Originally Posted by minidriver

An alternative from Hong Kong is an ebay seller, walawalastore. It takes about 10 days for the items to arrive due to the distance, but otherwise they have a pretty large selection of hard to find or old time Tamiya parts. Everything is listed by Tamiya part number, 5 or 7 digit numbers. I have ordered from them 4 or 5 times now for things my LHS can't get, and I have never been disappointed. Good prices too, very reasonable shipping cost. If you know the part number, the search is easy, but I tend to "window shop" through their extensive selection and always seem to find that one additional thing I didn't know I wanted or needed! Here's a link: http://stores.ebay.com/WalawalaStore...Q3amesstQQtZkm

Domestically, Speedtech is definitely the best, great owner. Sometimes they are out of stock on hard to find stuff, and then walawalastore is a good alternative.