Still good too. My best guess is I would have bought these very early 60’s at the latest.
Testors by Glenn Hanson, on Flickr
Ah yes…the good old days of yore.
When you take into account inflation, and the decline of the dollar, not much more these days.[whstl]
Twenty-five cents might be mid-70s, too. I have a couple of old Testors jars marked for a quarter, and I know I wasn’t old enough to buy the paint until about '73 or so.
i think late 70’s early 80’s as i remember getting those for 19 cents in the early to mid 70’s here in Ontario, Canada
I’m more impressed by the labels not being filled with warning labels and actually being able to read what color it is than the price!!!
And oh, yes, I can relate. Very cool the paints are still good.
You may have gotten some good deal. I didn’t buy anything for models from probably 1964 till maybe 1980
That’s the truth! I get a monthly flyer from an HVAC supplier. My best guess is that over 70% of the items carry that CA. cancer warning thing
A little before my modeling career got started but it is a cool thread. [Y]
Grabbed a fist full of some of mine. Still good too. I’m too old to remember when I bought them. [;)]
Jim [cptn]
I was right in that MY earliest memory of Testors paint was 15 cents from probably 1964/1965 time frame. I didn’t paint before that.
Pretty cool. I guess that I am a geezer because I remember.
Aaaaand the paint is still good! Is it dried out? Add thinner and you are back in business. Not like the stuff today, which congeals into a soid mass sooner or later no matter what. Gotta love lead based paints!
I do remember sub-19 cent prices from the early 1970s. Boy that was long ago…
Toothpaste came in lead. The Lionel make awesome track sparks with LEAD tinsel. But that’s a whole nother thing.
I got you beat. I have a square bottle of Pactra clear gloss lacquer with a price tag of a dime and a bottle of Pactra Battleship Gray with a 15 cent price tag.
The Pactra bottles are pretty unique. In each of the four sides is the “P in drop” logo. There are 3 lines around each corner connecting the drops.
The gray paint has separated but could likely be re-mixed, but why? The lacquer is still liquid.
You should post a photo, I would like to see that artifact.
I also remember the Testors model airplane dope bottles, somewhat bigger than the enamel bottles, and priced at ten cents. This was during forties and fifties.
The presswork on the bottles do not show well. Also a can of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth branded Testors gloss primer (?) with a 1964 copyright date on the label
Oh man, that is a hoot! Look at those, they belong in a modeling museum! Lol. Thanks for sharing! I love it.
Nice!
Oh man!!! That Big Daddy Roth Custom spray bottle is really something. Thanks for posting, brings back memories of being in childhood hobby shops.