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Zoomlion branded
box. |
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Large
diversion arrows at the rear. |
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Opening doors. |
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Tilting hopper.
Safety bars are folded down. |
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Impressive
functionality. |
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More engine
detail. |
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The
Zoomlion ZLJ5250TXSDFE5 Cleaning Sweeper is mounted on a
Dongfeng chassis.
Packaging
The model comes in a
Zoomlion branded box with a carry handle and inside it,
the model is contained within plastic formers.
The review model had no defects or missing parts.
A pointer is included with the model. There is no information about the real truck.
The model is in the unusual scale of 1:38.
Detail
The truck chassis is based on a Dongfeng chassis and
the model is detailed underneath,
with a number of parts modelled in plastic.
This includes the front sprayers, the brush assemblies
and two exhausts. The wheels are nicely detailed, and the tyres are the same on
all axles.
The cab bears the Dongfeng badge on the nicely detailed
grille. The lights are good and there is nice
silver highlighting of the roof lights. The
interior detail is fine, with a detailed console.
There is no number plate as this is a generic model.
The sweeper engine bay has doors with detailed grilles,
and the vacuum bay has nicely formed hatches on the
roof. Underneath, the brushes have plastic
bristles and the connections have silver rivets.
The vacuum assembly has a number of plastic parts.
The hopper bay continues the really good shaping and
paintwork of the vacuum bay, and small sharp graphics
add to the detail. At the back there are large
diversion sign arrows and there is a small spy window
into the hopper which is see-through.
Features
The
front axle has a moderate shallow steering
angle, and there is also a linkage through into the
steering wheel in the cab which turns a little.
The rear axles have sprung suspension. They are
also connected to drive shafts which rotate impressively
when the wheels are turned.
The sweeper brushes can be angled out when in service and
they can be rotated by hand. The vacuum assembly
can be raised and lowered.
The cab doors open and close.
The cab tilts and can be posed tilted.
There are two opening panels on each side of the sweeper
engine bay.
The rear flap on the hopper opens and the whole hopper
can be tipped with the rams holding any pose.
Safety bars can be raised to maintain the hopper in a
tipped position.
Quality
It has a high metal content with some plastic
used, mainly on the chassis. The quality level is
very good.
The paintwork and graphics are excellent.
Price
It represents good value.
Overall
This is a really nice model of a Zoomlion
sweeper. It has really good detailing and an
outstanding array of working features which make full
use of the opportunity provided by 1:38 scale.
Footnotes
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Dongfeng cab
looks convincing. |
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Profile view. |
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Detailed
chassis with working drive shafts. |
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Engine detail
is revealed. |
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Spy hole can be
seen through. |
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Good for team
members of the right size. |
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