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Manufacturer: China Scale: 1:50th Price: £50.00
Dimensions: L=193mm, W=48mm, H=60mm Weight: 135g Buy it here

Kakeuchi

TB295W

Wheeled Excavator

Above:
The cabin has a finished interior with the door
glass omitted to give a better view.

Above:
The undercarriage has adjustable blade at
one end and twin stabilisers at the other with
rigid axles.

Above:
The 1:50th scale
model is a good
visual representation
of the real machine.
T here are surprise models from been done more for cutting costs

rather than for a quality finished
time to time and one such
model is a Takeuchi TB295W
model, particularly with the way the
wheeled excavator which, on
from wire rather than actually cast and
first glance, looks to be a rather nice hydraulic rams have been fabricated
replica. When you start taking a this results in everything feeling very Above:
closer look, you notice that the way loose. There is also a lack of range of The body casting incorporates inset lights and
things have been implemented have movement of the stick which is a little grill slots.

Below:
The paint finish is good,
with nice separation of the surprising with the cylinder looking too
red and white colours and short for the job.
crisply printed markings. While the engineering is lacking,
there is no denying that the model
does actually look good, thanks to the
paint and printing in part, and the
small details which add to the realism.
The model first became available on
Ebay and has now started appearing
with model dealers. For the price,
it isn’t a bad looking model and I
cannot think of any other 1:50th scale
Takeuchi models that have been
produced, so nice to have a new
brand on the shelf.

42 TPMMW Magazine - Summer 2020