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| Terex style box.
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| Metal pulleys
in the boom head. |
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| Painted lights
at the rear. |
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| Ready for the
road. |
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| Fleet number on
the cab.
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| Smart wheels. |
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Two stage plastic outrigger beam.
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Tilting cab. |
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Lifting a load. |
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Solid on the outriggers. |
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Rigged on the lattice section only. |
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The Terex 100/4L is nominally a
100 tonne capacity mobile crane with a main boom length
of almost 60m. It can carry a 19m overall length
double fly jib and another optional jib extension
increases the overall system length to almost 82m.
The model does not include the optional jib extension.
This version is in the colours of
Felbermayr, the Austrian construction and crane
company.
Packaging
The model comes in standard two piece expanded polystyrene
trays held together by a picture sleeve which has a photo
of the real machine, and a graphic of the extended boom.
The review model had a missing part on the winch which
was resolved by Conrad.
There are no instructions provided with the model which
would be disappointing for an inexperienced collector.
Nevertheless assembly is reasonably straight forward.
Detail
There is little detail on the underside of the chassis
with the steering mechanism for the axles being purely
functional. The wheels
have good all terrain tyres and it is good to see that
the wheel design for axle 3 is different from those on
the other three driven axles.
The outrigger beams are made of tough plastic and the pistons
are standard screw threads, with plastic pads.
The driving cab has door mirrors and stylised beacon
lights on the roof. The headlights have small plastic lenses and
there is a towing hitch although it is too small for the
hook to fix onto directly whilst travelling.
Interior detail inside the cab is reasonable.
There are no number plates, but there appears to be a
fleet number on the cab door.
Behind the cab, the carrier deck has diamond plated
anti-slip surfaces
and a couple of ladders is formed within the casting.
At the rear of the carrier the lights are painted and
there is another small towing hitch.
The crane cab has plastic grab rails and inside there is
an operator's seat and controls, with the computer
console having detail.
The rest of the body is simple, with some metal hand
rails. The counterweight comes in six separate
pieces including the cheek weights. The main
slabs have lifting
points which could be used to attach thin chains.
The boom sections are diecast
metal and fairly simple, and the top section of the
telescope ends up narrow
due to the modelling tolerances in diecast. There is a
small spooling drum on
the lowest section but the larger spool shown on the box
photo is not modelled.
In the boom head and fly jib the pulleys are metal which
is an improvement over the plastic type used in the
Terex-branded version of the model. The fly jib has a convincing
metal lattice work section and the swingaway part is
plastic although the colour match is excellent.
A single pulley hook is provided, and the pulley is
metal, and the block has nice red
and white stripes.
Features
The steering works very well and consists of linked front
and rear pairs of axles. This means crab steering
can be simulated, but not all the steering modes of the
real crane as axles 3 and 4 are not independent.
The outrigger beams are two stage and can be pulled out
to any extension and the pads lowered. They can successfully
hold the weight of the crane.
The crane cab tilts smoothly to a good angle.
A good feature is the counterweight which can be
attached to simulate different configurations, and it
can be fully posed on the carrier deck in the middle or
at the rear.
All the usual crane functions work fine with the crane
rotating and the boom able to be set at a reasonable
angle, and the boom cylinder is stiff enough to hold a
pose. The six section telescopic boom can be smoothly extended to
full length and each section has the usual locking mechanism
to prevent the boom retracting.
The fly jib is pinned to the boom head using small plastic
bolts and can be fixed to be straight, or at one of two
offset angles. The swingaway portion can be pinned
into position or left retracted so overall the fly jib provides
a variety of display options.
The winch is operated by turning the winch drum directly
and it has enough friction to hold a reasonable load.
Quality
The model is robust and strong. The paintwork
and graphics are very good although were not quite perfect
in one small area on the
review sample. The Felbermayr colour scheme and
graphics are reproduced very well.
Price
It is a little pricey for a four axle crane model.
Overall
This is an interesting model because of the modern cab
styling and is very attractive in the Felbermayr colour
scheme. It has a couple of improvements over the
previous AC100/4 model including a longer boom, and also has
metal pulleys rather than the plastic of the Terex
liveried version of the AC 100/4L. It is easy to recommend.
Footnotes
The model first appeared in
Terex colours at the Nuremberg Toy Fair
in 2012 and was available soon after. This version in Felbermayr's
colours appeared in June 2012.
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| The parts
in the box. |
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| Profile view |
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| Chain (not
included with the model) used to tie the hook for
transport. |
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| Smart graphics.
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| Fly jib stowed
on the side. |
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| Axle 3 has a
slightly different wheel design. |
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| No detail
underneath. |
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| Outrigger
pistons are screw threads.
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| Loading
counterweight. |
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| Cranes Etc team
discussing the football match. |
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| Angled jib. |
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