Rosebud - kitmaster HO - OO plastic locomotives
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2018
- In 1959 Rosebud of Great Britain brought out the fun Kitmaster plastic models of European and American locomotives and passenger coaches in HO (OO) scale
These were static models, never intended to be run on a layout. Most were European prototype, however they made a great little model of the General, famous Civil War locomotive made famous by Buster Keaton and later Disney in films about the Great Locomotive Chase between the General and the Texas.
Most sold for between 49 and 99 cents ($6.00 - $15.00 in 2018 dollars) and go for about $15 - $30 on Ebay today. - Авто та транспорт
My Mum bought me the General loco kit Christmas 1960, loved it !
I Love these kits!!!
Our family had a hobby shop in Philadelphia, and we frequently went to the AHM warehouse in North Philadelphia! We knew Bernie Paul, who was head of AHM. We had tons of the Rosebud Kitmaster models! They were the start of my screwing around at a young age!
Thanks Karen and Dale for another interesting video.
Thanks for the great videos My 4 year old really likes them even the ones not about trains!
We cover a lot of fun toys and stuff. But trains have always been our favs.
I agree that you two are never boring when you are screwing around.
Very enjoyable :) Nice little kits to have in one's collection. All the best....Tom
I love old kits, and these are great. Simple affordable little kits in their day, fun to build. And today fun to collect. Love the boxes.
In addition to the 4-4-0, Rosebud Kitmaster also made another U.S. steam locomotive, a New York Central, Hudson.
Cool!!!’
Never boring. Love your channel
Thanks Buddy. BE WELL.
Thankfully, the temperature is comfortable where I live. I can sleep with the window open without burning to death. The problem seems to be the hazy smoke.
Smoke is sooooo bad.
I know. I cannot drive my car with the windows down. Other than the sunroof, all the windows are closed when I drive.
I had that very same kit (the class 08) shunter delivered to me off E-bay this morning. It's a British type by the way.
Love them. Basic yet wonderful.
Love the kit master kits, never had a go with the original kits but had a go with the airfix and dapol versions of the kits.
Ive seen the Airfix but not the Dapol. Perhaps never offered in the states?
No I don't think so, surprised since they still produce the kits.
I look for the old ones on eBay. Never build them, yet I might at some point, but I love the boxes as well as the kits.
Same here.
@@ToyManTelevision My advice for these kits is buy original kits NOT
DAPOL ones due to rubbish warped soft plastic
At 3:46 that is the Triang OO scale HO gauge operating model of the 1829 condition of Stephenson's Rocket as built for the Rainhill trials.
Triang , now renamed as Hornby after Hornby collapsed in 1964, has recently made a much more accurate Rocket model and rolling stock.
Impressive to look at but the DCC ready wiring to the tender make it very delicate.
Hornby plan to release a model of Stephenson's earlier Locomotion number one of 1825, in the next year.
The has been after the sales success of these early models , like the 1838 Lion that has been made by both Hornby and Rapido. Rapido in Titfield Thunderbolt movie form.
I love these early locomotives 🚀😊🚂
Airfix took over these kit, I think back in the '60s. Now sold by Dapol, though not the complete range.
I’ve see the Airfix. Not familiar with Dappl. Are they offered in the states?? Like to get one to build!!!
Toy Man Television I don't know if Dapol have stockists in the US, but I can direct you to their website.
Their home page is
www.dapol.co.uk
And their kit kit section is
www.dapol.co.uk/shop/model-accessories/self-assembly-oo-kits
They do ship world wide.
The moulds are originals so a bit warn, hence some flash. They use a softer styrene now to preserve the moulds.
Their RTR stuff is well up to modern specs.
Best regards John
THANKS looking.....
Wasn't the reason for not kits all entering dapols hands because of a fire and the moulds being destroyed.
@@lukesjunction2508 yes. There was a fire and a quantity of moulds were destroyed. 😔
You guys are a hoot. :) Love your vids!
The shunter you have is also known as "Diesel" in the Thomas the tank engine series.
When it's that hot at your home, then that is a great time to come visit the San Francisco Bay Area! S. F. Has 2 small museums that might be of interest to you. I believe that you may have visited the Cable Car Museum located at 1201 Mason St. It shares the building where the Cable Powerhouse and Cable Car Barn are.
The second one is called the Market Street Railway Museum located at 77 Stewart St. near the Ferry Building! Although both are quite small they are filled with historic San Francisco memorabilia!
Hi guys,
Never boring... but that is a British class 08 diesel shunter... design taken from an LMS prototype I believe.
COOL!!! I love the look of it.
Andy's right, a class 08 shunter, a switcher in the U.S. Excellent for assembling heavy freight trains but as it never passed 30mph, definitely not a main line loco. There are still a few around I believe.
Ríoch Cogan Indeed they are, just saw a couple this morning. Remarkable testament to a successful (if strange looking) design.
Love to see one sometime. In the UK? I hear they can be seen in The Netherlands.
That's right... class 500 or 600 dependant on engine and braking system. All retired now or in private use... many in use on preseved railways.
Does anyone remember the Monogram or Revell plastic models of American static steam engines? Probably date to the 70s.
It wasn’t a German diesel, it was a British class 08, just so you know
I like it
I'm sorry I forgot Hallmark makes a Christmas tree ornament of the general and Lionel makes an N scale General and at the Henry Ford you can pick up a g gauge size model of the general thanks again for your adventures
The MPC model in 1/2 scale, and really accurate. Is not #1 gauge. As the original was 5 foot gauge and later changed to 4 feet 8 1/2 inch, the model is gauged to 2.35 inches. Way wider than G gauge's 1.75 inches. That's not to say you cant use a Kalamooz or something to make one work. Those little OO-HO generals poop up all the time! Let me take a look....
Mantua Generals are cool! Good en!
AND they can be made to run WELL!!!!
great video :)
These are fun little kits.
I get a kick out of the boxes and the kits. Just FUN.
The loco you showed at the start of the vid is a British class 08
Good things happened in 1959!!!! ;)
Indeed-e-doo!!
I take it you (y'all) are over the top collectors! Or, was there a train and model shop in your past? I saw one of the General kits at a shop in Turlock, CA (no longer there) on my honeymoon in '87. I'm kicking myself now that I didn't grab it. I do have the static "Big Boy" (still available) which sits on my "No Track" track next to the roundhouse. The PC had just purchased it and it's being lettered by the crew.
Well both are the case. But mostly we are horders. A collector is just a horder with OCD and a dust rag. And we had a hobby shop in the 70's thru the 80"S? Something like that. And access to other peoples trash heap, attics and basements.
One of my favorite t-shirts says, "I'm just a few trains away from being featured on an episode of Horders." I have far too little layout for the 52 year collection of rolling stock. Fortunately, I don't get out as much as y'all do. Now, if Diane would just let me have the rest of downstairs....
If you owned everything where would you own it? I live the Buddhist concept the the things you own really own you. I meditate on that everyday before going on eBay and buying a bunch of crap I don't need. Just bought a collection of miniature juke boxes. But they are rare, and cool!!!
LMAO! You've got to do a program on them! In the meantime, here's my therapist's email, he might be able to help: alliwantisyourmoney.nut
Cool video I had some of those
Long connection to them. Don't remember a time in my life when I didn't have one.
Toy Man Television that's cool
Yepper! You guys, Dale, has collected a wide range of railroading kits. Here is a legitimate question: What is that heat in the attic doing to your, already aging plastic engines and kits? The high temps are just about over but, perhaps a dedicated duct to the uppstairs can postpone some damage. I don't know, just thinking out loud. You two take care. Greg and Jeanne
We have AC up there. It never gets over 85 or so. We can keep it 75 but then the power bill is a bit shocking and frost forms on the cars. This works. So far all the models seem happy up there. Its ok too to go up and get stuff but if you hang around it gets a bit uncomfortable and we gave up discomfort for Lent. The Good Father said that's not how that works and we said in our faith it does. Best stuff to give up for Lent is stuff you don't want as I see it. OK, not the trash, that's crass, but if you have like some old shoes or something..... or feelings like discomfort....
Won't all that heat damage your models? I would never store my expensive old models in a hot environment, can't be good. Some of what you have, I remember building as a kid. I don't ever remember that brand,mainly because some were operating or the quality was bad. Lindburg models were molded right here in my town,well the airplanes were. Funny,I remember going to that plant in 1978 to drop off something. It didn't dawn on me they made models there. It was a tiny place, mabe a dozen people worked there.
Models can withstand heat but don't recommend running them lots in heat or could brake( and run better in not to hot or cold weather)
I want to see someone do a video of how to motorize these things.
Some people have
If you want to try it the dapol railbus kit works well
Either a lima center cab diesel chassis works or a hornby 142 pacer motor unit works to.
Perfecta make moterising kit but it's not made anymore so it may be tricky to find
Kitmaster made a powered four wheel bogie type mechanism to be put under one of the four wheel vans or replacing a bogie of one of their Mark 1 British Railways coach models.
I drove one put under the Kitmaster model of a full length Diesel Blue Pullman train. This was on an award winning exhibition layout based on a Western Region junction station whose name escapes me now.
That motorised Kitmaster Blue Pullman was very much in advance of the Triang model and got a lot of admiring looks. Built to a very high standard by the layout owner with lots of extra wheel pickup and fine scale metal wheels it ran very well for the entire three days of the exhibition.
The powering units are rare to find but work far better than the Perfecta idea.
The first Diesel locomotive is a British build
Cool. Didn't know. Doesnt say on the kit. Odd little thing. But I do love the look!!!
The fun thing is that the Dutch National Railways also bought these shunters. The railcompany bought them just after WW2 and some are still in service with private railcompanies or at museum railways in the Netherlands
Love to see that!!!!! I have fond memories of Amsterdam. NO not for that!!! GEEZE. Went to see G Perlee at his shop where he built street organs with his family. What a memorable day it was!!! 1972
1:33 thats British
Yup! Didn’t know at the time.
Wow what is subject my favorite found a double headed Kennedy half dollar took it to a coin shop for verification it was counterfeit looked over at the display case was a model of the general $25 could not pass it up got it home checking it out it had contact points on the tender light bulb moment 2 butter knives in a 9 volt battery it is a working locomotive for a G Gauge Railroad and it works great Southern Museum of railroad history in Kennesaw Georgia is the location of the general right now the Texas is in Atlanta you mentioned the Henry Ford I am 8 miles west of the Henry Ford and they have a big boy over there great Channel my friend would you like to sell one of your little generals please please please please please
1:38 thats british
Yup! Didn’t know it the time.
Hi hi.)9
British diesel not german
That’s a British Class 08 it’s not German
Yup!! Didn't say on the box or even inside, but the "shunter" name should have been a clue.