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| The old-style box. |
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| Opening cab
door.
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| View
underneath. |
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| Opening rear
door. |
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| Gears visible
inside. |
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| Detailed
tracks.
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| Solid leader. |
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| Leader set at a
raking angle. |
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The Weserhütte W 180 is one of the NZG
historical series and has been produced in
dragline and this
piling version.
The W 180 was produced approximately in the period 1967
- 1990 and the base machine had a weight of around 60
tonnes.
Packaging
The model
comes in an old-style historic series box. It is packed within a polystyrene box which
has a separate section for the piling attachment. There
were no defects or missing parts on the review model.
There is a simple and clear instruction sheet which explains
how to rig the model.
Detail
The undercarriage has fine metal tracks and the track
frames have rollers top and bottom.
The body itself is detailed well with grilles, lights and
exhaust pipes.
Metal handrails and ladders surround the body and the floors
of the side walkways have a realistic mesh appearance.
Inside the body internal machinery details are provided
with the engine and gears all modelled. Cab details
include a seat, levers and pedals.
The boom sections are good with the connections being of the longitudinal pin variety
and the pulleys are metal. The leader is a heavy
metal casting, with the piling hammer also being solid
and heavy.
Features
The metal tracks can be moved but they are not
particularly free-rolling.
The track sprockets are spring loaded at one end to keep
the tension on the tracks and this makes it easy to remove
the track from the sprockets if required.
There are sliding doors on each side of the model and
there is a hinged door at the rear. Opening flaps
cover the rope entry point on the body.
All the main functions can be operated and the
winches are worked using keys. The boom can be
raised and lowered, as can the leader, and the hammer can
be operated. The leader can be posed vertical or
raking forwards/backwards and offset to the side.
The parts of the model can be posed on suitable haulage
vehicles with the side access walkways being removable.
Quality
The model is very high quality with some particularly
fine detail work. The
paint finish is also very high quality. Very little
plastic is used.
Price
Although the model costs more than similar sized modern
models, the quality makes the additional cost well worth
it.
Overall
This is another very high quality historic model from
NZG. Although it has been available for many years
it is still an outstanding model of its type.
Footnotes
This piling version of the model first appeared at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 2005.
A dragline version of the model was previously released
as NZG 500.
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The parts out of the box. |
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Profile view with the leader vertical. |
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| Hydraulic ram
steadies the leader. |
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| Solid and heavy
hammer. |
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| The A-Frame is
fixed in position. |
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| Detailed boom
with metal pulleys. |
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| Handrails and
walkways are very good. |
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Impressive looking historic model. |
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| View inside the
model. |
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