Rosebud Kitmaster
Introduction
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	**Rosebud Kitmaster** is the [brand](/wiki/Brand "Brand") name of a short\-lived but critically acclaimed range of plastic assembly kits, manufactured in the [United Kingdom](/wiki/United_Kingdom "United Kingdom") by Rosebud Dolls Ltd of [Raunds](/wiki/Raunds "Raunds"), [Northamptonshire](/wiki/Northamptonshire "Northamptonshire"). Introduced from May 1959, the range rapidly expanded to include 34 models of railway [locomotives](/wiki/Locomotive "Locomotive") and [coaches](/wiki/Passenger_car_%28rail%29 "Passenger car (rail)") in [OO](/wiki/OO_gauge "OO gauge"), [HO](/wiki/HO_gauge "HO gauge") and [TT](/wiki/TT_gauge "TT gauge") scales, and eventually, one [motorcycle](/wiki/Motorcycle "Motorcycle") in 1:16 scale.

The assets of Rosebud Kitmaster were sold to [Airfix Products Ltd](/wiki/Airfix "Airfix") in late 1962\. Nine locomotives and the motorcycle were later re\-issued under the Airfix brand. Airfix Products Ltd collapsed in 1982\. The Rosebud Kitmaster and Airfix railway \& Trackside ranges were sold to David Boyle of [Dapol](/wiki/Dapol "Dapol") Model Railways and the tools were transferred to their premises in [Winsford](/wiki/Winsford "Winsford"), [Cheshire](/wiki/Cheshire "Cheshire") (later in [Llangollen](/wiki/Llangollen "Llangollen"), [Clwyd](/wiki/Clwyd "Clwyd") and now Gledridd Industrial Estate in [Shropshire](/wiki/Shropshire "Shropshire"). The residual tooling of the Airfix company was taken over by [Humbrol](/wiki/Humbrol "Humbrol") in 1986, but the company went down in August 2006\.[Humbrol development complete eight years after factory closed](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-humber-28994525) on the BBC, Published 30 August 2014] [Hornby](/wiki/Hornby_Railways "Hornby Railways") then acquired the Humbrol and Airfix brand names. Dapol Model Railways have subsequently re\-introduced the *Kitmaster* name for their range of plastic construction kits and their "completely knocked down" range of coaches derived from Airfix and Mainline Railways tooling.


Who sold the Rosebud Kitmaster and Airfix railway & Trackside ranges?