Remember when?

[ROY AVERY]

Was it ever cheaper than this? Edited September 19, 2012 by ROY AVERY

[Harry P.]

Was what ever cheaper?

[ROY AVERY]

Sorry Harry.......look again

[bigphoto]

I remember .15 cents!

[tabsscale1]

I Have some bottles that say 10 cents on them

[Art Anderson]

IIRC, Testors PLA enamels in the square1/4 oz bottles hit the market about 1957, at the outrageous price of 5-cents.

Art

[Harry P.]

Everything used to be cheaper! Except electronics. TVs, DVD players, phones, etc. are actually coming down in price over time. The first VCR I bought was $850. In the end they were selling for $100 or less.

Oh, and Model T's. They got cheaper and cheaper as the years went on.

[cobraman]

I remember back to the .15 price. Those days are long gone and never to return.

[slusher]

Now its 1.49 at hobby lobby. l can't remember how much it was in the early 70's when l was a kid..

[Harry P.]

  On 9/19/2012 at 7:54 PM, slusher said:

Now its 1.49 at hobby lobby. l can't remember how much it was in the early 70's when l was a kid..

You know, when you think about it... a buck and a half for one quarter of an ounce of paint is a huge ripoff. $6 for an ounce of plain old enamel paint? That's $198 a quart! That's $800 a gallon!!!

Yeesh... talk about making a fair profit...

[Deathgoblin]

I just miss model kits being available for what I got for my allowance. I used to get $10 and that would usually buy a kit and maybe leave a dollar or two.

[jeffs396]

  On 9/19/2012 at 2:56 PM, Harry P. said:

Everything used to be cheaper! Except electronics. TVs, DVD players, phones, etc. are actually coming down in price over time. The first VCR I bought was $850. In the end they were selling for $100 or less.

Oh, and Model T's. They got cheaper and cheaper as the years went on.

Airfare is much less expensive than years ago too, not even considering inflation

Sure wish I wouldn't have gotten into aviation

[Art Anderson]

  On 9/19/2012 at 8:06 PM, Harry P. said:

You know, when you think about it... a buck and a half for one quarter of an ounce of paint is a huge ripoff. $6 for an ounce of plain old enamel paint? That's $198 a quart! That's $800 a gallon!!!

Yeesh... talk about making a fair profit...

Actually Harry,

It's NOT the paint that is expensive--the glass bottle is probably a good 80% or more of that price. In addition, don't forget the weight of glass bottles--a carton of a dozen Testors square bottles is a pretty high density item (speaking as one who over a period of nearlyh 30 years handled thousands of bottles of Testors paints.)

Art

[Harry P.]

  On 9/19/2012 at 8:52 PM, Art Anderson said:

Actually Harry,

It's NOT the paint that is expensive--the glass bottle is probably a good 80% or more of that price. In addition, don't forget the weight of glass bottles--a carton of a dozen Testors square bottles is a pretty high density item (speaking as one who over a period of nearlyh 30 years handled thousands of bottles of Testors paints.)

Art

Ok... so using your numbers, the cost of the paint in the bottle is only about 30¢ (20% of $1.49).

That works out to "only" $1.20 an ounce, or $38.40 a quart, or $150 a gallon.

[2002p51]

My local Hobby Lobby charges $3.79 for those 1/2 ounce bottles of Model Master paint!

[Tom Setzer]

They Were 5 cents when I first bought them!

[Guest G Holding]

OK I was 21 .....once, a long time ago.

Now lemme check pricing....A quart of HOK Shimirin Black Pearl is $76.95 at Coast Airbrush...(300+gal)

So If Testors is ONLY $150 a gallon, seems to be priced about right, although Duplacolor qts are less

than $30.

And whats the retail markup on that paint...100% ? How long does it take to rotate stock ?

Nuff said. Cost is a part of life.....

[Mercman]

Paint was a dime, also glue. Paint brushes were 5 cents, and kits cost from 39 cents - two bucks. Spray paints were 59 cents.

Edited September 19, 2012 by Mercman

[MAGNUM4342]

You are askin alot guy...I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning...I gotta quit sniffing my ten cent glue tube!

[Craig Irwin]

I can remember Testors at 10 cents, and Patra was just 5 cents, and my budget was tight enough that I had to buy the Patra paints, which were in plastic bottles not glass.

[moparfarmer]

Would you like your wages to be what they were when you were a kid and paind 10-15 cents a bottle? Sure everything was less but times change and so do economies.

You will NEVER see that again.

[kitbash1]

I can remember Pactra enamels priced at 11 cents per bottle back in 1965.

[Dr. Cranky]

I think if you are going to go through the trouble of scratch building or kit bashing or simply pouring all these hours into a model, the least you can do is use the proper paint, and yes, it is going to be a bit expensive.

The military modelers spend a fortune on each model because they use photo etch and real metal tracks, etc . . . and there is no way to skimp on the paint of a model.

[gtx6970]

  On 9/19/2012 at 9:06 PM, Harry P. said:

Ok... so using your numbers, the cost of the paint in the bottle is only about 30¢ (20% of $1.49).

That works out to "only" $1.20 an ounce, or $38.40 a quart, or $150 a gallon.

Have you priced a gallon of paint lately?

$150 will not buy anything worth a chit.

Ps, I don't remember what I paid for paint WAY back then. I do good to remember what I had for dinner last night.

I think back when I got into models,(mid -late 60's time frame ) kits were under $1 , no more than $2

Edited September 20, 2012 by gtx6970

[Joe Handley]

  On 9/19/2012 at 8:52 PM, Art Anderson said:

Actually Harry,

It's NOT the paint that is expensive--the glass bottle is probably a good 80% or more of that price. In addition, don't forget the weight of glass bottles--a carton of a dozen Testors square bottles is a pretty high density item (speaking as one who over a period of nearlyh 30 years handled thousands of bottles of Testors paints.)

Art

You are right on the weight of those, not as bad as a case of dominos (those are a good bit more portly!) , but surprisingly hefty..........especially whe you recieve a 1 1/2 foot square box of paints in bottles and cans, I want to say a decent restock of our paints can weigh upwards of 40+ pounds and not even completely fill that box up!