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| The box.
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| Impressive
colour scheme. |
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| Crane cab
in the travelling position. |
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| Self
ballasting. |
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Counterweight looks good.
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| Very nice
detail behind the cab. |
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On the road. |
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The Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 is a
9-axle crane rated at 750 tonnes capacity.
This version of the model is in the colours of
BMS,
which is a Danish company. It is 1:87 scale.
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 or missing parts on the review model.
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. The underside is plastic.
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, and the outrigger beams are plastic with chevron graphics
applied.
The crane body is a nicely made part and the plastic cab
has good interior detail although there are no handrails
outside.
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 sharp 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 BMS graphics on the boom are excellent.
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 but 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 rams are 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 mainly a diecast model.
The paintwork is good
and the colour match of plastic parts is also good.
Price
The model is
reasonable value.
Overall
This is a relatively small model
being in 1:87 scale and it would
pose well on a model railway
layout. There are a number of modelling
compromises to suit the scale, but it looks good
overall.
Footnotes
The model was first appeared in Liebherr colours in June 2012 at the Liebherr
Customer Days. This version of
the model appeared in October 2018.
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| The parts
out of the box. |
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| Wheel hubs
are identical, unlike the real crane.
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| Simple
underneath. |
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| Erecting a
tower crane. |
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Boom at maximum extension. |
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