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Your LaBelle flat car, while an very nice model indeed, is based on 1890's design and construction. It is exactly the correct size for O scale, if modeling an 1890's freight car. While narrower, it is also a bit shorter than most later flat cars of the 20th century. If you have any extra wood you could build the wooden flat car wider and longer than the kit specifies, thus making it a car of about 1900 or so.
Lucky Lindy's 1920's Ryan airplane could also be mounted on a flat car of 20th century design. The car would be of steel construction with a wood plank deck that is 2 1/2" (a scale 10') wide. It also would be about 10 1/2- 11 1/4" (scale 42' to 45') in length. A Red Caboose flat car kit would work well for that but it should have a Kiel Line weight built into it. An old Rivarossi/AHM flat car could also work well, if dessed up a bit with a wood strip deck, etc. They are rather inexpensive at train shows, swap meets, etc.
Longer 52' flat cars came in the 1940's and 1950's. They also are a full scale 10' wide. If you are modeling the 1950's or later and that plane is perhaps headed to a museum somewhere by rail, even a more modern flat car such as offered by Weaver or Lionel would work quite well.
Another option for a 52' flatcar on the cheapside, is to cut the sides and ends off of an old Atlas plastic gondola. If one is careful, it makes a very passable 52' flat car.
Ed Bommer
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You could also look around for one of the cast metal All Nation flat car kits or a built one. Should have the dimensions and time frame albeit a tad later that an all wood but could be back dated at least in appearance with a wood deck. You;d also get teh advantage of the inherent weight of that car. They are generally available at swap meets, etc.
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