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.
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
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