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Manufacturer: IMC Models Scale: 1:32nd Price: £29.95
Dimensions: L=164mm, W=64mm, H=84mm Weight: 210g Buy it here
Tobroco

Giant G4500

X-tra Loader

Above:
The open cabin allows for the interior features to
be seen.
Below:
The Giant L4500 X-tra
wheel loader in 1:32nd
scale is an impressive
release from IMC Models.

Above:
The front loader arms incorporate a Z-bar bucket
linkage with plenty of movement.

I MC models are rightly known Tobroco-Giant commissioned two

versions of a 1:32nd scale model to
for their line of high detail
precision models in 1:50th scale
been made, the G4500 X-tra version
and yet they have been working
configuration of loader arm with Z-bar
on a project for Tobroco Giant in the shown here which has a standard
larger agricultural scale of 1:32. linkage fitted with a straight edge Above:
The brief was to produce a model that bucket and a second version, The contours of the bodywork have been
authentically modelled.
represents the full sized machine while the G4500 Tele which has a
keeping it affordable and to be fair, telescopically extending boom, fitted
IMC have found a nice compromise with a silage fork that has an upper
between detail and affordability with grapple (see opposite page). Both
the model still capturing the essence models share the same chassis and
of the real machine well. cabin tooling.
At the Agritechnica trade show in Below:
2019, Tobroco-Giant revealed a new The articulated chassis and functional loader make
for an interesting model, at a good price point.
range which includes the G4500 and .
G4500 Tele machines which are a
new in-house design. The 4.5 ton
loaders have the option of three
Kubota engines, the 50hp and new
66hp and 76hp variants which are
Stage V ready. The hydrostatic
4-wheel drive provides plenty of
pulling force and smooth movement
with a top speed of 35km/h while
various hydraulic systems are
available epending on the work tools
being used.

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