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Manufacturer: China Scale: 1:50th Price: £85.00
Dimensions: L=295mm, W=75mm, H=78mm Weight: 505g Buy it here
Liugong

950E

Below:
The Liugong 950E tracked
excavator is a nice find on
AliExpress, available in both Tracked
1:40th and 1:50th scales.

Excavator Above:

The cabin door can be opened to get a better
look at the interior.

Above:
Hydraulic lines have been added and don’t look
too bad.

N ext up for closer appears to be the trend now, the window is partly covered with a
perforated panel but this does look a
inspection is a 1:50th
cabin door can be opened to get a
scale Liugong 950E
better look at the interior which has a
little course. The surface engraving of
tracked excavator, rated
around the 50 ton mark and fitted two-tone light and dark grey finish the body casting has indented grills
and hydraulic piping has been added
with all the hand and foot controls
with a short arm and large toothed modelled. Even the Liugong logo has to the main lift cylinders while the main
bucket for true mass earthworks. As been printed on the seat. The front hydraulic lines are implemented
old-school with them engraved into the
boom casting which now looks
outdated when compared to the latest
releases.
When looking to purchase the
model, be aware that there is also a
1:40th scale version of the 950E
which looks very close in implementa-
tion to the 1:50th version, the main
noticeable difference being the added
detailing on the sides of the toothed
bucket. The arm has a fairly accurate
range of movement but the cylinder
looks to be a little short with some
of the ram visible once the arm is fully
extended. Apart from this, the model
looks good and is another nice
addition to the collection.
Right:
The tracked undercarriage
is nicely detailed to
include triple grouser pads
and raised bolt heads.
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