Aurora Buildings Kits

Aurora    
The Canadian firm of Aurora Plastics made a number of buildings kits for Playcraft. These appear to have been in production in North America and were marketed by Playcraft in the UK before the railway was introduced. 

Rear of 1st catalogue

 The rear of the first Playcraft catalogue shows several Aurora buildings on the layout -Note school, the station and the ranch house

Box side

This picture is of the side of the A653 box and carries the date 1957 - i.e. 4 years before Playcraft Railways

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Cat Number

 Picture Catalogue scan

Description

A652

 Colonial house

Colonial House scan

Colonial House

A653

 Ranch House Ranch House scan

Ranch House

A654

 School House School House scan

School House

A655

Church

 Church scan

Church

A656

 Station Station scan

Station

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 Trees   Trees

These are highly sought after today and the originals can command prices up to $150. However they were later re-issued by Tyco as complete lighted buildings. Have a look at this site for some pictures and info. Note that the school was sold as a factory.  

They were later re-introduced as kits yet again by the International Hobby Corporation (IHC) in USA.

Colonial house IHC The IHC version of the Colonial House

Assembled
Factory IHC The IHC version of the school, now sold as a factory

Assembled

Here are a few samples of other products from the Aurora catalogues from circa 1959/60.

Scout Pfalz SPAD

The SE-S5 Scout kit - No:103

The Pfalz D-3 kit - No:109

The SPAD 13 kit - No:107
BH10 Bismarck Bismarck inside

A DH10 bomber kit

 The Bismarck battleship kit

and inside the box
M8 Avanti Wildcat

M8 munitions carrier-No:A309

A later Avanti car kit from 1963

A later F4F Wildcat kit-No:497

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