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| A high quality model of a famous crane. |
TWH 049 - Manitowoc 4100W Crawler Crane
Model Review April 2008
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| A high quality model of a famous crane. |
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| The Manitowoc 4100W box. |
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Inside the lid are the simple instructions. Click the photo to view larger. |
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| The model in the tray. The unfilled gaps will presumably be filled in the later variants of the model. |
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| The parts out of the box. |
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| Opening door to provide storage for chains. |
The Manitowoc 4100W is a famous crane in the history of the Manitowoc Crane Company and was
one of the most popular cranes it ever built.
It was launched in 1968 and was in production until the mid 1990s with
nearly a thousand having been made.
This is the crawler crane version which had a lifting capacity of 200 tons. It is modelled in 1:50 scale and is produced by TWH in China.
Packaging
The model comes in an
interesting box which harks back to the era when the crane was first produced.
It consists of a top and bottom cardboard piece and unusually the
instructions for building the model are printed on the inside of the lid.
Within the box is a single expanded polystyrene tray with lid which
contains the pieces of the model, all well wrapped in polythene.
The review model was undamaged.
The instructions are simple and straightforward to follow.
In fact if anything they are too simple
as they do not fully explain all assembly such as the raising of the gantry which would be helpful to
a novice collector. A
Also
provided is a reproduction of a 1969 brochure which contains the specifications and load charts for the
original crane.
Detail
Getting the model out of the
box it is clear Manitowoc have invested in a high quality model to celebrate the 4100W.
The metal linked tracks are
excellent and the track frames are very detailed.
Particularly fine points are the spoked drive sprockets and the realistic
working chain drives which move as the tracks are used.
The undercarriage frame has attachable ballast boxes and these include
patterned steps and tiny warning notices. The
ballast boxes are not particularly heavy, although the undersides can be
unscrewed allowing additional weight to be added.
