K&B Aurora Mercury Marine Championship Race Boat
K&B Manufacturing: Founded in 1946 by John Brodbeck and Lou Kading, K&B became a premier American producer of high-performance model airplane and marine engines. During periods of corporate ownership under Aurora Plastics in the mid-20th century, top-tier hobby items were sometimes co-branded or associated with the K&B Aurora name.
Scale Mercury Outboards: While K&B built actual functional nitro/glow-powered marine outboard engines (such as the popular 3.5cc, 7.5cc, and 11cc/.67 outboards used on tunnel-hull race boats), highly detailed promotional or display miniature models of Mercury outboards (like the Mark 55 or Mark 75) were famously produced by companies like K&O (Kiekhaefer-Omnia / K&O Models) as dealer display items.
