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| Schwing
branded box.
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| Excellent
steering. |
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| On the road.
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| Boom adopts a
convincing transport position. |
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| Outriggers out. |
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| Priming the
pump. |
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| Goes well with
a truck mixer. |
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| Rams are stiff
enough to hold any pose. |
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| Realistic
model. |
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The Schwing S 36 X has a vertical
reach of 35.3m and a horizontal reach of 31.3m.
Depending on the pump it has an output of up to 160m³.
It is mounted on a Mercedes-Benz Arocs 6x4 chassis.
Packaging
The model comes in a
Schwing Stetter branded box and it is wrapped in foam
rubber.
The review model had no defects or missing parts.
There is no information about the real machine or the
model. The only assembly is to fit door mirrors
and a roof aerial.
Detail
The transmission and suspension is modelled largely in
plastic, with
the
steering modelled for functionality. The wheels look good although the
tyres appear the same on all axles.
The
Arocs cab has
door mirrors and an aerial, and the interior is fairly
basic, but at the front the grille looks good. There
are no number plates as this is a generic model.
The front outrigger beams are
simple single stage plastic as are the rear beams. The pad pistons are screw threads.
The body sides have panel details within the casting and
there some textured walking surfaces on top. There
is a spare wheel and the pump tubes are metal.
The handrails are metal and look good. At the back the
hopper has a grille and there is a painted control panel.
The boom is metal with a rubber
hose at the end, and the pipework is metal too.
The colour match on the plastic hydraulic ram jackets
is good.
Features
The front axle has excellent steering with a very
good range of movement and the rear axles have some
suspension movement.
The outriggers
pull out and the
pads can be screwed down and will support the model off
the wheels.
The articulated boom opens and rotates and the full range of
movement of the original machine can be replicated.
It is stable with the outriggers out.
Quality
This is a
sturdy model
as you would expect from Conrad, with a high metal content.
The
white paint is good and
the relatively few graphics are very sharp.
Price
It is fair value for money.
Overall
This is concrete pump model is very functional, and the
placing boom performs well. In other respects it
is a simpler model, but very robust.
Footnotes
This model
with an Arocs cab was first announced at the time of the
Nuremberg Toy Fair in 2016.
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| Large rivet at
the main boom connection. |
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Profile view. |
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| No number
plates as it is a generic vehicle.
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| Decent chassis. |
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| On site
beginning to set up. |
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| Grille on the
hopper. |
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| At work. |
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