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| Vögele branded box. |
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| Profile view. |
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| Canopy lowered
to reduce the transport headroom. |
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| Detailed
control pad. |
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| Metal
handrails.
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| Opening panel
door. |
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Top cover raised. |
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| End of the
screed extends. |
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| It makes an
interesting diorama. |
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 Comment on this model.
The
Vögele
Super 2100-3 Tracked Paver has a maximum paving width of
13m and can lay up to 1100 tonnes of material per hour.
This 'Dash 3' version of the machine is an upgrade of
the previous 2100-2 version.
The model is improved over the previous version numbered
NZG 670.
Packaging
The model comes in a large Vögele-branded box and inside
it is enclosed between polystyrene trays with the paver
secured to the base tray with a tie.
The
review model had no defects or missing parts.
The model is complete with no assembly required, and
there is no information describing its features.
Included is an interesting reprint of a brochure about the real
machine and some spare track links are also added.
Detail
The small metal tracks are detailed including bolt heads
in the pads and deflectors at the front. It is
interesting to note that the model is numbered 858 and
859 on the
underside.
At the front the hopper belt is
a metal casting and the hopper sides are also metal.
There are some non-functioning rollers for engaging the
wheels of a discharging tipper.
The body has deep grilles and
sharp graphics. The operator's station has a textured
floor, a finely detailed console and the two seats are
good. The slide out sections have see-through
sides and the canopy is metal with plastic
extensions. The hand rails are metal and
realistically sized. There is a detailed engine
under the various opening panel doors.
The screed has textured surfaces and high quality
handrails. It is very long with plastic suspension
bars, and there is a metal material screw of matching
length.
Each end of the screed has a control pad and
these are highly detailed.
Features
The tracks are stiff but can be turned by hand.
The front deflectors can move on their mountings.
The hopper sides can close in to force material onto the
belt.
Doors open on each side of the body and the cover on top
of the engine can be opened and posed in the open position.
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 also rotates to face
the seat.
The canopy roof can be partially lowered to provide a reduced
headroom for travelling on a transport vehicle.
However the long screed is fixed so it does not make a
viable transport load.
The screed can be raised and lowered, and can be
extended on both ends for width.
Quality
This is a high quality model by NZG which is almost
all metal and surprisingly heavy.
The paint and graphics are very good.
Price
The price is reasonable for the quality.
Overall
This is a high quality paver model by NZG with nice
enhancements over previous models in terms of the metal tracks and opening
doors to the engine compartment.
Footnotes
The model first appeared at the BAUMA Exhibition in
2013.
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| Brochure
and bag of spare track pads is included. |
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| Seat swung out
and extended canopy. |
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| Auger material
screw underneath. |
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| Very detailed
operator's console. |
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| Hopper sides
folded in.
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| Another opening
door. |
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| Detailed metal
tracks. |
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| Laying the
black stuff. |
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