build it using open steel construction, like the prototype, and
with nailing strips.
Based on the measurements of 9” H-beams taken at the site
of the Jollar tipple, I used 1/8” Evergreen styrene H-beams
for the steel work. I added gussets from .020” sheet styrene
to the corners and at the junctions of the H-beams, which
strengthened the joints.
The cross-bracing in panel is 1/8” Evergreen styrene with
.020” plates at the junction. For those center plates, I added
Archer rivet decals for the X. The nailing strips are scale 2” x
8” Evergreen styrene strips glued in place at 8’ intervals.
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2. West side of the miller tipple showing the ramp to the
top of the embankment and the loading chute under the
main tipple.
