The OO Garden Shed

By John Geeee

I decided to add a small representation of a coal pit so that there was somewhere to load coal into the wagons for delivery around the layout. At the time I was not up to scratch building standards (and still not ) so I searched but could not find exactly what I wanted. In a desperate move I went for a Faller kit to use as loading screens over a track. It was fun to build but to be honest it does not work for me because it is not "British" enough in my opinion because of all the wood. I was not going to add it to this blog but well why not it is still a modelling exercise! Knightwing have since started producing a Coal Screens kit so I now have one of those to try. I also plan to scratch build the Pit Head at a later date. So for now here are some pictures of the completed kit but it may not stay on the layout for ever.

I may just re-clad the top wooden unit with corrugated sheet to try and improve it. The roof is also removable and ther is a hopper inside so that you can pour coal into the wagons below.

So if anybody has any other sensible suggestions for turning it British please let me know.

Next Up - First Time Wagon Weathering.