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| Smart classic box.
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| Distinctive
front end and good steering. |
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| Underneath the
truck. |
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| On the road. |
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| Deck posts
fitted. The pin which retains the extendible bed
has a painted head. |
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| Link bar for
the swing axles is in place. |
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| The 22RB climbs
on board. |
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This is a model of a classic
Nooteboom trailer, the ADU, which first appeared in
1953. Before this trailers had to have the rear axles
removed in order to load them and this was a time
consuming job. To reduce this effort Anton Nooteboom developed the distinctive
swing out rear axles and these appeared on the ODU low
loader and ADU drawbar trailer. It was a popular
design sold until the late eighties.
ADU stands for: Aanhanger Dieplader Uitschuifbaar, or
Drawbar trailer Lowloader Extendible. The
ADU-32-VV had a permissible axle load of 16 tonnes on
its pendulum axles and around 15-17 tonnes on the
kingpin making a gross weight of 32 tonnes. The
deadweight was around 10 tonnes but owners often
overloaded the trailers with up to 30 tonnes.
The model is
paired with a classic truck, the Scania L60 and the
whole set is presented in Nooteboom red.
Packaging
The model comes in a high quality box sleeve which is
branded Nooteboom Classics. It has some photos of
the trailer but no other technical details. Inside
the box are two expanded polystyrene trays
and there were no defects or missing parts on the review
model.
There are no instructions supplied although most
collectors will work out the model fairly easily.
Detail
The Scania L60 truck has decent chassis detail with the
main suspension and transmission elements modelled in
metal, and the tyres are mounted on metal hubs which
include the wheel nuts detailed within the casting.
The rims of the hubs are painted silver which looks
smart, and this detail is repeated on the trailer too.
At the front there is a Dutch number plate and the big
nose and large headlamps recall a bygone age. There are
some excellent tiny Scania badges on the engine hood,
and there is some fine detailing of the chrome parts on
the doors. The rest of the truck is modelled simply
with the carrying deck entirely of metal but with a wood
grain effect visible in the finish and tiny rivets
details on the structural frame. At the rear there is a
towing hitch and the lights are painted.
The ADU trailer is metal with the exception of the
plastic replica timber decking. The casting details are good
with the deck width extenders formed within the metal.
The twin wheel axles have the leaf springs modelled by
the metal casting. A nice touch is that the pins
used for fixing the extendible deck have painted heads
which means they are not obtrusive. A 'NL' badge and
hazard triangles are applied graphics at the rear, and
the Nooteboom logo is nicely applied at the front.
Features
The steering on the Scania L60 can be set to a
reasonable
lock.
The trailer can be hitched to the truck although it is
fiddly and the connection detail is not great.
The model engineering on the trailer is very good and it
is extendible and can be pinned to different
lengths. Deck posts can be fitted to the trailer bed if
desired.
At the rear the rather quaint loading mechanism is
implemented with the two independent rear axles swinging
sideways to allow a load to travel onto the deck.
Quality
As usual for NZG there is little plastic used and the
paint finish is very good.
Price
The model is reasonable value for what is offered.
Overall
Models of oldtimer equipment are always interesting and
NZG have produced a nice product for Nooteboom. It
looks good carrying a suitable load and is recommended.
Footnotes
This model was new in the NZG 2006 catalogue and has
been produced in different liveries. The Scania
L60 has been sold separately as NZG 584.
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| The parts out
of
the box. |
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| Very nice
chrome work on the door. |
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| High quality
casting details - rivets. |
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| Underneath the trailer. |
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| The swinging
axles opened out to allow loading. |
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| Carrying an old
22RB
excavator although the Cranes Etc team should have
the headroom lower. |
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| The bed
extended to carry a
Weserhutte dragline. |
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