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Manufacturer: IMC Models Item No: 1-0141 Scale: 1:50th Price: €525.00
Dimensions: L=422mm, W=106mm, H=86mm Weight: 3790g

Below:
The “Collector’s Edition” comes
complete with transport trays,
shown here on a pair of ballast
trailers in matching livery.

Demag AC700-9

Mobile Crane

When IMC first announced that they were producing a 1:50th scale model of the Demag
AC700-9 mobile crane and that it would come in two different versions, a standard release
and a “Collector’s Edition”, I thought to myself that the idea was interesting, but would a
collector edition actually work. Collectors eagerly waited for updates and to IMC’s credit,
they provided various details on the progress of the model, with an anticipated release
date of early 2019. By Bauma, there was still no release date for the model but the
prototypes on display said all that was needed, and from the looks of it, the model
certainly had plenty of detail. Now that the model has been released, I have to say that
the award of “Model of the year 2019” is justly deserved as the final result is something
a little special, so let’s take a closer look at what you get.

F irstly, the packaging is of a Below:
high standard, with a printed
book providing many different
pictures of the AC700-9 in
components, although it could have done with
different company and crane fleet The trays hold all of the main transportable
liveries, both in transport and working another tray for the individual counterweights.
configurations and I have no
doubt that in the coming months, and
possibly years, a number of different
decorations are likely to be produced,
with a release for Mammoet already
delivered.

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