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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). ...

Used the spare connections on my Megapoints controller to fit servos and make the home semaphores operate. The original photo of the same...

Fitted all 9 remote uncouplers this week. I adapted an idea posted in a 009 group using square brass tube sliding inside another...

Post-war maps still show the milk chute in place, but it doesn’t appear in any photos so I assume it was overgrown. Indebted to Mark...

Finished the Down station building. Glad that’s done! Original photos: general view Ron Dyer; Hibel Road entrance Model Railway News...

Latest addition, a custom order from Robbie’s Rolling Stock of one of the ten Macclesfield Gas Department coal wagon ordered from Charles...

Work in progress before adding the platform canopy. I’m indebted to John Slater for sharing photos of Hibel Road during demolition, as...

Springside kit + bits from the spares box

N gauge Ultima Models kits. D1906 3rd, D1921 Composite, D1907 Brake 3rd

Ultima Models kit on the recently-available Farish Stanier bogies. Straightforward to build, solid and strong; although I’d have...

Shapeways print on a Farish Class 37 chassis. Etched numberplates from Fox Transfers. Took several attempts before I was half-satisfied...

A selection of whitemetal castings from R Parker. Excellent crisp detail, clean castings, no flash, with separate chassis for interior...

Embossed plasticard on a foamboard shell. Had to be patient while I searched for rooflights: eventually found OO window frames that...

Don’t often post work-in-progress, but pleased with how the goods shed is coming along.

Wanted some garden sheds, but available N gauge kits look a bit too modern for post-war. Apparently, old Anderson shelters were...

Filled in the space behind Station Street with back gardens, an alleyway and a timber yard. Google Earth shows the plan of the gardens...

Ex-PO coal wagons from Macclesfield, Congleton and Poynton. Still to add BR ex-PO numbers, distress and weather. Robbie’s Rolling Stock...

Realised having the control panel front and centre worked great for me but wasn’t so helpful for any viewers, so moved it to one side and...

Finished building the cottages at the end of Station St and Pearle St, including what used to be the Plough Inn on the corner. Until...

Information display completed. Based on one I saw at Macclesfield MRG show in March. (Sept 21, 2022)