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| Very big box.
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| Looks very good in
the Sennebogen colour scheme. |
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| Removable panel
to access the winches.
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| Detailed track
pads. |
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| Brass pulleys
would have been more realistic painted. |
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| Overall profile
is very good. |
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| At work. |
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The Sennebogen 6140e is a heavy duty
crawler crane designed for repetitive stressful
loadings. It has a 140 tonne capacity and a maximum
main boom length of 63.5m.
This model comes with a dragline attachment. The
real machine is rated for a bucket size of 5.4m³.
Packaging
It comes in a very large branded box because the model
is fully assembled and reeved. The model is
secured to the bottom tray with a string tie.
The review model had no missing parts. Some of the
metal handrails were not straight.
A few technical details of the real machine are included
on the box and a simple pictorial instruction sheet with photos
describes the main features of the model.
Detail
The metal tracks are shaped with nice detailing. They are mounted
on decent track frames with no moving rollers but there
are small graphics and steps.
The cab is plastic with a mirror, grab
rails and a windscreen wiper. Metal walkways and
handrails surround the body. TIt has a very good
paint finish with small graphics and panel handles that look realistic.
On top there are textured surfaces and the handrails are
metal.
At the rear the counterweights are solid blocks detailed with sharp
graphics applied. The chains are a little too
bright in terms of their silvered finish and the
pulleys for the boom luffing gear are separate brass
pieces although they appear jammed in.
The boom is metal with the mesh walkways formed by
graphics printed on clear plastic. The boom looks
good but it is not jointed in the same sections as the
real crane so it cannot be taken apart realistically.
Also the boom pendants
are pliable plastic and they are fixed in length.
At the boom head the brass pulleys would have
looked better painted to
match the real crane.
The dragline bucket seems over large and the draining
perforations are also on the big side. It is all metal
but the front chains are two short to be realistic.
Features
The tracks roll well by hand and the idlers on the frames
are spring loaded to maintain tension.
The track frames are also retractable, so they could be
set up in a narrow transport configuration.
The crane rotates well.
To gain access to the winches the whole of one side
panel is removable.
Inside the panel there are a couple of large keys and
these can be used to operate any of the three working
winches.
The boom luffing winch can be used to adjust the boom
angle although the rope does not move freely and some
manual intervention is required.
There is no ability to reconfigure the boom as it is
permanently riveted in the delivered configuration.
Similarly the counterweight is fixed in place and not
made of individually separable parts although some
pieces can be unscrewed. However the
counterweight lift cylinders can be raised and lowered a
little.
The dragline bucket can be operated but it cannot be
posed being emptied because of the short front chains.
Quality
This is a robust model with a good finish, with just
some of the handrails needing straightening out of the
box.
The paintwork
and graphics are very good.
Price
The model is reasonably priced overall.
Overall
Out of the box this is a very good looking model.
However, it could have been a great model if it had
respected the real crane more, and if it could be split
down like the real crane.
Footnotes
The model
was released at the Bauma exhibition in 2019. Versions
were also
made with a diaphragm
walling attachment and a grab.
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| Model is
fully assembled in the box. Some handrails were
not quite straight. |
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| Profile view. |
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| Counterweights
are not separate pieces. |
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| Metal handrails
around the top. |
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| Mesh walkways
are graphics printed on clear plastict. |
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| Dragline bucket
is very large.
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