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| The windowed
box. |
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| Nice body casting.
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| Wheels extended.
The tyres are good. |
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| At maximum height.
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| Engine details.
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| Nice control panel. |
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| Parked with its
brother, the JCPT1412. |
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 Comment on this model.
The
Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Company is a Chinese manufacturer
of access platforms and their products are sold worldwide.
The GTBZ43S Boom Lift is the largest machine in the Dingli
range (at the time of the review) and it has a working height
of 43 m, and an outreach of 24 m. It weighs around
21 tonnes and the unrestricted platform capacity is 230
kg.
Packaging
The box design is simple with Dingli branding. Inside
the model is held within expanded polystyrene trays.
There were no defects or missing parts on the review model.
There is no information about the real machine and the box
does not name the model maker, although it is understood
to be ShangJia.
Detail
There is no detail underneath the chassis. The large
rough terrain rubber tyres look good and are mounted on
metal wheels. Each wheel is mounted on a metal extending
axle.
The curved body shape is modelled well with the Dingli name
moulded in the rear panel. Each of the side panels
opens up and engine components are detailed in plastic,
with the ground controls nicely represented by graphics.
The hydraulic ram for the boom appears to have a thin metal
jacket, but there are no hoses detailed. The four
section telescopic boom is modelled in metal with the
static cable
route in plastic. The graphics on the side of the
boom are sharp.
The basket has a detailed control panel and some paint or
graphics would have added detail. The floor is modelled
with a nice metal mesh, and the handrails are soft plastic with
a very good colour match to the metal parts.
Features
Each wheel steers independently so all steering modes can
be replicated. However the wheel mountings are a little
loose so the wheels can lean a bit.
The wheels extend out on sliding beams but again there is
too much play in the mechanism so they can appear to sag
at full extension.
The body rotates smoothly.
The boom ram is good as it holds it in almost any pose.
The telescopic sections extend smoothly and the model is
big at full extension, although as a modelling compromise
the control cables do not telescope.
The basket angle and orientation can be set as desired giving
a full range of posing possibilities.
Both sides of the body have opening engine covers and these
can be posed open.
Quality
The quality is good with a low plastic content.
The paintwork and graphics are very good.
Price
Although not generally available for sale the value is good
based on Chinese pricing.
Overall
This is quite an impressive model when fully opened up,
in part due to its unusual 1:40 scale. It also has
some nice functionality with the opening engine covers being
noteworthy.
Footnotes
The model was introduced in the 2012 according to the ShangJia
website, with 2000 being made.
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| Parked with wheels
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| Profile view. |
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| Simple underneath. |
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| Basket rotated.
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| Basket is convincing.
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