H0 iron ore car (low sides, no brakes)

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Model of an old iron ore car as used by the Espérance-Longdoz steelworks in Seraing, Belgium. Other companies in France and Luxemburg used the same or very similar cars. These cars were probably built in the 1920's and transported many tons or iron ore from the mines in northern France and later the port of Antwerp to the blast furnaces in Seraing. They survived in this role well into the 1960's. After the arrival of more modern ore cars many of these older types were used to transport coke around seraing. I designed this model using the main dimensions on the rolling stock fiche and photo's of related cars, as I found only one photo of these actual cars in very poor resolution: https://collections.saicom.be/index.php/Detail/objects/24631 There are two fiches showing these cars so they must have been built as 2 distinct series, but as all dimensions seem to be the same they were probably the same or very similar anyway. Extra stuff needed to complete this car: Symoba 111 coupler mechanisms point bearing axles,length 24,5mm, wheel diameter 10,5mm. Preferably spoked wheels. 2 short self-tapping screws 2mm diameter decals (dxf vector drawing for 1960's version included) instructions: I added the instruction picture of the luxury version with brake cab because I am lazy. Maybe one day you'll be able to forgive me. Printing: I printed the body "upside down" as the top is pretty easy to clean up after removing the supports. Set it at a bit of an angle to prevent print lines through the subtle panelling on the sides.