Want To Build An Oil Rig.

[Apollo]

I'd like to build a large oil rig, and put er in the middle of the ocean. Sadly, I can find very little on the layout of any rigs, or close up pictures. Any help finding images and building would be great. =) Anybody is free to help out.

[DarkFlame]

http://www.stos.co.nz/
I do alot of work for these guys, and the town featured in most of the photos is my home town


Also keep in mind how you want to build the base of the rig.

http://www.stos.co.nz/AboutUs/PhotoGallery.asp
This is a gallery of some of the rigs and other miscellanea for Shell Todd.

http://www.awexp.com.au/irm/content/project_imagegallery.html
Here is another gallery of another place I do alot of work for.

http://images.google.co.nz/images?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=sPd&q=off%20shore%20oil%20rig&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Alternately try to refine your search,...i typed in 'off shore oil rig' into google images and got far better results then simply 'oil rig'

[Apollo]

Thanks for the links =)
This image caught my eye
and of the image you showed, my favorite was the spar platform
so then this image caught my eye 

real quick now i shall add the details of my ( and whoever wishes to help ) project.
1. Need help blocking out the basic shape, where rooms are, catwalks, large pipes, large struts, etc. as i am not familiar with the rigs up close, and more minds are better than one.
2.once its layed out, we can texture the basics
3. from the there more detail can be added and dragged out of the basic objects
4......... there is an unbelievable amount to make ...........

Anybody good at making curved pipes would be a great help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy6M0II_I1A  this vid shows some stuff inside, but not much, or not enough at least.

[vampirefrog]

great! u have pictures of a rig, now u need pictures of a ocean 

[DOBK]

is it built yet, or did u give up?
with ur still building, i can help

[Apollo]

project kinda got dropped, tho i still want to do it. I ended doing some other maps.