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| Dragline bucket. |
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| The model looks the part as a dragline. |
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| Very nicely formed fairlead. |
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| Clamshell version. |
TWH 050 - Manitowoc 4100W with Dragline /
Clamshell / Magnet
Model Review April 2008
Details (continued)
The crane body impresses
because of the fine paintwork and graphics.
The cab is fully detailed inside with seat and control levers, and the
details continue outside with patterned walkways, windscreen wiper and grab
handles. The cab door has some exceptionally fine graphics applied. Behind
the cab is a metal ladder leading to the roof and behind that is a fine slatted
grille. At the rear, the
counterweight blocks are smoothly finished.
Opposite the driver’s cab side is another sliding door and this reveals
the engine compartment complete with various pipe work.
At the front, the structure for supporting the boom pivot is very nicely
reproduced.
The roof of the crane body
has an exhaust with chrome muffler, and the gantry structure is very well
detailed with step irons leading to a ladder which provides access to the
equaliser. All pulleys are metal and
the model engineering in this area is high quality.
To make things easier for collectors, the jib luffing ropes are reeved in
the factory. It is recommended that
before the model is assembled that some ‘Blu Tack’ or similar material is
pressed on to the pulleys to stop the string bouncing off whilst undoing the
tape which has been used to hold the strings together during packing and
transport. On this version of the model
the luffing rope has not been knotted within the equaliser and this is a welcome
minor improvement to the first version.
The boom sections are very
good and represent the Boom No 22 of the original. The
boom butt section
has two metal cylinders which restrain the jib from over-luffing, and the
casting overall of all boom sections is very good with the main chord members
cast to replicate the inverted angled sections of the original. Main boom sections all have
internal bracing which is an unusual detail in crane models. The screwed connections between sections
are good and positive.