for Dragon BUT NOT FOR TAMIYA ..but only one of their shops as they all keep the same stock.
Should you miss something in one, ask the shopkeeper to call the other shops for your missing kit and only after confirmation venture out to look the other one up.
Otherwise waste of time and expenses to go criss-cross HK.
I visited Nathan Rd 579/Dundas str, or: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sai+Yee+Street,+Hong+Kong&aq=1&sll=22.31624,114.173039&sspn=0.004188,0.005847&g=Hong+Kong&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sai+Yee+St,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.315262,114.170115&spn=0.016754,0.023389&z=16&layer=c&cbll=22.315308,114.16991&panoid=oeicvOkyyR1GwkOtgIK8Ng&cbp=12,345.77,,0,0
(go up to higher floors).
and the one on Waterloo rd. 63 or
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sai+Yee+Street,+Hong+Kong&aq=1&sll=22.31624,114.173039&sspn=0.004188,0.005847&g=Hong+Kong&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sai+Yee+St,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.317882,114.172153&spn=0.016754,0.023389&z=16&layer=c&cbll=22.317464,114.174565&panoid=du3gHTWWT7i6IoArC9iL0w&cbp=12,313.62,,0,0
and Pennington str Causeway bay, or:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5+Pennington+Street,+Hong+Kong&aq=&sll=22.278802,114.18609&sspn=0.008379,0.011694&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=5+Pennington+St,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.279328,114.186219&spn=0.008379,0.011694&z=17&layer=c&cbll=22.279238,114.186183&panoid=wyLMamB5Alj9olu8-yq10g&cbp=12,276.03,,0,0
AMAZINGLY well stored with Dragon models.
Discounts are: buy over 500HKD get 10% off (except the already discounted goods) and over 1000HKD get 20% discount.
Dragon go for 10% discount anyway (for foreigners , but DO ASK).
Oddly enough TAMIYA kits are as expensive as in EU or USA :
(tamiya 35282 = 460 HKD)
Pretty much all foreign models (Italeri, Revell, Masterbox, Miniart) are same price as back home.
Their website: http://www.universal-models.com
[color=#FF0000]YES, STILL ACCURATE[/color]
2. Continental Models - (corner Pak hoi and woosung strt)
A must visit shop.
or : http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sai+Yee+Street,+Hong+Kong&aq=1&sll=22.31624,114.173039&sspn=0.004188,0.005847&g=Hong+Kong&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sai+Yee+St,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.307778,114.170963&spn=0.008377,0.011694&z=17&layer=c&cbll=22.307806,114.170845&panoid=G6fFh354a60Beb6RRikEdQ&cbp=12,156.23,,0,0
(do NOT ever use terms like "walk a few blocks south of this and that " it took me nearly an HOUR to find this shop after the insane directions of my predecessors).
Very well stocked with many different brands and the latest kitmodels albeit of the same models 15 boxes (for instance of all the Trumpeter versions of the STryker AFV he had only 2 different types , but of each of them 15 boxes..).
I find the prices proper and not at all "more expensive than others".
No discount for foreigners.
[color=#FF0000]CORRECT. LOOK FOR "WING ON" DEPARTMENT STORE AND ITS ON THE SIDE. BY HIONG KONG STADNARDS, THE MOST EXPENSIVE OF THE SHOPS. IN GENERAL HK RETAIL PRICES ARE 30-40% LOWEER THAN WHAT YOU GET IN NORTH AMERICA AND NO SALES TAX....[/color]
3. Sunny Models - Kwong Wah Street in Mongkok.
or : http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hong+kong&aq=&sll=52.469397,5.509644&sspn=5.623435,11.975098&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hong+Kong&ll=22.317068,114.173656&spn=0.004169,0.005847&z=18&layer=c&cbll=22.316972,114.173583&panoid=6nUGR-r6Ol1gc9_dDkeOvg&cbp=12,302.65,,0,0
Small shop but always interesting models for a fine price.
Especially Tamiya on low end. (tamiya 35282 = 280 HKD).
Often they have (a few) older models for sale at very nice price.
Opens between 12:00 and 13:00 closes between 20:00 and 20:30 !!
[color=#FF0000]STILL ACCURATE[/color]
4. Wai Lee - also on Kwong Wah Street in Mongkok.
or: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hong+kong&aq=&sll=52.469397,5.509644&sspn=5.623435,11.975098&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Hong+Kong&layer=c&cbll=22.316242,114.173041&panoid=YshY7c0b-cpz_Hq8yWfSUg&cbp=12,147.65,,0,0&ll=22.316354,114.173124&spn=0.004169,0.005847&z=18
Has more selection of models than 3, but a bit more expensive.
Though mostly focussed on Japanese Robot/manga plastic kits.
However, I did find some nice discounted old Academy Model kits there.
Opens ? Closes between 21:00 and 22:00 hrs
[color=#FF0000]STILL ACCURATE MOST SHOPS IN HK OPEN AT NOON AND CLOSE AT 10PM[/color]
5.Wang Kee on Waterloo Street in Mong Kong....I Walked and looked for this for an hour walking up the waterloo road and asked around NOBODY knew.
And I was ESPECIALLY interested in a shop supposedly focussing on Trumpeter models.
Gosh..I spend extra time on Google Street View and I find it:
here: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=hong+kong,+waterloo+rd&aq=&sll=22.356268,114.144173&sspn=0.129388,0.187111&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Waterloo+Rd,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.315997,114.173484&spn=0.016674,0.023389&z=16&layer=c&cbll=22.316081,114.173539&panoid=6RK6BFkwFhB6PevfGjKpsw&cbp=12,315.46,,0,8.2
I did walk there , but perhaps it was still closed or my view was obscured..anyway, If you visit this store , do make an update on its Trumpeter models..(give an example price , how many different types of models roughly indicated, etc).
[color=#FF0000]THEY WERE THE TRUMPETER DISTRIBUTOR BUT NO LONGER. VERY FEW TRUMPETER KITS THERE. I FOUND WHAT I WANTED AT CONTINENTAL. [/color]
6.Tristar - ARE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
Apparently used to be here
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=waterloo+str,+Hong+Kong&aq=&sll=22.356268,114.144173&sspn=0.130023,0.187111&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Waterloo+Rd,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.316592,114.172862&spn=0.016674,0.023389&z=16&layer=c&cbll=22.316583,114.172734&panoid=Two1N2Ec0ifvAn0yTTMtYQ&cbp=12,8.91,,0,5.51
(the shop that shows "Kyosho" formerly was Tristar)
in Yin Cheong Street...but the supposedly 1st floor commercial building is NOT HERE (no clear , visible, easy entrance around).
PLEASE PLEASE UPDATE if you know where.
[color=#FF0000]GONE. THEY HAVE MOVED OUT. THEY DO NOT HAVE A RETAIL PRESENCE ANYMORE[/color]
8. Ying Ming on Sai Yee Street in Mongkok.
or: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sai+Yee+Street,+Hong+Kong&aq=1&sll=22.31624,114.173039&sspn=0.004188,0.005847&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sai+Yee+St,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.320914,114.171333&spn=0.002084,0.002924&z=19&layer=c&cbll=22.320827,114.171349&panoid=6YDPzlogWfPKJJ3zrhCM8A&cbp=12,291.79,,0,0.16
Mainly geared up for Academy Models. but also exclusive ICM models (but just as frikkin expensive as in EU or US)
Offers 10% discount on 2nd (cheapest) kit and 20% on 4th (cheapest) kits of Academy only.
Its Tamiya kits are also many and proper price (tamiya 35282 = 290 HKD).
Opens between 12:00 and 14:00 closes around 20:00 hrs
[color=#FF0000]STILL ACCURATE. I UNDERSTADN THEY WERE THE MAIN TAMIYA IMPORTERS AND THEIR PRICE IS ROUGHLY JAPANESE RETAIL. OTHER SHOPS DO SELL TAMIYA FOR LESS, AROUND 20% OF JAPANESE RETAIL[/color]
9. Twineety, or now named Twinner. close to Ying Ming on Sai street.
or: http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Sai+Yee+Street,+Hong+Kong&aq=1&sll=22.31624,114.173039&sspn=0.004188,0.005847&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Sai+Yee+St,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.320656,114.171381&spn=0.002094,0.002924&z=19&layer=c&cbll=22.320493,114.171415&panoid=-waZ1QhHrwPGXyf9hw5LEA&cbp=12,295,,0,0
Small shop , but selling (Tamiya) models for the right price.
Do not forget to look up above your head where they store their models.
In case you can't find what you look for on the ground.
No 10% discount.
Opens between 12:00 and 14:00 closes around 20:00 hrs
[color=#FF0000]STILL ACCURATE[/color]
10.Shiu Lee Leong at Lai chi Kok rd 34212. falcon Hobby/models.
Must be this entrance:
http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=waterloo+str,+Hong+Kong&aq=&sll=22.356268,114.144173&sspn=0.130023,0.187111&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Waterloo+Rd,+Hong+Kong&ll=22.328879,114.160287&spn=0.016673,0.023389&z=16&layer=c&cbll=22.328798,114.160384&panoid=01ZxpnFPuDm7jtn2jTUEAA&cbp=12,41.74,,0,0
[color=#FF0000]STILL ACCURATE. a WAYS TO GO TO GET THERE. LOTS OF EDUARD ETCH[/color]
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