 | | The box. |  |  | | Scania cab is very detailed and is complete with number plates. |  | | The outrigger beam has a storage frame attached. Wheel hubs are excellent. |  | | It looks very convincing. |  | | Outriggers out, the crane begins to set up. |  | | Great detail underneath. |  | | Fly jib attached. |  | | Lifting the Liebherr ingot that is supplied with the model. |
| Truck mounted cranes offer an alternative in the taxi crane class where they travel with all equipment necessary for a quick set up and operation on site. The largest such model currently offered by Liebherr is the LTF 1060-4.1 which has a 60 tonne crane mounted on a four axle Scania carrier. It can lift to a height of 56m with the folding jib attached.
Packaging
The model comes in a typical Liebherr branded box. 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. There are a number of parts supplied in the box and most of these are obvious to fit, but certainly an instruction sheet would help a new collector.
Detail
As expected from WSI, the truck chassis is excellent. The transmission is fully modelled and the suspension elements look realistic too. An exhaust pipe runs to the side. The wheels are really good with very detailed hubs and authentic treaded tyres.
The Scania cab captures the look of the real cab well and some of the fine detailing is particularly good including the lights, door handles, number plate and the applied graphics. A fine loop is provided at the front to attach the hook during transport.
The outriggers are to a high standard. They have detailed metal beams and realistic pistons, and storage baskets are fitted to the front outrigger beams. The pads are pinned, and a set of plastic spreader plates is also included.
The carrier deck is covered in diamond plating with very nice detailing of the access hatches at the rear. Various ladders are fixed to the deck and at the rear the towing hitch includes a tiny winding handle. The lights have plastic lenses.
The crane cab has metal grab rails on the outside, and windscreen wipers but these seem a little fat for the scale. Inside the detailing is very good with a computer console and controls, and Liebherr printed on the seat back.
High detail continues on the crane body with hydraulic lines and excellent graphics, some of them tiny. The orange beacon lights look nice. The counterweight is made up of three parts and one of these has tiny graphics applied too.
The five stage telescopic boom is metal and is very realistic as it is not made out of diecast material but is most likely aluminium, and this allows the walls to be extremely thin resulting in very accurate profiles. As a result the innermost boom section looks correct rather than being unrealistically slim. However there is a very slight variation in colour between the boom and the rest of the model under some lighting conditions and this may be due to the material used or perhaps they were painted in a different factory. The inner booms are two-tone and this looks great.
The double folding extension jib is metal, and it has a pop out guide pulley. For some reason there is not a pulley at the end of the lattice boom section so it cannot be rigged without the solid section folded out. It can be connected to the main boom by pins and an offset angle can be set using a hydraulic cylinder.
The pulleys in the fly jib and the boom are metal and a very nicely detailed three sheave hook block is provided together with a Liebherr branded ingot to suspend from the hook. A safety cut-out chain hangs from the boom top and it and the hoist rope connector are pinned so they can be transferred to the extension boom, although they do not fit well into the holes on it.
Features
The steering of the front two axles are linked but only a very small amount of movement is possible to obtain a more interesting pose.
The truck cab tilts to give access to the engine block. The crane cab tilts to enable the operator to work more comfortably when lifting at height, and the access platform at the base of the cab slides out and retracts.
The outrigger beams fold out and extend , and the pads can be lowered and will support the crane. However care is required when retracting the pistons if they are wound too far as the screw pops the cab off the top of the outrigger beam and this small part is easily lost.
At the rear the counterweight is detachable and can be either stowed on the carrier deck or attached to the crane.
The crane functions work well with the hoist operated by a supplied key. The boom sections lock into place when extended although the boom cylinder is not particularly stiff and bleeds down over time so a pin is provided to insert through a hole in the cylinder jacket.
The extension boom pins to the side of the boom (although it does not fit perfectly) so it stays on when the boom is raised. The angle of the extension boom is controlled by a cylinder rather than a latch so it is liable to bleed down.
Quality
In all respects this is up to WSI's usual high standard of quality. The boom is certainly accurately made. There is relatively little plastic, and the applied graphics are excellent.
Price
The model is good value for money.
Overall
As WSI's second Liebherr crane model it shows further improvement and in terms of detail it is exemplary. There is no hesitation in highly recommending it to crane model collectors.
Footnotes
The model was first appeared in Krosche colours with the Liebherr liveried version available from November 2010. Other liveries have also been produced. This model has also been reviewed in Sarens livery.
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|  | | The model in the tray. |  | | The parts out of the box. |  | | The fly jib fixed to the side of the boom. |  | | Details at the rear. |  | | Tilting cab. |  | | The crane cab tilts. The outriggers can support the crane off its wheels. |  | | The boom has a very realistic profile with the inner sections looking right. |  | | Working without a fly jib on board. The load is a tower section from the Liebherr 630 EC-H 40 Tower Crane. |
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