Brickbuild Factorio Designs
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2025 8:47 am
My kids are old enough to play with Legos now and I wanted to satisfy my inner child and build a Factorio diorama.
I checked out existing desings but they are too big in my opinion and have some scaling issues.
So I found the software Bricklink Studio and started designing my own creations:
Scale is 6x6 studs per Tile and it all started with simple small ones:
Belt (2 Tiles)
Inserter:
Wodden Power Pole:
Then it got more and more complex:
Splitter: (And yes - everything should move if you rotate the knob)
Assembling machine 1 (also, everything should move):
And finally my biggest one - The Steam Engine (Again - should be functional - The flexible Axles hopefully work better in reality, they look kinda wonky in the software):
So far it is only in the Software, so I dont know yet, if it will work in reality. Building those out of Lego will cost a fortune (and a lot of part-colors do not exist), but I found a store that sells GoBricks elements that are way cheaper. They have the reputation to be higher quality than the danish guys - Price is around 57€/1000 parts and thats is awesome since I think 50€/1k is a good price when buying brick-sets for my kids.
Because of those reasons I also optimized the designs for the parts available on the said store.
My plan is to create a boiler next so I can make a complete 9x3 tile diorama consisting of 2 belts filled with coal, splitter, inserter (mby i make a burner for this), power pole, boiler and steam engine.
Then I will place my order - create instructions and start building it. I will report back as soon as I make some progress - I hope you like it.
Oh and if anyone here is designing MOCs as well - Mby you have some design tips for me looking at my pictures? Those are my very first steps with that...
I checked out existing desings but they are too big in my opinion and have some scaling issues.
So I found the software Bricklink Studio and started designing my own creations:
Scale is 6x6 studs per Tile and it all started with simple small ones:
Belt (2 Tiles)
- BeltStraight2Tiles_Yellow.png (160.53 KiB) Viewed 301 times
- InserterYellow.png (209.68 KiB) Viewed 301 times
- WoddenPole.png (86.95 KiB) Viewed 301 times
Splitter: (And yes - everything should move if you rotate the knob)
- Splitter_Yellow.png (254.1 KiB) Viewed 301 times
- Assembling machine.png (294.97 KiB) Viewed 301 times
- SteamEngine.png (321.89 KiB) Viewed 301 times
- SteamEngine2.png (286.25 KiB) Viewed 301 times
Because of those reasons I also optimized the designs for the parts available on the said store.
My plan is to create a boiler next so I can make a complete 9x3 tile diorama consisting of 2 belts filled with coal, splitter, inserter (mby i make a burner for this), power pole, boiler and steam engine.
Then I will place my order - create instructions and start building it. I will report back as soon as I make some progress - I hope you like it.
Oh and if anyone here is designing MOCs as well - Mby you have some design tips for me looking at my pictures? Those are my very first steps with that...
