| Dynapac branded box. | | | Hopper sides open, screed extended. | | Underneath. | | Canopy is metal. A Eurovia operator drives the paver. | | The console detail is excellent. | | At work. | | Pavers on the way to the job on a Nooteboom trailer. |
| The Dynapac SD2500CS is a tracked paver with a maximum laying width of 10m. The machine can lay up to 800 tonnes per hour in a thickness up to 300mm.
Packaging
The model comes in a Dynapac branded box and it has some specification details about the real machine. The model is contained between a pair of polystyrene trays, and the review model had no defects or missing parts.
There is no assembly to do, and no information about the model is supplied.
Detail
Underneath there is a large material auger visible, but it is non functioning. The rubber tracks have a ridged tread pattern and are mounted on simple frames.
The hopper sides are metal as is the material conveyor, although it all looks pretty good, and there is a pivoting bar with rollers to engage the wheels of a discharging tipper truck.
The operator's area is of a good standard with a diamond plated floor and a couple of seats. The control console is particularly finely detailed and the canopy above is metal. There are plastic steps leading down to the screed and gas battles stand on either side.
The screed is a mixture of plastic and metal, with more diamond plate surfacing, and there are excellent control consoles on each end. Most of the hand railing on the model is metal.
Features
The tracks are reluctant to roll when the model is pushed but they can be turned by hand.
For displaying in a transport mode, the hopper sides can close up and can pose at any intermediate position. The canopy roof also folds down to lower the headroom and a linkage achieves the same with the exhaust pipe.
The whole screed can be raised and lowered using stiff hydraulic cylinders so any height can be set, and the access stairs from the operator's platform pivot to follow the screed. Each side of the screed can be opened up for width with clever multi stage cylinders.
The whole of the operator's platform slides from side to side to give the operator a better view forward, and the operator's console also slides on a bar and can be set on either side.
Quality
This is typical high quality model by NZG which is pleasantly heavy without too much plastic. The paintwork and graphics are sharp.
Price
The model is good value for money.
Overall
NZG has produces good paver models and this one maintains the high standard although a few more graphics would have added to the realism. It poses well with other models and is highly recommended.
Footnotes
The model first appeared at the end of 2011 and was shown at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in February 2012. A tracked version of the paver was produced as NZG 842., and a larger version of the wheeled paver was produced as NZG 8411.
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| | Profile view. | | Folded up for transport. | | Gas bottles are a nice detail. | | Material belt is a metal casting. | | Detailed screed. | | A Mercedes Benz Tipper fills the paver. | | Parked next to its bigger brother - the SD2550CS. |
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