When a date went like this:

5 Gallons of gas in Dad's car
Dinner at the diner
Movie theater or drive in for two with snacks

Still having some change left from the 6 bucks I started with.

sigh...

oh, yeah.. models... When you had no choice but to build your own airplane, you bought an engine that invariably had a hokey space name like rocket, meteor, or comet, and had the opportunity to make your own radio system from scratch, plans or a kit. Of course, being young, I always was happy to see the next airplane magazine for the hot models on the front cover., and I don't mean flying models!!! The covering on them was superb!!