04-08-2009, 10:38 PM
When I first noticed this thread, I thought "No way! I'm not showin' off what a slob I am!". 
I'm in the midst of a fairly large project: rebuilding/detailing/painting and lettering a hundred-or-so freight cars, so there's lots of stuff pretty-well all over the place. After a little thought, though, I realised that a quick tidying (about 5 minutes) would probably make it presentable enough to show to my fellow slobs.
My shop is almost strictly for working on trains, and is fairly compact. The main room is about 7'x10', not counting the entryway, with a storage area/library in a closet under the stairs, and an adjoining paint shop, about 4'x7'.
Here's the view as you enter the room, with the closet (out of sight) to the left, and the paint shop (also out of sight) to the right:
[album]880[/album]
Here's the closet area. Most of the stuff on top of the shelf is unbuilt kits, both rolling stock and structures, while my collection of RMC is in the cut-down detergent boxes on the shelves. The binders are of photo-copied pages, mostly from TRAINS and MR - this is where I research both my own projects and all those weird or obscure questions that often pop-up in the forums. 
[album]875[/album]
To the right as you enter, on the facing wall, is this old radio/hi-fi, which does get used on those rare occasions when the flip-top isn't covered with stuff. :oops: The door is to the paint shop:
[album]878[/album]
Here's where I do most of the work. The drawers are filled with tools, along with reference photos, manufacturers' catalogues, and my rolling stock rosters:
[album]879[/album]
The parts cabinets are actually filled, mostly, with parts.
I made the holder for the Evergreen plastic strips from some sheet plastic (I buy it in 4'x8' sheets), and most of those sleeves have several packages of product in each. I also store wire and some stripwood here. The Bachmann boxes atop the filing cabinets are some of the locos that need to be re-worked:
[album]877[/album]
This view is looking back from the paint shop. The small black shelf on the opposite wall holds more reference books and catalogues, with more locos to be re-built, on top in boxes:
[album]876[/album]
Here's my spray booth, with the compressor in the lower cupboard, and spare filters, etc. above. The airbrush supplies are kept in the drawer, with cans of thinners and related stuff in the cupboard below that:
[album]873[/album]
This is the work area across from the spray booth. More parts, and tools, too, in the storage bins and drawers, and paint, lots of paint. The small jars on the top shelf are thinned for spraying, while that in the rack and on the bench is un-thinned.
The drawers are for tools - soldering irons, and mill files, mostly, as this area, when I'm not in the midst of a painting project, is for the "heavier" work. The real heavy-duty stuff, such as grinding and melting lead, is done in a regular shop in the garage. The cupboards below hold more paint, containers of various paint strippers, boxes of spare parts, and more "future projects".
[album]872[/album]
Here's the other end of the same bench, mostly covered in just-painted trains. I keep my set of heavier numbered drills, #1 to 60, here, along with a motor tool. The small vise, partially visible at lower right, isn't mounted to the bench, as I like to place it where it's easiest to work, depending on the particular job. Heavier work that needs to be held firmly is done in the garage. The file card box contains decals, with more sets standing between the two parts cabinets. Dry transfers are in the separate drawer right at the top of the stack.
The boxcars sitting on the shelf are on my test track (the power pack can be seen in the previous photo, also on the shelf): this is where locos are tested and couplers are adjusted:
[album]871[/album]
I hope that you've enjoyed this short photo tour of the EG&E Shops.
Wayne
I'm in the midst of a fairly large project: rebuilding/detailing/painting and lettering a hundred-or-so freight cars, so there's lots of stuff pretty-well all over the place. After a little thought, though, I realised that a quick tidying (about 5 minutes) would probably make it presentable enough to show to my fellow slobs. My shop is almost strictly for working on trains, and is fairly compact. The main room is about 7'x10', not counting the entryway, with a storage area/library in a closet under the stairs, and an adjoining paint shop, about 4'x7'.
Here's the view as you enter the room, with the closet (out of sight) to the left, and the paint shop (also out of sight) to the right:
[album]880[/album]
Here's the closet area. Most of the stuff on top of the shelf is unbuilt kits, both rolling stock and structures, while my collection of RMC is in the cut-down detergent boxes on the shelves. The binders are of photo-copied pages, mostly from TRAINS and MR - this is where I research both my own projects and all those weird or obscure questions that often pop-up in the forums.
[album]875[/album]
To the right as you enter, on the facing wall, is this old radio/hi-fi, which does get used on those rare occasions when the flip-top isn't covered with stuff. :oops: The door is to the paint shop:
[album]878[/album]
Here's where I do most of the work. The drawers are filled with tools, along with reference photos, manufacturers' catalogues, and my rolling stock rosters:
[album]879[/album]
The parts cabinets are actually filled, mostly, with parts.
I made the holder for the Evergreen plastic strips from some sheet plastic (I buy it in 4'x8' sheets), and most of those sleeves have several packages of product in each. I also store wire and some stripwood here. The Bachmann boxes atop the filing cabinets are some of the locos that need to be re-worked:[album]877[/album]
This view is looking back from the paint shop. The small black shelf on the opposite wall holds more reference books and catalogues, with more locos to be re-built, on top in boxes:
[album]876[/album]
Here's my spray booth, with the compressor in the lower cupboard, and spare filters, etc. above. The airbrush supplies are kept in the drawer, with cans of thinners and related stuff in the cupboard below that:
[album]873[/album]
This is the work area across from the spray booth. More parts, and tools, too, in the storage bins and drawers, and paint, lots of paint.
The small jars on the top shelf are thinned for spraying, while that in the rack and on the bench is un-thinned.The drawers are for tools - soldering irons, and mill files, mostly, as this area, when I'm not in the midst of a painting project, is for the "heavier" work. The real heavy-duty stuff, such as grinding and melting lead, is done in a regular shop in the garage. The cupboards below hold more paint, containers of various paint strippers, boxes of spare parts, and more "future projects".
[album]872[/album]
Here's the other end of the same bench, mostly covered in just-painted trains. I keep my set of heavier numbered drills, #1 to 60, here, along with a motor tool. The small vise, partially visible at lower right, isn't mounted to the bench, as I like to place it where it's easiest to work, depending on the particular job. Heavier work that needs to be held firmly is done in the garage. The file card box contains decals, with more sets standing between the two parts cabinets. Dry transfers are in the separate drawer right at the top of the stack.
The boxcars sitting on the shelf are on my test track (the power pack can be seen in the previous photo, also on the shelf): this is where locos are tested and couplers are adjusted:
[album]871[/album]
I hope that you've enjoyed this short photo tour of the EG&E Shops.
Wayne