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Manufacturer: Diecast Masters Item No: 85563 Scale: 1:50th Price: £200.00

CATERPILLAR

Evolution Set

Scrapers

T he latest Evolution Series within which looks good, while
the front radiator uses printing to good
release from Diecast Masters
effect for the perforations. There is a
covers the development of the
scraper, with the two models
being the historic Cat D7 with No 70 period accurate operator for the D7
who can be placed at the controls
towed scraper and the modern 621K which are all modelled, including the
motor scraper, both mounted to a levers for the twin winches mounted to
plastic base with inset nameplate and the rear of the tractor. An umbrella
medallion. The set comes with a is also included, fitting in place to
76-page book detailing the protect the driver from the elements.
development of the scraper over the The scraper has an adjustable bowl
years with plenty of information and which can be lowered to the ground
images of the various releases. The while the apron can be lifted and the Above:
621K model uses the same ejector plate can be slid forward, The Caterpillar scraper is the
latest release to join the Evolution
tooling as the model produced and although on the sample, it does not Series, containing a pair of
released by Tonkin Replicas back in reach the edge of the bowl. The front scraper models on a plastic
2015 so the focus of this review is the support has a pivoting set of wheels base with a book detailing the
D7 with No 70 towed scraper. with a hinged drawbar connected to development of the Cat scraper
product range over the years.
The tractor has an open engine bay the rear of the tractor, where a pair of
with replication of the engine block plastic lines represent the cables of the

Above: There are a lot of images packed into the Above: The 76-page book is an interesting
book, both of historic and modern equipment. read, packed with information on the
development of the Cat scraper from
inception to the current day.

Above: The historic element of the set is a Cat D7 track-type tractor with No 70 towed scraper.

12 TPMMW Magazine - Winter 2021