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| The box. |
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| The push blade
has a reinforced centre and good anti-wear plates at the
bottom. |
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| Underside view.
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| Very good details
on the tracks and drive. |
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| Heavy connection
of blade and dozer. |
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| Perhaps a bit
heavy for a
Nooteboom Pendel X Low Loader. |
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| Pushing a
Caterpillar 657G. |
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The Caterpillar D10 was announced in
1977 and was the first modern dozer to use a high drive
sprocket. This was designed to produce a more robust
drive mechanism with the resulting additional track wear
not being significant.
In the period 1978-1986 around a thousand units were built
in the USA.
This version is a Push Dozer, and was used to provide additional
effort to scrapers by pushing them during the loading process.
For this purpose the blade mounting was reinforced and the
dozer traction was assisted with counterweight.
Packaging
The packaging is to CCM standards and is very good.
An outer cardboard box contains a presentation box wrapped
in tissue. Inside, the model is contained within polystyrene
trays and has its own tissue wrapping. There were
no defects or missing parts on the review model.
There is no information about the real machine or the
model, and there is no assembly to do.
Detail
The metal track pads are individually linked and detailed.
They are mounted on excellent track frames and the high
drive sprocket is really good with fine bolt details.
The rollers are represented by moving parts.
The engine is plastic but with an excellent colour match,
and there are many components and cables modelled so it
looks realistic. There are excellent metal grab rails
and mesh grilles, with high quality anti-slip surfaces on
various platforms. Lights at the front are represented
by silvered surfaces.
The operator's area is open with a roll over protection
structure (ROPS) and the seat is good with authentic looking
levers and pedals. There is a fire extinguisher on
the outside.
The narrow push blade has a heavy connection to the dozer
frame which also includes small lifting eyes. Detailing
of the blade is good with a thickened central plate where
the blade meets the scraper's pushing point. Viewed
underneath some small cylinders can be seen which
cushion the impact. The cylinders which control the
blades vertical movement have hydraulic pipes and rubber hoses.
At the rear the pushing plates has been modelled well with
bolt head details and a towing hitch.
Features
The tracks roll smoothly and each track set rolls
separately as the drive sprockets are not fixed to the
same axle so realistic turning is possible. The two
track sets are linked transversely so they can move up
and down alternately over rough terrain.
The track tensioners work well with part of the track
frame sliding.
The Push Blade raises and lowers, but cannot easily be removed
in order to pose the model in a transport configuration.
The blade holds any pose set.
Quality
The model has a high quality feel and there is little plastic.
The paint finish is very good and the graphics are sharp.
Price
The model is good value for the quality provided.
Overall
This is another very good example of the D10 by CCM, and
would pose well with suitable scraper models. The
very good quality and detail easily earns it a highly recommended
badge.
Footnotes
This model was introduced in 2010 in a run of 1000 models.
A version was also made in a
U blade configuration
with ripper.
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| Profile view.
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| This is a big dozer. |
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| Push plate at
the rear.
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| Excellent
engine detail. |
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| Rabbits-eye
view. |
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| Discussing
whether it is too heavy. |
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| Sometimes you
have to push your weight around. |
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