TTm 1000mm mail and luggage car / caboose 99-01-85 NWE number 154 (1/120 scale)

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For H0m version look [here](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6181300). A single photo of the side of the car, taken by Julius in Wernigerode, was the starting point of a long journey to the last car model for the summer of 2023. To our surprise, an internet search yielded no suitable result. A comparison with the narrow-gauge railway archive [1] brought the reference to the heating tank cars of the Nordhausen-Wernigeröder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (Harzquerbahn). ###History The car was probably built in 1897 as a mail and luggage car and put into service as number 154. In 1934, the car was converted into a heating tank car and used as an equipment car from 1945. [1, p. 199] [2, p.139] tells us that the wagon was used as a tool shed for wagon repairs from 1965 onwards. We could also find the Reichsbahn number 99-01-85 of the car and the confirmation of the year of construction here. Since other such wagons became baggage wagons in the 1930s, we should be able to use more examples as baggage wagons. However, a search for photos of the other wagons with NWE numbers in the range 151-156 did not yield any pictures of wagons with a recognizable former mail compartment. Addition: We found a picture of the similar wagon 99-01-83 (ex NWE 152) in [2] page 143. ###Assumptions The following assumptions were made due to the lack of documents and brief notes in the sketches in [1]: - There is no transition to other carriages in the area of the former post office. Mail was a sovereign duty and reserved for postal officials. Other carriages of the time show different strategies for bypassing the mail compartment, which were not indicated here. - The luggage compartment has no window on the side, so there is a strong case for another window next to the door on the platform to let in the light, as other luggage cars were given. - The door opening in the dividing wall between the former mail and packing compartment is hypothetical. If a boiler was placed in the mail compartment, coal would have been stored in the packing compartment. This requires a pass. It was only late in the design process that an image was found that allowed a glimpse of the platform and thus also provided information about the arrangement and number of windows. However, as in the other picture, there is no number and no indication of a chimney. ###Printing These files should be printed in resin. I strongly recommend ABS like resin. I print the boxes flipped over (135 degrees). ###Post print Guitar strings were used for the handlebars on the sides, bent and glued in place. I use 5.6mm N gauge wheel sets and insert them after a dark primary paint layer, before spending to much time in painting. Even ABS like resin breaks. You can widen the cones with a drill (opening angle 60-70°) After analysing the drawing in [1, p. 206] and the photos, there are four plausible places for attaching the steps. While [1, p. 206] suggests a step exclusively under the sliding door of the packing compartment, the photos show a step under the mail compartment but also possible attachment points on the frame that are compatible with [1]. This results in the holes in the frame and a soldering aid that reproduces these holes. I personally decided on a variant on the former post office based on the photos. Other mail and baggage wagons had a continuous tread over the entire length. My steps are soldered from sheet brass and 0.6 brass wire. The holes in the frame were drilled out a bit for this. The railing doesn't seem like a task for beginners to me. A soldering aid is included and the principle of the railing is shown, although I simplified the railing in my example. I create break handles from brass wire and sheets. ###Some later remarks (2023-11-26) Finally: The caboose in Wernigerode is identified as 99-01-83 (ex NWE 152). With the following car, I added printed rails and handles - maybe I'll come back and add similar parts to this car. ###Origin and licensing The design is based on [1] p. 206 and pictures made + found by Julius. I don't want any commercial use of this design and prints. You are free to print my work for your projects, close friends and maybe your model railway club. Please post your makes. If you are representing a model or railway club, a school or something comparable with these and want to use it for educational purposes in higher numbers, please tell me. [1] Kieper, K., Preuß, R. & Rehbein, E. (1980). Schmalspurbahn-Archiv. Berlin, Transpress, Verlag für Verkehrswesen. [2] Zieglgänsberger, G., Röper, H. (1999). Die Harzer Schmalspurbahnen: Die Selketalbahn ; die Harzquer- und Brockenbahn ; die Südharzeisenbahn (Transpress spezial, 1. Aufl.). Stuttgart: Transpress.