Ace Products J67/J69 kit

[Adrian T]

I need a J7 or J69 for my Norfolk based 1950's layout - King's Lynn shed had a number during this period.  Has anyone made the Ace Products J67/J69 kit?  Does anyone know of any other kits?  Any comments gratefully received.

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I have 2 J69 kits. One is a Connoisseur that I have yet to start but have built an identical kit some years ago, it was a delight to build and would highly recommend it. The other is I believe an Ace kit. I am around half way to finishing it and to be fair some of the etchings have gone missing so I am scratch building some of the (smaller) parts. It is not a kit I would recommend to a novice builder but if you have had some experience then you should be ok. 

I bought both kits secondhand last year and there are no instructions with the Ace kit so I've been using the other for guidance but its gone together fairly easily.

 

 

Still along way to go.

 

 

 

Now I reckon the chassis and rods are from Premier components and were included with the Ace kit as they are of  a much superior standard. But I even had to modify the front spacer to be able to fasten the front of the body to the chassis.

 

Hope this has helped mate.

 

Cheers, Pete. 

[Adrian T]

Thanks Pete - very helpful.  I've made a few kits so I will probably give the Ace a go.