Brawa 49551 Offener Güterwagen Fcs[6450] der DR, Ep. IV

Brawa 49551 Offener Güterwagen Fcs[6450] der DR, Ep. IV Product Details

Description

About the model: The DR open freight car Fcs[6450] is from Era IV and shines with a detailed look and selected features such as extra details. The model also has close coupling kinematics and brake shoes at wheel level. The model has a length of 110.8 mm and has been given the road number "21 50 645 0615-1".

About the prototype: In order to realize a higher loading space of 40m3, the underframe and axle base of the previous Otmm wagons were extended by 500 mm. The first of these wagons with a capacity of 40 m3 was built by AW Paderborn on a trial basis in 1961. The design proved successful and so AW Kaiserslautern and Weiden built over 16,000 Otmm 70/Ed 090 wagons between 1961 and 1970, also using old Omm 37 profiles. The wagons - designated Fc 090 from 1980 - were used as single wagons and in block trains with bulk goods of all kinds. Due to a shortage of swing-roof wagons, they were also used covered with tarpaulins for transporting grain. Consequently, 1,500 wagons were fitted with hinged roofs in 1978/79 and designated as Tdgs-z 932. Many others were given a G/P changeover, thus becoming s-capable and designated Fcs 090 or, from 1991, Fcs 092 for further operation. DB AG took over 8500 Fc(s) 090 in 1994, which were retired by 2007; around 2600 of the Fcs 092 were still in service in 2012, with a further 786 wagons running as Fcs-x 092 in coal traffic.

Features:

• Gauge: H0
• Era: IV
• Road number: 21 50 645 0615-1
• Length over buffers: 110.8 mm
• Close coupler kinematics
• Extra attached railings
• Many extra attached parts
• Extra attached brake system
• Extra attached axle bearing covers
• Bogie with three-point bearing
• Reproduction of the supports in the hopper
• Brake shoes at wheel level
• Free-standing ladders
• Metal axle holder