Does anyone or has anyone ever seen a full sized west texas drilling rig ? And if so , where could a person aquire it from. I’ve looked all over the internet and have come up empty. I forgot to mention i’m looking for an ho scale model.
You’re in luck if you want HO and don’t mind assembling a kit:
Not so sure for N scale (search EBay Toys & Hobbies for N Drilling Rig).
If you really want a “full sized” drilling rig, there will be some for sale along the old highway in Odessa TX for sure since crude prices dropped. You can probably get a bargain but the shipping would be significant and you’d need a very large tralin layout. [A]
If you’ve been looking you have probably seen the “pumpjack” that represents an active (if moving) or idle well post drilling.
Now you’ve got me interested as I’ve got a good spot for one of those rigs. Another way for me to procrastinate on the scenery.
Take a look at Train Cat Model Sales. I’ve built several of his kits and they come out looking extremely nice! They do require a bit of soldering skill but the end product is fantastic.
14" high, 101’ HO scale
http://www.traincat2.com/Manuals/Derrick1.pdf
This is one of two Tom Cat signal bridges that I built about 6 years ago, both turned out fantastic.
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Thanks. I have a couple pump jacks. Don’t think my wife would appreciate a full grown rig !!
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Take a look at Train Cat Model Sales. I’ve built several of his kits and they come out looking extremely nice! They do require a bit of soldering skill but the end product is fantastic.
14" high, 101’ HO scale
http://www.traincat2.com/Manuals/Derrick1.pdf
This is one of two Tom Cat signal bridges that I built about 6 years ago, both turned out fantastic.
Mel, those towers, and your signal! beautiful!
Richard, in your first post, didn’t you ask for info on finding an HO scale full size drilling rig?
Or did I miss-read it ? Just wondering? [:)]
Mike.
His kits turnout extremely nice but I will have to say they’re not for soldering newbees. If you are apt at soldering their kits come out as good of better than a factory job.
Every piece is precession cut to fit prefect.
EDIT:
I’m in the process of replacing the comon cathode LEDs with comon anode. I’m replacing my old signal cont
Those standard derrecks are nice, and they represent steam era technology. In the modern era, oil and gas wells are drilled with mobile rigs. Nevertheless, standard rigs built over wells often lasted for decades to service the wells. The rigs are torn down when owners convert to mobile service rigs, or as wells are plugged. They are a disappearing fixture of the oil patch.
They’re all gone in the Bakersfield Oil Patch, just tens of thousands of Grasshoppers.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
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Bakersfield, California
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