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| Vögele branded box. |
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| Profile view. |
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| Screed
extended. |
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Control pad at the end of the screed. |
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| Opening panel. |
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| Opening panel. |
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| Transport mode. |
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| Excellent in a
mini diorama. |
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The
Vögele
Super 1800-5 X Tracked Paver has a maximum paving width of
10m and can lay up to 700 tonnes of material per hour.
This version of the model represents the dash 5
generation of Vögele pavers.
Packaging
The model comes in a Vögele branded box. Inside, the
model is enclosed between a pair of trays.
The
review model had no defects or missing parts.
There is no information about the real machine or model.
Detail
The metal tracks are very good including scrapers at the front. There is a
non-functioning spreader auger on the underside.
The small track frames have graphics applied.
At the front the hopper belt is represented within the
metal casting and the hopper sides are also metal with
very sharp graphics. There are pivoting but
rollers for engaging the wheels of a discharging tipper,
and there PaveDock signal blocks on the canopy.
The body has deep grilles and many small warning sign graphics. There
are textured floors in the operator's area, and a
fine mesh grille behind the steps. The operator's
control console is superbly detailed. There are
see-through sides, and the hand rails are metal and
realistically sized.
The canopy above is metal with plastic extensions, and
there are tiny beacon lights.
There is a detailed engine
under the various opening panel doors.
The screed has more textured surfaces and high quality
handrails.
Each end of the screed has a console pad and these
are very finely detailed.
Features
The tracks roll easily and are tensioned by
spring-loaded idlers. The front scrapers can
move on their mountings.
The hopper sides can close in to force material onto the
belt.
Both operator's seats can be rotated out to provide a
better view forwards, and the roof canopy above can be
extended to provide shelter. The console can move on a
rail from side to side and it also rotates to face the
operator.
The canopy roof and linked exhaust pipe can be lowered
to provide a reduced
headroom for travelling on a transport vehicle.
There are three opening engine covers which reveal a
detailed engine.
The screed can be raised and lowered, and can be
extended on both sides for width.
Quality
This is a very high quality paver model by NZG which is almost
all metal.
It has excellent paint and graphics.
Price
It is good value.
Overall
This is an excellent model which is at the top end of
high quality Wirtgen replicas. It poses well with related models
or as a transport load.
Footnotes
This model was introduced
at Bauma 2025. A wheeled version of the paver was
produced as NZG model
#1106.
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| Screed
retracted. |
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| Detailed
baseplate. |
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| Superbly
detailed console. |
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| Track frames
have graphics. |
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| Screed raised.
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| Detailed
engine. |
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| At work. |
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