31/03/202322/10/2023.
Photo Patrick Tassignon on forum.trainminiaturemagazine.be.
Models World MW2101-04
Type
“Short” NMBS RIC luggage van.
| UIC number | Revision date |
| 51 88 95-40 920-0 | 13.12.83 |
| Ex-NMBS number: 17107 | |
110 g (NEM: 74 to 97 g).
Modifications
- Unfolded bellows replaced with a folded.
Series of 10 luggage vans put into service in 1938, built by Compagnie Centrale de Construction in Haine-Saint-Pierre.
Additional information needed: dimensions…
Documents
- Train Magazine forum.
- LS Models leaflet.
Photo Patrick Tassignon on forum.trainminiaturemagazine.be.
| Dimension | 1:87 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 160 | 185.7 | 186.1 | |
| 170.4 | |||
| 34.2 | |||
| on roof | 43.0 1 | ||
| on look-out post | 47.8 | ||
| 9 160 | 105.3 | 105.3 | |
| 2 500 | 28.7 | 28.5 | |
| 1000 | 11.5 | 11.6 | |
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D | B | U |
| 0.95 | 14.3 2 | 23.4 | |
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NMBS RIC luggage van in original green livery, from the NMBS Express 297 Liège - Luxembourg set.
As far as I can tell, this luggage van is well engraved. The roof and body are a single piece. The bogies have a slightly hard swivelling, perhaps because of the current pickup strips that rest on them. The axles are insulated in the middle, the electrical contact being made by the axles rotating in the metal sidewalls.
Wheel diameter: 10.6 mm. Axle characteristics: see table opposite. The back-to-back distance est still to the old standard. The half-axles are joined by an insulating sleeve having a 2.5 mm diameter; that of the metal axles is 1.5 mm. The whole doesn’t rotate very smoothly…
Changing the bellows for a folded one is quite tricky. The method suggested in the manual doesn’t work, because the parts to be removed fit too hard in their housing. For the bellows support arch, I first unintentionally broke the fasteners, then glued the new part after removing its own fasteners. See a picture of the parts in question.