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Below:
Fully loaded, the model with outriggers
and SSL system ready to roll.
outriggers swing out into a X pattern structure once the crane cabin has
with each one telescopically been repositioned into the working
extending with jacks that can be location. The ballast segments stack
rotated to lower them. The entire neatly on the tray with 14 included in
crane can be lifted from the ground total, 7 for each side and the upper
and the outriggers remain solid. area of the chassis has a frame to
The main ballast plate incorporates allow the base plate to sit centrally
a winch which is pre-wound and to allow the crane to self-ballast
ready in case a jib for the model is with chains included to allow this to
released at a later date. The plate be simulated. The boom has a pair of
pins into place easily on the upper hydraulic cylinders that can be locked
Left:
The detail is amazing no
matter where you look,
here the SSL system in
the stored position on
the telescopic boom.
10 TPMMW Magazine - Spring 2020
