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jnevis

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Re: The ugliest hopper I ever saw .
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2013, 02:44:04 PM »
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I would think that the lower piping is the train line and the upper pipes are for the dumping mechanism.


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Makes sense.  I may have to play with SketchUP and see if I can figure out the rest of the dimenssions.  Not that I have the skill to put one together, but a good excersize.
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Re: The ugliest hopper I ever saw .
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2013, 02:59:33 PM »
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Some good pics at RRPA.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=612719

I think there's enough known dimensions (lettering etc..)  to get something close.

I can check the ORER to see whats listed.

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Re: The ugliest hopper I ever saw .
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2013, 08:42:27 PM »
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Some good pics at RRPA.

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsPicture.aspx?id=612719

I think there's enough known dimensions (lettering etc..)  to get something close.

I can check the ORER to see whats listed.

Jason


Makes sense.  I may have to play with SketchUP and see if I can figure out the rest of the dimenssions.  Not that I have the skill to put one together, but a good excersize.

If either or both of you can pull this off, I'd appreciate it.  This looks like a fun little scratchbuilding exercise, but my Sketchup abilities are non-existant.
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Re: The ugliest hopper I ever saw .
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2013, 06:08:19 PM »
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      it looks as if it is a repurposed beet gon.