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Manufacturer: Diecast Masters Item No: 85594/85595 Scale: 1:50th Price: £55.00
Dimensions: L=95mm, W=45mm, H=63mm Weight: 190g

Left:
The water tanks have a
ridged design with raised
filler caps.

Caterpillar CB13

Tandem Vibratory Roller

In 2018, Caterpillar introduced new production class tandem vibratory rollers to the paving machine
family in the form of the CB13, CB15 and CB16 responding to working weights of 13, 15 and 16 ton

respectively. The CB13 is the smallest of the
three, powered by the Cat C4.4 ACERT diesel
engine giving a power output of 106kW. Travel
Left:
speed is up to 13km/h with a 2-metre drum The cutter disk on the
drum frame is a nice
compaction width and a 170mm drum offset. touch, and does have
a little movement.
T wo 1:50th scale models
have been produced of the
CB13, one with a fully
enclosed cabin and one with
an open canopy with shared tooling
for the articulated frame, body and
drum construction. Presented in
the printed collector tins, the models
are well protected and come with
operator figures, for those that want to
install them. For the canopy version,

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