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Testors announced yesterday that they will be discontinuing the pactra line of paint. Just an FYI.

ffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu.........

Saw that. Crazy. That's all I used back in the day, as well as present. I bet I still have 15-30 half empty cans in my collection.

Wtf? What do I do now?

i guess i need to look at all possible replicas i want to do in the future, and those i still have to spray, and stockpile some paint.

I'm going around tomorrow and buying every can of Flo Orange and sprint white I can find.

2oz. bottles of pactra paint will be like $30 each on ebay next year.

RichieRich wrote:Wtf? What do I do now?

T A M I Y A PS series or buy a cheap airbrush and use Parma, Badger or Vallejo rc paints!

Screw Testors!

Well that sucks. I'm gonna miss those fumes, and the white and silver speckles all over everything within a mile

slotcarrod wrote: T A M I Y A PS series or buy a cheap airbrush and use Parma, Badger or Vallejo rc paints!

Screw Testors!

Oh yeah, totally forgot about Tamiya. Mini panic attack there. Almost thought I was going to have to grow up and learn to airbrush!

scr8p wrote:2oz. bottles of pactra paint will be like $30 each on ebay next year.

And more than half of them will spit and slobber for a few seconds before they stop spraying completely. Happened to me a few times with brand-new cans of CheZoom Teal, boy was I pissed.

Well, this news is even more reason to force myself into airbrushing. I have a couple airbrushes and accumulated a selection of about 16 FasKolor paints and 6 or 7 glitters. I have 3 bodies I'll be painting using this equipment for the first time, I'm a bit hesitant because I'm a first-timer.

slotcarrod wrote:

RichieRich wrote:Wtf? What do I do now?

T A M I Y A PS series or buy a cheap airbrush and use Parma, Badger or Vallejo rc paints!

Screw Testors!

Screw Tamiya lacquers too, have you seen the prices on those?? They're like double the cost of Pactra!

this is bad news. i really don't want to try to get back into airbrushing but this might just force me too.
i think i'll stock up for now.

Can you guys (in the U.S) get Custom Color &/or Fastrax aerosol paints for lexan? Custom Color I believe is distributed by Horizon & Fastrax is part of the UK distributers CML; http://www.fastrax-rc.com/general-accessories.php?category=0000000053

I remember late 80's early 90's or so when Pactra was its own company and was going out of business when Testors bought the line. RCers were all freaked out then too, although I think this time its more real.

Maybe if we started a petition and got 41 signatures they might think twice about it?