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| Big box. |
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| Metal tracks.
Ballast blocks, angled support and ladder are plastic. |
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| Nice pylon. |
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| Big power pack
box. |
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| Roof comes off
of the power pack container. Inside is detailed. |
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| Metal grab. |
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| Two bases are
included. |
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| Standing on the
four-point base. |
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 Comment on this model.
The Sennebogen 8130 EQ is a material handling machine
and it is designed to be in equilibrium during the
operating cycle resulting in lower operating costs and
energy usage.
The overall weight of the machine mounted on crawler
tracks is around 140 tonnes.
This model is the electric version and comes with a
clamshell grab and two bases; crawler tracks and a
four-point base.
Packaging
The box is large, but not particularly heavy. The
model is held within expanded polystyrene trays and is
secured with a few ties.
The review model had no defects or missing parts.
A few technical details of the real machine are included
on the box but there are no instructions for the model.
Detail
The crawler track frame has a metal bottom with the
ballast blocks and supports to the pylon being plastic.
The tracks are metal with tight snap-fit links. They
are mounted on reasonably detailed track frames with no moving rollers.
The alternative four-point
base is similarly
constructed and it has nice circular pads.
The pylon is an interesting metal part with the joins in
the tube detailed with bolt heads. A plastic
ladder with safety cage rises up to an intermediate
platform which has an excellent mesh surface and plastic
handrails. A further ladder rises to the cab
platform which has more excellent flooring.
The 'maXcab Industry'
cab is plastic with some good interior
detailing, the windows have the seals highlighted and
there are windscreen wipers. Small plastic
floodlights are mounted around the front of the machine.
The power pack unit is a large container and it is
entirely plastic with good texturing to represent
grilles and there is an access door too. Inside a
switch cabinet, motor and hydraulic tank is modelled and
plastic hydraulic hoses run to the boom.
The compact boom is metal with a plastic underside.
Hydraulic pipes are modelled within the top of the boom.
A large number of hydraulic hoses are provided at the
bottom of the boom but it looks a little untidy and
unrealistic.
The counterweights at the rear are nice metal parts with
very sharp graphics. The parallelogram linkage is
metal and it has a railing to clip on a safety harness
whilst walking along the boom. The loading stick
is also metal.
The clamshell grab is a metal part and hydraulic hoses
are modelled.
Features
The crawler track undercarriage has tracks which can
roll but they are not free-rolling. They are
spring loaded to maintain tension. The
undercarriage can be unscrewed and removed.
The four-point base has adjustable pads with no
unsightly screw threads visible.
The model rotates well although the review model tended
to unscrew and begin rocking after being rotated too
much in one direction.
The boom and stick movement is good and the
parallelogram linkage and moving counterweights work
well. However the boom hydraulic ram is not stiff
enough to hold a pose without bleeding over time.
A separate pin is provided to lock the extension in a
couple of positions.
The clamshell grab rotates freely and swings also.
Each half opens fully.
Individual floodlights are adjustable for angle.
Quality
It has a fairly high plastic content. However the
colour match with the metal parts is very good so
visually the model looks fine.
The paintwork has a good finish and the graphics are
very sharp.
Price
The model is reasonable value given its relatively large size.
Overall
ROS has produced a good looking model for Sennebogen.
It has a lot of plastic and this probably allows the
cost of this large model to be kept down. It is an
impressive and interesting machine.
Footnotes
The model first appeared at the Nuremberg Toy Fair 2013.
The model number on the box (2733/02) is the same as the
Conrad model number for the
Sennebogen Starlifter in 'Go
for Green' colours. The ROS model number is 208.1.
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| A few
parts come out of the box. |
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| Profile view.
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| Excellent mesh
platform.
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| Large
counterweight blocks. |
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| Cab is
detailed. Lights are adjustable. |
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Hydraulics detailing. |
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| This is a big
machine. |
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