Tamiya paints

[gary1965]

Is it me,just bought some jars of tamiya color acrylic paint,the first time in 15 years,have they shrunk !  

[Hammers]

I think they come indifferent sizes.

[archangel1]

You're right, they did shrink.  When I used to work part-time in a hobby shop, it used to cause no end of annoyance when restocking the Tamiya paint rack because the smaller bottles wouldn't sit flat in their dividers.  They'd perch at about a 45 degree angle between the rails and didn't slide down properly when you removed the first one.

[Cosmotiger]

You can still get the old larger size, but they come in a smaller size also.

[Calimero]

IIRC the smaller size are now the standard "export paints" (those sold outside Japan) but older, bigger bottles can still be found in some places.

[Svennn]

Are you sure its not just that you are larger

The small ones have been around quite a while, I use dryed up ones as figure holders when I paint. Small blob of blutac on top and away I go.