I like seeing things move on my layout so I'm adding a Woodland Sciences Aermotor Windmill. It came in kit form made of cast metal and while I normally don't like to bad mouth products this kit left me with a bitter taste. All of the castings except the fan were badly bent out of the box. It is definitely not a beginners kit. I managed to clean up the bent pieces and used super glue to assemble the parts. And I ended up overall with a pretty nice looking windmill.
The base is three layers of .03" Styrene sheet stock staggered in size to create uneven ground. I used WS scenery flocking for the ground cover.
I used a small 12 volt 6000 RPM motor and robotic gears to turn the fan, the gear ratio is approximately 50:1. With the voltage set to 10 volts the fan turns at about 100RPM and looks pretty realistic to me.
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