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Old 11-01-2012, 02:40 PM   #1
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Cool The Shop Build

I decided I needed a place to shoot pics for my body work and my for sale threads. Now Im no where near the level that some of these guys are on when it comes to buildings and what not. But heres my attempt at it. Hope you enjoy.

Every good shop needs a floor jack. I built this out of styrene and shrink wrap.

complete with castors and a foot pedal.


I needed a work bench, so I went to Hobby Lobby and picked up a few things. I also started on the entry door.

A little glue and I had a workbench.


But I cant stand up and mess up, I mean fix the bodies. I needed a hobby bench.


I picked up these scale glass jars, and out some small pieces of wire, zip ties and solder in them for looks.


Shes starting to come together. A few more scale stuff here and there to complete to look.


The door is done, and the shop needs a mascot. So I brought in "Chopper" to supervise the hoodlums working here. I also made a hook on the wall and a airhose with a brass fitting on the end.


And here is how it sets as of now. Ive got a cast, scale toolbox coming for it. Other plans include a welder, air compressor and a cherry picker. Im sure other ideas will come up here and there too. So what do you guys think?


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Old 11-01-2012, 02:48 PM   #2
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gotta love these shop builds. keep up the good work
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Old 11-01-2012, 02:51 PM   #3
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Cool, looks like something you would find on garage journal.
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Old 11-01-2012, 11:58 PM   #4
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gotta love these shop builds. keep up the good work
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Cool, looks like something you would find on garage journal.
Thanks. Im going for the old Hot Rod theme. I may do the chairail down in bright red, not sure yet on the walls.

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looks good
Thank you

I started working on a welder, welding helmet and a angle grinder.

The welder has a cart with a shelf for the helmet and a holster type loop for the welding wand itself.

Cooling vents on the back
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Old 11-02-2012, 01:12 AM   #5
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Wow - this is great!
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Old 11-02-2012, 05:53 AM   #6
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Never been a diorama/garage builder, but I can sure appreciate the time and efforts you guys put into these things. Great work and keep the progress coming!
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Old 11-02-2012, 06:08 AM   #7
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thanks guys. BTW, the front legs on the welder cart are bent outwards on purpose. Just thought Id throw that out there, lol.
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Old 11-02-2012, 09:30 AM   #8
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I wish I had the room to build something like this. I too could use a good backdrop for photos and "for sale" items, but I think my girlfriend would leave me if she came down to the basement, and saw me building something like this

Nice job so far...looking forward to seeing more
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Old 11-02-2012, 12:31 PM   #9
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Thanks CHUD.

This takes up roughly 3.5 ft by 2 ft. It has a relatively small footprint. I needed to keep it compact due to lack of space. But the big pay off is the profesional look you get in the pics taken. Plus its a nice break from trying to scale out a truck. Its alot easier to find/make items for a garage.
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Old 11-04-2012, 04:56 PM   #10
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Ive been working on a welding helmet and welder.



I got my tool box in too. It has two opening drawers, real castors and is very 1:1 IMO.


My welder and cart are almost done. Ive just got to make the leads.
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Old 11-05-2012, 07:28 AM   #11
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Here are a couple of progress pics of my welder. Ive still got to make the leads yet, but you get the idea.

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I notice your shop has no light switches or plugs that work crazy shop btw! love it
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Old 11-05-2012, 09:32 AM   #13
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I notice your shop has no light switches or plugs that work crazy shop btw! love it
Thanks. Yeah, Im still working on electricity for the shop. Its a work in progress.
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Old 11-05-2012, 04:07 PM   #14
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Shouldn't your welder be a Miller? I thought all Lincoln's were Red and Miller's were blue
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Old 11-05-2012, 04:42 PM   #15
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Shouldn't your welder be a Miller? I thought all Lincoln's were Red and Miller's were blue
Nope, my welder is a blue Lincoln, lol. Nah, On this type of stuff, I just have fun with it. Im not trying to perfectly recreate a 1:1 welder, floor jack, etc. I get a notion to make a welder from scratch and I build it how I want it to look. I dont research different types or anything. I definately could, dont get me wrong. If I had a customer ask for a certain look, welder, jack or what ever, I can pull it off But for little stuff like this that I make out of scraps for my "shop", Im not that picky.
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Old 11-05-2012, 10:27 PM   #16
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Good stuff. The photos look great and makes a perfect backdrop for your JK build thread.

How about a scale laptop/desktop with a monitor screenshot of the RCC website showing the shop!
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Old 11-06-2012, 09:26 AM   #17
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Good stuff. The photos look great and makes a perfect backdrop for your JK build thread.

How about a scale laptop/desktop with a monitor screenshot of the RCC website showing the shop!
Hmmm, I can do that. Great idea.
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Old 11-06-2012, 04:34 PM   #18
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Hey - just thinking out loud last night - living vicariously thru your project. But it would be cool to have a big flatscreen monitor hanging on the wall with interchangable screenshots.

Seriously, I need to get off my ass and build my own shop like this. You've got me thinking.
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Old 11-06-2012, 04:47 PM   #19
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Hey - just thinking out loud last night - living vicariously thru your project. But it would be cool to have a big flatscreen monitor hanging on the wall with interchangable screenshots.

Seriously, I need to get off my ass and build my own shop like this. You've got me thinking.
One step ahead of you, well sort of. Im bidding on a 1.5" LCD digital photo keychain. If it goes for a reasonable amount, Ill cut the chain off, make it look like a flat screen adn hang it on the wall with pics of my builds and a RCC screen shot too.
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Old 11-06-2012, 06:15 PM   #20
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Looking great!

Out of curiosity - what type of adhesive do you use with the smaller styrene like on your welder? I use ambroid and it seems to aggressive with smaller bits - but that could just be me not knowing how to use it right on the smaller stuff - still learning lots on this.
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