petethemole

It's an office type body off a military truck, probably a '50s radio truck.  You can see the wheel arch.

Right, I found the photos, luckily they weren't in our lock-up.  There are 4 shots of the winch shed, two of the barge on the slipway after painting. and a general view of that part of the yard from the water, showing a second building and part of a steel lighter. The barge sits on a cradle to be pulled up and let down, secured to the vertical (ish) stanchions.  The barge is actually a 70ft ex-MOD ammunition lighter. It had been purchased by Pounds of Portsmouth and offered for sale still lying off Devonport.  When Carol bought it Pounds sent a workboat to fetch it and another one, but they were still fully loaded with Naval ammunition, so she had to wait for it to be unloaded.

Rather than ships, and following Phil's photo and suggestion, may I suggest a barge repair/breakers yard. It would be more suited if your location was similar to Ashlett Creek rather than west of Calshot, as it wouldn't be too far to tow barges/lighters from Southampton Docks.  There was a barge repair yard on Quayside Road in Southampton, by Northam Bridge, latterly operated by Tommy Holden.  In later days it scrapped lighters and small ships but also became a car breakers. It has now been redeveloped.  The only structures were of the size you propose.  There was slipway with a winch shed, open fronted, housing an electric winch dating from 1915.  A friend bought an ex-MOD barge to convert to a houseboat and it was slipped there in 1991 to clean, weld and paint the hull and I spent several days helping on that.  I took some photos, mainly of the barge, but I think also of the winch shed.  If I can find them I'll see if there are any that might be useful.  Photos of the yard area on line are hard to find and are mostly of barges on mud.

I used to model AFVs and had many of the reference works on camouflage and markings available in the 70s and 80s, all now sold with my unmade kit stock.  I don't remember any reference to white dots on the ambush scheme.  However,  a close look at your first photo shows that there are tonal differences between the dots on 105.  There are dots that match the dark yellow areas, and others that are noticeably lighter in tone, and could be interpreted as white.

Are you going to fit gas lamp pots to the roof? I'm stalled on mine at the moment as I need to source some. I did the window bars (with brown plastic rod) and glazing before assembly. Thanks for the tip re the bogie nut and bolt; I can also use that on a load of Kirk Maunsells I'm refurbishing and building.

Pete

I've posted a pic of my drafting linen wagon sheets:

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/60182-rehab-for-old-Hornby-wagons/page__fromsearch__1

Hopefully you can see how the folds fall better than with paper. I'm not showing off but trying to help; I came acros the stuff in military modelling; it's great for flags and truck tilt covers etc. I don't know how easy it is to come by though; my stock came from a skip at work 20 years ago. I could have had a skip load of old plans if I'd had enough room for them.

Pete

Looks great. I've been experimenting (in 4mm) with drafting linen for wagon sheets. I've done a couple, but painting isn't finished and I still have to do the ropes. If you can get hold of some, soak it and apply wet with dabs of PVA; it folds more naturally than paper and stiffens when dry.

Pete

And 1/3d? Half of best bitter or keg in the lounge bar. Half of mild in the public bar, 10d or 11d!

Pete

I remember those So'ton Guildhall shows; I was into military modelling then but always made a point of going.