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Old 08-04-2015, 04:38 PM
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I still have original jars of Testors Orange Dope.
They changed the name from International Orange to Competition Orange.
They still offer the same color in Enamel Spray as "Competition Orange".
For some reason they have never offered the same color in their 1/4oz. enamel bottles; the orange in the 1/4oz brush-on bottles is slightly different.
Pactra Aero Gloss was much more prevalent in Michigan as well.
Virtually every hobby shop in my state (and I have been to most of them that were open from 1975 onward) carried Pactra Aero Gloss Dope, Pactra 'namel enamel, and Testors Enamel. Many also carried Pactra Formula-U which is horrible paint unless you add hardener to it.
Only ONE I knew of carried Testors Dope since I started frequenting hobby shops in 1975.
That was the hobby shop up in Traverse City Michigan.
The local hobby shop in my hometown of Fenton was "Fenton Family Hobbies". That shop back in the 60's DID carry Testors Dope based on the old stuff my Dad and Uncle had; they dropped that line before I got involved in hobbies; probably because Aero Gloss is SO much better than the Ethyl Acetate-thinned Testors product.
I still have a case of 12 pristine full, usable, bottles of Testors Medium Green Butyrate Dope from the 60's. Printed right on the label are the words "Contains LEAD" !
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