Revisiting an Old Diorama

[Fred_M]

I was moving some stuff and found an old diorama I did about 1 1/2 years ago. It's of a rod powered old field and the pump jacks pump (animated) thanks to a 5 rpm motor. So I snapped some pictures of it.

 

[jetrock]

sweet! I like rust and dust on a model...

 

[jon-monon]

Cool! I like the warped wood on the porch

 

[Tyson Rayles]

Boy you rich people with your fancy equipment, brag, brag, brag!
Nice modeling Fred!

 

[Ralph]

No kdding Fred, with that outside backdrop its sometimes hard to tell if your work is model or actual prototype. Great decay on the buildings and I love your street lamps!
Ralph

 

[TomPM]

Great looking scene you got there Fred!

 

[SAL Comet]

thats cool Fred

 

[spitfire]

Too cool Fred! Are you going to do anything with it - or just sit back and admire? Either way it's pretty nice eye-candy. :thumb:

Val

 

[Blake]

Excellent detailing. Great photo to boot. You should enter these in the next model photo contest.

 

[Sir_Prize]

I can hear it squeaking from here. :thumb:

Oops! That's my office chair.

 

[Matthyro]

Neat one Fred but the only pump jacks I have seen in this country have an engine to power it. Too much space between them to be powered by rods.

 

[Fred_M]

Robin, it's modeled after the real thing but highly compressed. I used the website http://www.herculesengines.com/FlatRock/ for a guide, and from email correspondance with the owner found that the rods are sometimes miles long. The unit I modeled would of started life as a steam powered pump that was later converted to an internal combustion engine that ran off of natural gas from the wells it pumped, a perpetual motion machine as it were. LOL The site has several great pictures of such a feild that still pumps today. BTW, I looked it up and it was a year ago I built it. Here's a link to the original thread. http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=8069 And thanks guys. Fred

 

[jmarksbery]

Hi Fred, I remember you doing that. Great job. :thumb: Jim