JULES ATTARD
Facebook memories
Posting pictures of progress as I built my Hibel Road layout has led to more information about the site coming my way. I am grateful to...
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These blog posts mirror those posted on my Facebook page @MaccHibelRoad. They are posted here for convenience.
JULES ATTARD
Feb 231 min read
Hidden views from the back
Taking the backdrop off for some scenic work gave me a chance to take pictures from the "west" of scenes I wouldn't normally be able to....
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JULES ATTARD
Feb 231 min read
Layout dressed
Adding a skirt makes the layout look all finished. (Like a Victorian lady, one isn't allowed to see her legs.) As I've also added extra...
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JULES ATTARD
Jan 151 min read
Hibel Road bridge & the Up station approach
I had the opportunity to photograph a usually-inaccessible corner around Hibel Road bridge and the entrance to the Up platform when I...
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JULES ATTARD
Dec 17, 20231 min read
Ballast wagons
Wanted some permanent way wagons, but none of the available kits/RTR suited LMR in the 1940s/50s. So kit-bashed some N Gauge Society...
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JULES ATTARD
Dec 16, 20231 min read
Historic track plans
I am indebted to James Cookson for giving me some old plans of the railway through Macclesfield. The first 3 are marked "LMS" but...
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JULES ATTARD
Dec 3, 20231 min read
Plans of the engine shed at Macclesfield Hibel Road
From LMS Engine Sheds Vol 4 by Hawkins & Reeves
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JULES ATTARD
Nov 7, 20231 min read
Exchange Sidings on the Bollington line
A corner of the former Maccesfield Joint Committee (N Staffs/GCR) goods yard known as 'Exchange Sidings' on the line to Bollington and...
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JULES ATTARD
Nov 5, 20231 min read
Another excursion coach
Dapol Gresley Corridor 3rd, repainted in teak and renumbered for early BR. I bought this for my excursion set in factory teak intending...
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JULES ATTARD
Sep 17, 20231 min read
Excursion coaches
A trio of coaches for an excursion set, 3D printed by Shapeways (designed Rue d'Etropal), with added details. Gresley bogies from the N...
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JULES ATTARD
Sep 13, 20231 min read
A pair of Gresley brakes
Finished to D.245 as pigeon vans from N Gauge Society kits, for a pigeon train special to add some variety to the stock. In the...
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JULES ATTARD
Sep 11, 20231 min read
A pair of 4Fs
I liked the sound-fitted 4F so much I bought another and renumbered the first. 44068 (Stoke engine) renumbered and weathered by me, 43892...
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JULES ATTARD
Aug 12, 20231 min read
Engine shed and coal stage
Scratch built, embossed plasticard over foamboard. The lamp hut is an etched brass kit from Severn Models. And now, ready for...
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JULES ATTARD
Aug 7, 20231 min read
Up station building
Completed the station buildings behind the Up platform on the LNWR end of Hibel Road. Embossed plasticard over foamboard, or over...
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JULES ATTARD
Aug 6, 20231 min read
Lineside huts
Assorted Severn Models kits of lineside huts
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JULES ATTARD
Jul 25, 20231 min read
Yet more cars
3D prints from Ntastic, except the Thorneycroft which is a Dornaplas kit. L to R: Commer Express, 2 Hillman Minxes, Commer Superpoise,...
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JULES ATTARD
Jun 13, 20231 min read
Yet another Shredded Wheat loco conversion
I found a photo of ex-GCR N5 9333 beside Macc Central signal box dated 1948. The loco would have run along the Bollington line from...
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JULES ATTARD
May 5, 20231 min read
4F sand train
Latest addition to the roster, the new Farish sound-fitted 4F, weathered by me. Will be used to haul sand from Congleton, so I've...
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JULES ATTARD
May 5, 20231 min read
New loco additions
Two Union Mills (N gauge) locos detailed, renumbered and weathered. First time I've tried decal rivets: fiddly but effective, especially...
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JULES ATTARD
Mar 21, 20231 min read
Replacement Control Panel
I had to update the control panel to mark the semaphores and uncouplers, so built a new one using Perspex (3 mm face, rest 5 mm). ...
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