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| SEM
branded
box. |
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| Nice looking
model. |
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Ripper is good but the rivets
would be better painted. |
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| Nice
hydraulics. |
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| Opening cab
door. |
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| Floating rear
wheels. |
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| Realistic
grader. |
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The
SEM 919 is 15 tonne motor grader and is the smallest
produced by SEM.
SEM (Shandong Engineering Machinery) is the brand name of the Caterpillar-owned Chinese
equipment maker.
Packaging
The model comes in an SEM branded box which has a
window. Inside the box, the model is
contained within plastic formers and is secured with a
single twist tie.
The review model had
no missing parts or defects.
No information is provided about the real machine.
Detail
There is detail underneath, particularly in the engine
area. The rubber tyres are nice, and they are mounted
on detailed wheels.
At the rear the ripper is metal and the five shanks have
plastic teeth with highlighted tips. The rivets are
silver and as in other places on the model would have
looked better painted. A hose runs to the
hydraulic ram.
The engine block has metal grab rails and the
see-through mesh side grilles are excellent. Tool
boxes on each side are off-colour compared to the rest
of the model. Under the engine cover is a detailed
engine.
No hydraulics are visible crossing the steering pivot
point. The cab is very good, with a very detailed
interior and extremely thin grab rails.
At the front end the blade has highlighted wear plates,
and nicely modelled light sit on stalks above the front
axle. The moldboard also has highlighted wear
plates on the blade, and the detailing of the hydraulics
is very good.
Features
The front axle has very good steering capability it is
able to oscillate up and down significantly. The
engineering that allows the tyres to lean is very good.
The rear wheels are all linked together and they
oscillate on the pivot point.
The grader can steer across the pivot point behind the
cab although the angle is shallow.
At the rear the ripper can be raised and lowered.
The moldboard can be raised and lowered, and a small
amount of side to side tilt is possible. It can also
rotate on the circle, and have the face tilted forwards
and backwards a little.
Both cab doors open widely.
The engine cover opens fully.
Quality
This model is robust and well made. It has a
high metal content with plastic used appropriately.
The paintwork and graphics are very good.
Price
It is very good value for a large model.
Overall
This grader is a nicely made model and will be
interesting to anyone wanting a complete collection of
Caterpillar models.
Footnotes
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| Wear plate on
the bottom of the blade. |
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| Profile view. |
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| Underneath. |
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| Detailed
wheels. |
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| Front wheel
lean is very good. |
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| Attractive
model. |
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