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| The box.
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| It looks
convincing despite the small scale. |
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| Painted
lights at the rear. |
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| Outriggers
out. The spreader plates are not supplied with the
model. |
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| Rigged with
a single fall of rope.
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| Detailed
cab. |
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| Lifting a
beam with the boom extended. |
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Counterweights are convincing. |
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The Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 is a
9-axle crane rated at 750 tonnes capacity and was
designed to fill a gap in the Liebherr range between the
500 tonne LTM 1500 and the big LTM 11200 crane.
The crane was officially launched at the Liebherr
Customer Days event at Ehingen in June 2012. To
commemorate the introduction Liebherr commissioned a
scale model of the LTM 1750 and it was made available for the
event.
Packaging
The model comes in a Liebherr-branded box design with the
model held within a pair of clear plastic formers. There
were no defects on the review model, but one door mirror
was missing which was supplied separately.
There is no information on the real machine included,
and no instructions for the model, although assembly and
rigging is straightforward.
Detail
The carrier is good with rubber tyres on the detailed
wheels.
At the front the driving cab is well detailed
with wipers, nice painted lights, and clip-on door
mirrors. It has interior detail also. The engine
detail behind the cab is excellent considering the
scale. At the rear the carrier has lights detailed with
graphics and the outrigger beams are plastic with chevron graphics
applied.
The crane body is a nicely made part and the cab has
good interior detail although there are no handrails
outside, and a silvered ladder adds to the
detail.
The counterweight tray is a metal part with the winch
drums for luffing gear formed solidly within the casting.
The counterweight stacks are two solid pieces with very
good graphics.
The boom has a metal bottom section and there is one
section able to be telescoped which is made of plastic.
There is a metal pulley at the boom head with the main
cluster of pulleys being a single plastic moulding.
The hook is a solid metal block which appears to be a
modelling compromise in order to provide weight.
However when rigged on the crane it is the least
realistic aspect of the model.
Features
The model rolls well in a straight line
although there is no steering functionality.
The outriggers fold out from the side of the carrier.
Although the pistons and pads cannot be lowered
directly, they can be lowered to touch the ground as the
whole outrigger beams can be clipped down. It would
have been nice if some spreader plates were
included with the model.
The crane cab can be moved from transport to working
position.
The counterweight tray is a separate part which pins
into position and it can be posed on the carrier deck to
replicate self-ballasting.
The boom has one working telescopic section. The
boom can be raised and the cylinders are just stiff
enough to hold the boom up.
A working winch can be operated using a key and the hook
can have one fall of rope which is a compromise because of the
scale.
Quality
To enable detail in the smaller scale there is more
plastic than in a typical 1:50 model, but it is still
very much a diecast model. The paintwork is good
and the colour match of plastic parts is very good.
Price
The model is good value
and is a less expensive option for someone wanting a
model of a large mobile crane.
Overall
This is a relatively small model at under 35cm tall, and
the carrier is 23cm long so it is ideal where display
space is limited, or even as an item on a model railway
layout. Although there are a number of modelling
compromises to suit the scale the model looks good and
is highly recommended having regard for the scale.
Footnotes
The model was first appeared in June 2012 at the
Liebherr Customer Days. The production version of
the model was renumbered 08-1113.
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| The parts
out of the box. |
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| The hole in
the body is for the winch key.
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| Simple
chassis. |
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| Posed
self-loading the counterweight. |
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| Outriggers
are good even though they are plastic. |
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| High quality
detailing in the engine area. |
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| Convincing
main rams. |
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| Boom top. |
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| A big
crane. |
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