Rosebud Kitmaster Plastic Scale Models

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have run across a few of these lately. I believe they are from the late 50’s. Has anyone else picked up the molds? How accurate are they? I have noticed that the prices range from not to bad to painful!

Thanks

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I picked up a couple of their HO steam loco kits on Ebay and built them. They are OK in my opinion but lack finer detail like the Monogram Big Boys and Revell kits. The two I had were European locos so I just built them and sold them on Ebay.

-Bob

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For those of you who haven’t seen these, they are pretty similar in concept to plastic model airplane kits of the era. Plastic and unpowered. They’re mostly English/European prototypes.

I, too, have built several. And still have my “Crocodile” around here somewhere.

I would NEVER pay a lot of money for these–they’re pretty clunky. But, for a few bucks, they’re fun to play with.

Ed