Steam-powered workshops as model

The use of steam engines to drive machine tools was the cornerstone of the first industrial revolution, and it was only the use of electric motors that made the complicated - and not entirely harmless - transmissions superfluous.

No wonder, then, that model makers are also fascinated by such workshops with their complex mechanics. But how do you build such a workshop? Can you build it yourself? Or can commercially available components be used to create an attractive steam workshop? Volker Koch answers these questions and many more in his extensively illustrated book, which revives a fascinating piece of technical history.

From the content:

Driving machines, transmissions, operating models

The "three-part machine system”

Driving machines for model workshops

Transmissions for model workshops

Operating models for model workshops

Drive by a simple model locomobile

Robust self-made steam engine

A simple hammer mill with steam drive

Model workshop with Märklin components

A simple Mamod layout

Self-made operating models