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Manufacturer: Diecast Masters Scale: 1:50th Price: £58.99

Below:
Four work tools are included
with the Cat 308, digging
bucket, grading bucket,
auger and hammer.

Above:
A mulching head is an
interesting choice for
attachment on the 309.

Cat 308 & 309 CR

Midi Excavators

Below:
The attachments easily clip into place
T he previous incarnation of the on the coupler and give different posing
possibilities, as shown here on the 309.
Cat 308 was produced in the
larger 1:32nd scale and it
is refreshing to see it now
appear in 1:50th scale, not only that,
but with two slightly different versions,
the 308 CR and the 309 CR which
has a slightly longer undercarriage
frame and twin hydraulics to operate
the blade. Diecast Masters have to be
credited for including four different
work tools with each model, and
while it would have been cost
effective to have the same
attachments for both, there
is a difference with the

14 TPMMW Magazine - Autumn 2019