Austin, Inc. manufactures model airplane kits and projects production at 400,530,600, and 450 kits for the next four quarters. (Click the icon to view the manufacturing information.) amounts to the nearest whole number. Begin by preparing Austin's direct materials budget. More info Direct materials are five ounces of plastic per kit and the plastic costs $3 per ounce. Indirect materials are considered insignificant and are not included in the budgeting process. Beginning Raw Materials Inventory is 930 ounces, and the company desires to end each quarter with 10% of the materials needed for the next quarter's production. Austin desires a balance of 270 ounces in Raw Materials Inventory at the end of the fourth quarter. Each kit requires 0.75 hours of direct Inventory at the end of the fourth quarter. Each kit requires 0.75 hours of direct labor at an average cost of $22 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is allocated using direct labor hours as the allocation base. Variable overhead is $0.90 per kit, and fixed overhead is $175 per quarter