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| The box. |
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| Odd looking
oldtimer truck. |
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| Hinged hood
opens.
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| Detail
underneath. |
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| The backhoe arm
is simple. |
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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 backhoe
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 boom and dipper are metal and look reasonably good
although some of the pulleys are represented by solid
castings and the tying-off points are crude.
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
backhoe moved in and out. 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 pleasant enough model with some nice details
and some simpler ones. It looks interesting and is recommended.
Footnotes
The model first appeared in 2011. The shovel
version of the model on a White truck is reviewed
here. The dragline
version of the Schield Bantam on crawler tracks was
reviewed here.
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Profile view. |
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| Cab door hinge
shows a bit. |
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| The plug is
filling a winch hole. |
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| Opening door. |
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| Trying to dig
through hard fibre board. |
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| Levers in the
cab.
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