help with detailing pump jack

Robert,
I have not detailed one of these, but if I did I would do the following:
1. Bury the base to the bottom of the fence or paint it concrete. The base could also be covered with earth or stone landscaping materials
2. Repaint the structure an actual color rather than bare plastic.
3. Paint the ladder yellow
4. Weather the structure using some orange and brown primer spray paint to simulate rust.
5. Paint any of the concrete supports with floquil concrete paint or equal.
6. Add "keep out" and "flamable" signs to the fence.

Alan Graziano

Alan...
Thanks for the thoughts and direction very much!

The Oil company that I worked for painted the ends of the weights and the bottom tip of the horseshead yellow or orange. On the ladders we only painted the top and bottom step. You will need a electric power controler box on a short wooden post. Control box size is approx. 18 to 24 inch wide, 30 to 48 inch high and 8 to 10 inch deep. Need oily dirt around the wellhead. Most large companies keep the area around the wells cleaned up but some smaller companies wells had junk pipe and barrels, etc around the locations

Of course there is always:



Russ

CBS..Thanx...Ive been around several with the "junk" and your right..usually small outfits...I appreciate your mention of the electric box...hadn't ever thought about it...My wife and I own an oil change shop so I bet we can spare a few drops of old diesel oil....the forum and folks like you are such a help!

Russ...mmmm.....*ideas for adding a bit of real humor are now spinning in my head...Thanx....Tho I suppose Id better see about an EPA permit...**&^%#@@!!!! Oh well....my layout construction is in year 3 and whats another year of permitting and BLM EIS paperwork...LOL...

Thanks Jim...I went to the shots you sent and they are a great help. Hoping to start this weekend on one and as I progress Ill post a few photos.

Thanks for the help guys....I was able to disassemble these and paint without destroying anything...a milestone in my modeling career....lol...first shot is the out of box model and following shots are ones I worked on.  

Looks 100 times better Great job

Thanx Ken...

next is adding electric service...and appreciate your comments!