Progress continues on the works end of Fen End Pit and I've started thinking about the design of the two road shed. The size is fixed by the site, 330mm x 220mm and the height which needs about 9 scale feet. I want something suitably agricultural and given the Fens the construction material of choice would seem to be corrugated iron. (homage to Dennis from Grunty Fen)

I have a few pictures of the rather nice barn behind the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum. This barn actually has two different parts of different designs, at one end there is a pitched roof section while at the other there is a curved section.

I particularly like the curved timber trusses used on the curved section.

Trying to turn these ideas into model form and I've drawn up a couple of models. I'd like your views on which you think would work.

There isn't a great deal of width available so the opening in the shed has to be pretty much the full width of the building to give space for the two roads and room for a driver to get out of the locomotives. The intention is that the rear end of the shed has a hidden sliding section to allow the discrete removal of a locomotive for servicing. I might even try to make some doors that open and close.

thanks

David