Paint It Black

I LIKE to support the Orcs Nest in the Seven Dials district of central London as I find it good to have such an easily accessible model shop.
But when I went there recently to buy a bottle of gloss-black paint, I was surprised, to say the least, that the shop had none in stock.
It was no problem for me as I was able to get what I wanted at the Ian Allan model shop near Waterloo, and one bottle of paint is a very modest purchase, but even so ...