Unusual (post-war?) airfield huts?

I'm trying to ID these huts, which appear to be of post-war design (?) and have an unusual roof. The first shot is from Portland (huts indicated by white arrows), the other two from Lossiemouth. I'm assuming they are all the same type!

Many thanks

Andy

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Here is another photo (and closeup) of the RNAS Lossiemouth example (809 NAS line hut). Note the trailer, which I'd also appreciate information on!

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It is more than 4 years since I first set out to discover what type of huts these are, with the ultimate aim of finding drawings and/or dimensions so as to model them... but I've drawn a complete blank! Can anyone please help me?

I just picked up a copy of Modern Combat Aircraft 14: Sepecat Jaguar by Arther Reed, published in 1982 by Ian Allan Ltd.

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The centerfold is a lovely shot of the 6 Sqn line at what was by then RAF Lossiemouth (I believe the photo was taken in June 1974). To the right of the shot is an old Navy line hut of the type I'm interested in, dating from the stations days as RNAS Lossiemouth (see previous posts and photos).

The question still remains... what make/model are they? Are there blueprints and dimensions out there somewhere...?

Even if you don't have the answer, if you have any other photos showing these huts please post them here. With enough random photos I might be able to figure out the dimensions myself. I'd be extremely grateful!

Andy

What an odd looking construction... Is it possible that they are a pressed steel design, with similaries to a shipping container?

Looks like one for Mr Francis to answer.

Im more interested in the red and white chequered building, I thought that tone down had started by 74?

Many thanks for the replies.

I'd also considered it might be pressed metal, or even fiberglass? At any rate it appears pre-fabricated.

Regarding the chequered"building", I sincerely doubt it is a building, as I believe it is too short. It is placed inside one of the ready-stores areas for bombs and missiles, and the little breezeblock wall around this area is quite short. If a person could get inside whatever it is, they'd be extremely short of headroom, or even bent over. Perhaps it might be some kind of all-weather cupboard instead, for odd bits and bobs?

I'm going to go out on a limb here...

Looking at the shape of the roof, it almost looks like it's a portable collapsible building. take the windows out and the whole thing concertinas together to flat pack. Maybe try looking at that angle?

OneEighthBit;143018 wrote:

Looking at the shape of the roof, it almost looks like it's a portable collapsible building. take the windows out and the whole thing concertinas together to flat pack. Maybe try looking at that angle?

Yeah, that looks and sounds possible. Either that or it was a modular design, so ease of transport and construction on site.

The funny thing is I've always had a nagging feeling I've seen something very much like this in the flesh (projecting windows with round corners, made out of some kind of molded plastic), but I just can't place it! :-x

To me it "feels" very much like the kind of design ethos shown in these '60s illustrations, only mass-produced and merely a hut rather than anything grand!!

If you have an hour to spare, try:

www.army-technology.com/contractors/field/gallery.html