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| Volvo style
box. |
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| Body details
are very good. |
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| Plastic hoses
at the foot of the boom rams. |
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| Nice cab, but
no mirror outside. |
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| Thin hydraulic
hoses. |
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| Graphics are
good. Nice bucket and
painted rivets. |
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| Profile view. |
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| Poses well as a
transport load. |
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 Comment on this model.
The Volvo EC480E is a crawler excavator with an
operating weight in the 48 tonne weight class. This
modelled version has a fixed undercarriage.
Packaging
The packaging is a Volvo-branded outer sleeve enclosing
clear plastic trays which allow the
model to be seen. A good photo of the real machine is
printed on the reverse side.
There were no missing parts or manufacturing defects on
the review model.
There is no information about the real machine or model
included.
Detail
The undercarriage has a metal baseplate underneath, and
the narrow crawler tracks are metal with the triple
grouser pads having tiny bolt heads. They are mounted
on track frames with no
moving rollers.
The cab interior is quite good with the joysticks and
levers modelled. On the outside there are door hinges
in the casting and a tiny Volvo graphic on the door
handle. There are twin wipers and a beacon light on the
roof, although there is no mirror adjacent to the door.
Grab rails are metal and there is a textured platform
outside the cab.
The detailing of the body is very good with panel
handles and grilles modelled in the casting, although
the grilles are not see-through. There
are nice textured walking surfaces on the top of the
body. The counterweight has the Volvo name embossed in
the casting, there is a video camera on top, and small
warning graphics
add to the appearance. Handrails are metal and mirrors add detail.
Under the engine cover is a nice detailed
plastic engine.
Thin plastic hydraulic hoses run up the boom and across to
the stick and down to provide a supply for tools. The
hydraulic rams have plastic jackets and metal pistons.
Rivet heads are painted so the overall appearance is
very good.
The bucket is a very nice metal part.
Features
The tracks roll easily and unusually they are not
tensioned by spring-loaded idlers.
The body rotates
smoothly without rocking.
An opening engine cover allows the engine to be seen and
it can pose in the open position.
The boom, stick and bucket have a very good range of
movement and the rams have the right stiffness to enable
poses to be held.
Quality
This is a high quality model with a low plastic
content.
The graphics and paint are very good.
Price
It is good value fro a larger excavator.
Overall
This is high quality excavator model for
Volvo with good detailing and functionality. It is highly recommended.
Footnotes
The model first appeared at ConExpo in March 2014.
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| Larger sized
excavator. |
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| Metal
handrails. |
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| Undercarriage.
Some detailing on the body. |
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| Detailing on
top is good. |
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| Opening cover. |
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| Loading a Volvo
dump truck. |
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| On the way to
site. |
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