H0 torpedo car rolanfer (liege basin 2003-2011 version)

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NEWS NEWS NEWS: managed to have a bunch of decals printed for these cars through the company I work for. H0 scale and NOT including the large numbers.If you want some send me pictures of your printed, built and painted torpedo car as well as your address and I'll send you some decals for free (until I run out of decals of course)Another variation of the rolanfer charleroi torpedo car! probably the most iconic version as this is how it ran in the last couple of years of hot metal transport around Liege. In 2003 these cars got the typical lid opening and closing mechanism on top, which looks pretty cool and was also a bit spicy to construct. I tried to keep it simple though.In the very final years of service the doors on the motor end house were removed and a pair of shutters were installed for access to the ladle tilt mechanism behind. You can choose the motor house file for doors or for shutters as I've modelled both.For instructions see the charleroi version, as most of the construction is the same:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6243664see notes below for differences: The roller end chassis and motor end chassis are quite different for this version. To avoid confusion print roller end parts together and motor end parts together, perhaps in 2 separate prints.Roller end chassis see this pic:https://flic.kr/p/2pbcfNhmotor end chassis:https://flic.kr/p/2pbczYblid mechanismhttps://flic.kr/p/2pbacNuhttps://flic.kr/p/2pbbDVeI don't need this model myself but I may build one at some point just because I think it looks cool. This means this specific version is for now untested, so good luck when you give it a go. Please let me know how you're doing with it!EDIT: Got one printed and built, updated some parts that didn't fit right and added a dxf with the markings in case you want to print decals for it.