J.94 Saddle Tank British Rail steam loco, 1/76 (OO)

[Matt Bacon]

First time I've built a steam loco since I was a teenager with a model railway...

Here's how it looked yesterday:

...and now it's finished:

Considering this dates back to the late 1950s, it's a very nice little kit: crisply moulded, well detailed and fits together nicely. Weathering based on Tim Shackleton's 3-colour airbrush technique -- various proportions of Humbrol Metalcote Gunmetal, 62 Matt Leather and Matt Black. A few weathering powders and MiG "Oil and Grease" wash.

bestest,

M.

Edited June 4, 2015 by Matt Bacon

[Jim B]

Great looking locomotive. Do you have any track? Is this a static model or an electric one?

[Roadrunner]

Looks cool to me.

[Matt Bacon]

Thanks, guys. It's a static model, built from one of a series issued by the quaintly named "Rosebud Kitmaster" in the late 50s/early 60s.

You can see all the loco kits here:

http://www.kitmaster.org.uk/Locomotives.htm

They made them all to true OO (1/76) scale to run on OO/HO track. Fine for British enthusiasts who wanted OO models, but it turned out to be a bit of a mistake when doing Swiss, Italian, German and French prototypes -- the Continental modellers wanted HO or 1/87, so the Kitmaster models were all way too big...

They're often used as accessories, but back in the day there were several motorisation kits issued, made by other model railway vendors. I think most of them used a motorised tender to push the loco on ahead, but I think there were ready to run chassis for a couple of the models with full sets of driven wheels and working mechanisms.

I don't have any track... I'm a member of the Classic British Kits IPMS SIG, and the theme for our display at this years Scale Model World in November is celebrating classic railway kits from the likes of Kitmaster and Airfix. Part of the display will have a simple two-loop model railway running but the majority of the models will be displayed statically...

bestest,

M.

Edited June 4, 2015 by Matt Bacon

[cobraman]

Much better.

[spencer1984]

Nice job on the weathering, that looks great!

[Junkman]

Very nicely done.

I have a complete Kitmaster collection and a few built ones.

Please let me know if you are interested to display them at SMW.

[Roadrunner]

I've had a hankering to finish my 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, and this may well provide the incentive.

[MAGIC MUFFLER]

I would be proud to have that on my desk!!!!

Love the way you aged it…. wonderful job!!