ivanmoe Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Received a shipment of paint this afternoon and was greeted by a bit of a surprise: Predictably, the paint dried very quickly after I opened the bag. In examining the contents, I found that the tops were loose on six of the bottles. This certainly isn't the end of the world and the mess is largely cosmetic. I'm missing some paint, but I'm sure that the vendor will make things right. Rather, I'm posting because I'm relatively certain that I'm not the only modeler who will be impacted by this. I've purchased well over a hundred bottles of MRP in the last year, and I've never had them leak like this before...not one bottle...not one time. Just don't inhale the contents should yours arrived similarly uncontained! scvrobeson, Ayovan and Uncarina 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 When I posted this, I thought that I had placed it in "General Discussion." Won't hurt my feelings a bit if the moderators move it over there! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Got an order being delivered tomorrow. Hope I have better luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 My last shipment was similar, one bottle had leaked, didnt leak much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayovan Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Same thing happened with my shipment of MRP. It was only one bottle that leaked, but I lost about 25% to the bag it was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 The million dollar question is: Where did you order from??? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanmoe Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, Hawkwrench said: Where did you order from??? To my knowledge, there's really only one North American vendor for MRP, Sprue Bros. Citadelgrad and Ayovan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 2 hours ago, ivanmoe said: When I posted this, I thought that I had placed it in "General Discussion." Won't hurt my feelings a bit if the moderators move it over there! Done! What a mess. Kev LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Same thing happened to me with an E-Bay shipment of AK Real Colors recently. Lost about 10% of my IJNAF Cowling Blue-Black. Still good to go, but it was a surprise as well. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkwrench Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Wow. To me, that is very unacceptable and I'd be hesitant to buy paint from SB anymore!!! I guess my work isn't the only place that hires numbnuts!!!! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndersN Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Happened to me, more or less, on every single delivery of MRP (not from Sprue Brothers as that would be extremely stupid to ship them twice over the pond) My guess is that they are vibration sensitive and unscrews themselves slightly during transit. Never happened with the old glass jars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Hawkwrench said: Wow. To me, that is very unacceptable and I'd be hesitant to buy paint from SB anymore!!! I guess my work isn't the only place that hires numbnuts!!!! Tim Email SB and they always make it good. If more people report this leaking problem then someone will mitigate the root cause problem. LSP_K2 and ivanmoe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevelduc Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 I have ordered from them at least five times and they have shown up with no problems. I guess I've been lucky so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Luckily it was it a sealed bag, i got extremely lucky last year i ordered a kit and some tamiya extra thin, they shipped the glue inside the kits box to save space ( smart idea) but it leaked!! Thank god it was in a sealed bag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Ive got a shipment from SB inbound as we speak. I will report my experience. ivanmoe and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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