My big A$$ Machine shop (1/16th)

[Mr Potato Head]

nice wrenches, but they look to be all the same size, and for bigger wrenches they would be box style, not flat. The peg board looks lonely , and the brick wall is to clean. Peg board is for Bob Vila, Machine shops use metal fixtures
Good start, C'mon we hold you to a higher standard
MPH

[Mobilgas]

Marty,   The peg board just don't look right to me...I think something made out of wood to hold the tools will look the part.  You know like a tool holder that has been on the wall for 60 plus years  

[Malachi Constant]

Not sure of the era you're going for, but I did some digging and peg board as such seems to be a 1950s and later thing ... Masonite as such came about in the mid to late 1930s ... first photo is from a 1938 advertisement.

So, I did some digging in old Popular Mechanics magazines, etc. to find a handful of tool racks and such that would be plausible around WW2 and earlier ...

At the risk of a minor high-jack, here's a bunch of them ... some may be more interesting than others ... or maybe it's all a bunch of useless crap for you ... sorry!  (I was searching mostly for things that would believable in a small auto shop)    

[Malachi Constant]

More reference crap ... the photo names include the year.

The heater is thrown in for kicks ... notice that it's gasoline-powered, with an INDOOR gas tank ... and says that it was used in a restaurant!

[Malachi Constant]

Last one in my hi-jack ... this one has recessed spots for all the different tools ...

PS -- These things were found by using the "books" search feature on google ... you can set a specific time period (for example, 1920-1945, whatever) ... and you can also search only in specific titles, like Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, etc ...

PPS -- If it's all a bunch of useless annoying crap, just say so and I'll remove these posts!  (I'm accustomed to being useless and annoying, so no offense will be taken) 

It's been a while, but I think I used the "print screen" function to make snapshots of the results ...

Cheers,
Dallas

[Design-HSB]

Hi Marty,

if you're interested, I might even leave a set of open-end wrench, 1:16.

The sentence is unfortunately metric.  

[lab-dad]

Dallas,
All good info and glad to have it.
I think the pegboard is too modern for my shop.
Just wanted to show the offering from my laser guy.

I have open, offset open and box wrenches!

Thanks to all for the input and looking in. 

Marty

[lab-dad]

Just a small update.
Something i wanted to do for a while; the wall shelf - everything else is old.
Think I will build a bigger one now.


Marty

[Mr Potato Head]

Photo's look great! Who's your photographer 
I like the work bench very much, but the shelves would be hard to reach, I think the Big A$$ MS needs a Kennedy tool box, a Machinist roll-a-way, I have my fathers, I can take pictures for you, but you know what they look like!
MPH

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice photo of a workshop, now where's the model?

Seriously, that is amazing work!

[Chuck Doan]

Superb! I like that a lot.

[TRAINS1941]

Excellent work there MJ.

Jerry

[finescalerr]

Ditto all the above. -- Russ

[Hydrostat]

That's, um, good. You were concerned about the joining bricks that are somewhat skewed. This especially makes the wall interesting. Looks like sometime a part has been added to the building. On first sight it really looks like a prototype pic. On 8th sight I'm starting to look for something to carp about. Maybe the coloring of the wood of bench and sill, which looks to "new" / yellowish/brownish. Unfortunately there are no rivets for an experts opinion.

Volker

[lab-dad]

Thanks guys.
Tater Tot;
toolboxes are coming. I have several for reference.
Volker;
See my latest post on the shay for rivets to critique.
Marty