Re: Drilling rig model. Now with pics (lots)

[niner]

Going back just over 25 years my dad worked in the local granite quarry as a driller/shotblaster and I remember going up there at weekends when he needed to move or maintain the rig.

It was a rig like this, Ingersol Rand.


URL of the original image: http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r177/mammut_photos/Diecast/ingersoll_rand_ecm350_arh_air_drilling_rig.jpg


URL of the original image: http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r177/mammut_photos/Diecast/ingersoll_rand_air_drill_and_compressor_web_going_to_nigeria.jpg

I would love to get old of a scale model if possible. Does anyone know of any?

Be nice to set up a little diorama in memory of him.

[Tracshovel]

Martin, They do exist and are very nice....... but you will need to open your cheque book! It's made by Wilson Models.


URL of the original image: http://www.constructionscalemodels.com/pictures/WIL34_01.JPG

[niner]

Brilliant, thanks for that, just the thing.

Only prob is it's $950 and not diecast

I wonder if an email to Atlas Copco might come up trumps?

[niner]

Sent an email to Buffalo Road Imports and they stopped making this model 2 years ago, they sold the last one 2 weeks ago. Typical!

[clockworklozenge1]

Hello, ARPRA also make an atlas copco drill rig and compressor it is 1:40 scale and theres one on ebay from america right now- 365 quid but you get the drill and trailer compressor as a set.....

[Martyn Henley]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arpra-Atlas-Copco-ROC601-Drill-XA350-Compressor-SET-/280799886464?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item4160fa3c80

[niner]

Cheers for the link, I appreciate that.

As tempted as I am at the moment I think the model is pretty basic and lacking detail for the price

[niner]

I Got one, really made up! It was on ebay recently and I won it. The seller was a driller by trade and the model was made for him about 30 years ago. The spooky thing was, the seller knew my dad, worked with him on a few jobs around the world including the Falkland Islands, what a small world!

I'm not sure of the scale and it's pretty well detailed, just needs a good clean and I will get some photos up.

[niner]

Well, here are some pics.

The rig is screwed to the plinth and I think I will leave it that way. The seller told me that it was built for him by a modelmaker oabout 30 years ago.

I have cleaned it up best I can with water and cotton buds, there are a few spots where the paint is missing but I'm not sure whether to re-paint it or leave it as it is.

Not sure of the scale, you can see it next to my 1:48 CCM D10 if anyone could give me a rough guesstimate that would be great.