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you can either try tamiya or any hardware shop.. I usually buy at the hardware shop and they work fine. Plus I also use the diamond files that I bought at the hardware shop..They works great

It doesn’t state what grid it is anywhere, but my guess is, that it is a buffing compound sort of grid. I think it’s more in the range of 8000 to 10000 grid. 2000 grid will still leave some teeny scratches….

did a bit of digging and apparently above 3000 grit you’re looking at specialty items. I have also found that jewelers use even high grits though honestly I don’t think you should bother trying to find anything beyond the 2000 you’re likely to find at any automotive or hardware store. also I’d go for a wet/dry sandpaper. That’s something you need to look out for too, when you get into the smaller grits they can get clogged by the particles they’re sanding off at which point they won’t be giving much abrasion anymore. sandpaper’s that are designed to be used dry are somewhat better at avoiding this. Wet sandpaper’s as the name implies are meant to be used wet and the water helps lubricate things letting the particles wash away, and wet/dry is supposed to not clog but won’t tear if you use it wet.

anyways like I said over 2000 grit is kinda pointless in my opinion at that point you should probably be finishing up with polishing compound.

oh and btw Tamiya uses a p designation and you can look that up and p2000, what you can get from Tamiya is equivalent to 1000 grit in the states, that’s already pretty fine too you can go straight to polishing compound from there and if you’re going for a matt finish I wouldn’t even bother with that just straight to the primer.

Flory models and UMP both out of the UK o fantastic sanding sticks (and washes)