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Schield Bantam Shovel on White Truck

Maker:  SpecCast
Model No:  016
Scale:  1:50
Review Date:  June 2011


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Cranes Etc Model Rating
Packaging   (max 10)8
Detail   (max 30)18
Features   (max 20)14
Quality   (max 25)18
Price   (max 15)13
Overall   (max 100)71%

Footnotes


Schield Bantam Shovel on White Truck Video
The box.
Rear view.  Mud flaps are rubber.
Opening door.
Digging.
Shovel and backhoe together.
The Schield Bantam C-35 was developed by Vern and Wilbur Schield in Ohio in the 1940s and eventually sold over 15,000 machines.

The shovel version reviewed here is mounted on a White truck chassis.

Packaging

The model comes in a windowed box with the model held between plastic formers.  There was no damage or missing parts on the review model.

The box has some information about the Schield Bantam on the box.  No instructions are provided.

Detail

The truck chassis is reasonably detailed with the gearbox and transmission modelled, as are the leaf springs.  The tyres are mounted on hubs which look particularly smart.

The truck cab is quaint-looking and sports pleasant lights and chrome work, and there is interior detail although there is only ‘glass’ in the windscreen and not the door or side window.  There is a detailed engine under the hood.  The hinges on the hood and cab door are fairly obvious.  There are some very small legible graphics on the sides of the hood and the door mirror is metal.

The Bantam body is all metal, and within the casting features such as doors are formed.  There are a three holes in the body where a key is used to drive internal winches and plastic plugs are provided which can be used to fill the holes and improve the look of the model when on display.

Detail inside the cab is good with individual operating levers and pedals being visible.

The parts of the shovel mechanism are metal and look reasonable with metal pulleys.

Features

The front axle has limited steering capability.

The cab door opens and each side of the engine hood lifts and folds to give access to the engine.

There are three holes in the body for winches but only two function on this version of the model. To operate the winches, the body plugs are removed.  Using the supplied key the boom can be raised and lowered, and the shovel moved up and down.  The range of movement is limited however.

Quality

The overall quality is reasonable, with little plastic used.  The paintwork and graphics are fine.

Price

The model is fairly competitively priced.

Overall

This is a reasonable and inexpensive model with some a mix of good detail and some less good.  It is recommended for anyone interested in older machines.

Footnotes

The model first appeared in 2011.  The backhoe version of the model on a White truck is reviewed here.  The dragline version of the Schield Bantam on crawler tracks was reviewed here.

 
Profile view.
Maybe it travels like this?
Detail underneath.
Opening hood.
Range of movement is limited.
Manual start on the diesel engine seems unrealistic....