[WIP]: heavy machinery workshop

Johnny_Thunderstruck · October 18, 2023

I feel I need a little step back from my medieval 10305 castle diorama to gain some fresh general creative inspiration, therefore I want to start a little side project along the way.

Consider this an absolute work in progress, but this time I want so show the development from the very beginning. If you don't like this concept, just skip this thread until a few months from now.

The initial idea was to combine some existing mini builds like a lathe, milling machine, pallet racks and heavy machinery like trucks and excavators to create a small and dirty, quite shady backyard machinery workshop.

While arranging the existing parts on firstly one, then two, three, and very quickly four, five, six 32x32 baseplates, my thoughts unrestrained developed in the direction of a bigger and more officially acting facility, including rails and train carts, and a number of forklifts and telehandlers to manage a quite large depot of machinery spare parts.

Coming down to earth after all it shall now be a compromise, illustrating only part of a medium sized machinery workshop, showing some work on vehicle mechanics/hydraulics and some other comission stuff. I prefer a small and crammed diorama to a large but comparatively empty setting.

I'm absolutely open for your ideas input now.

The current state of this project is:

20231015_134155 by pendentif, auf Flickr

20231015_154837 by pendentif, auf Flickr

20231015_154827 by pendentif, auf Flickr

Nexts steps: I just received the Bluebrixx modern locomotive shed to act as a parts pack for creating an enclosure of the shop floor. I usually hardly dislike the blank studs from off-brand manufacturers in my MOCs, but I could not resist getting this much very useful parts here for just 150€:

Edited October 18, 2023 by Johnny_Thunderstruck

P6tu · October 18, 2023

I like the ... (I don't know the english term for it) ... the machine that cuts and shapes round things :D. It is very well detailed =). I might even want to make something similar - may I use it in my build?

Johnny_Thunderstruck · October 18, 2023

Do you mean the lathe? Yes of course you can use it. :classic:

P6tu · October 18, 2023

Yes, lathe it is :D. My version of it to fit to my workshop:

And since you asked for ideas, then maybe this picture will give you something inspiring (picture of my own WIP project that also includes a workshop so to say):
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I have a small vice and a drill? on the right and a grinder? on the right and then there are walls with various sets of tools as there should be in a garage/machine workshop =).