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| Liebherr-branded
box. |
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| Realistic
ripper. |
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| Complex blade
control.
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| Detailed
frames. |
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| Angled blade.
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| On a low loader
but the blade is wide. Working hinged corners
would have been a nice feature. |
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| The LGP version
is shown on the right, the
XL on the left. |
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 Comment on this model.
The PR 736 LGP is a hydrostatically driven tractor. This
is the low ground pressure version with wider tracks. It
has an operating weight in the range of 21 to 24 tonnes,
and has a maximum travel speed of 11km/h.
Packaging
The model comes in a Liebherr-branded box and it
is held between expanded polystyrene trays.
There were no defects or missing parts on the review model.
No information is provided about the real machine and as
the model is complete in the box no assembly is
required.
Detail
The wide metal tracks are excellent and very well detailed
with each shoe showing bolt locations. Most of the
rollers in the detailed track frames do roll.
At the rear there is a ripper attachment complete
with a hydraulic cylinder with an authentic looking
rubber hose.
The 3-shank ripper has teeth which are sharp and the connection
pins are very small. There is also a towing
hitch at the rear and it has an accurate pin.
The body is finely detailed with highlighted bolt heads.
The cab has windows
with highlighted seals together with windscreen wipers and
plastic lights.
The grab rails are thin plastic. Internal
details are very good too, with the controls clearly visible.
The engine cover has an exhaust pipe which is plastic
and solid, but without a hole. The graphics on the
panels are sharp, including those used to represent
grilles. At the front the metal grille is very
good albeit without actual perforations.
The 6-way blade is good with wear plates on
the bottom edge and the hinged corners are represented
in the casting but are not functional.
The blade mounting is complex with multiple hydraulic
hoses.
Features
The tracks are
a little stiff but can be made to roll and they are
tensioned by spring-loaded idlers. The track frames are
transversely linked and
can oscillate a little to facilitate travel on rough terrain.
The ripper moves up and down with a very good
range of movement.
The blade has a good range of movement up and down, and
it also can be angled forward and backwards. A
degree of rotation of
the blade is also possible.
Quality
This
is a solid model with a high metal content.
The paintwork and the graphics are of a high standard.
Price
The model is good value.
Overall
NZG has produced another very nice crawler tractor model
for Liebherr. It is mainly metal with a high
quality feel. It would have been nice if the blade and
ripper had
been removable to provide a little more display flexibility.
Footnotes
The model first appeared in November 2014.
A version with narrow tracks was also produced as model
NZG 926.
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Profile view. |
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| Blade raised up. |
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| Wide track
shoes. |
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| Highlighted
bolt heads. |
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| Sharp teeth. |
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| Good looking
model. |
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