Man, CJ, your home looks like a museum!

Makes me wonder how you keep up with maintaining all that nice collection away from the dust.

All your models and displays are sparkling clean.

Love your tread, especially that huge Bucyrus.

Cheers,

Stephane

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Playing with toys since 1970, now building them.

After a week of holding onto these pics as my laptop tanked on me I'm finally back up and running. The glorious CCM Cat 6015B Mining/Heavy Construction excavator is a brilliant model brimming with detail. The functionality is top tier with many hidden details throughout. The engine detailing is superb. The rear counterweight is removable, but out of the box breakdown is limited at that. I saw 4x screws adjacent to the track frames and I was excited that maybe the frames were removable, but sadly they're not. Thankfully the only repair required on this model was re-attaching one of the lifting eyes on the counterweight. CCM upgraded the packaging to two piece styrofoam instead of the compressed cardboard (egg carton) styple packaging featured on the 777 mining trucks which did a much better job. This series is limited to 1000 models and includes a high quality serialized collectors card.

I normally only buy mining shovels, but I was really captivated when I saw this model and I figured, hell it could be a heavy construction excavator... LOL! My mining shovel fetish remains unabated.

Featured Models: CCM Cat 6015B Mining/Heavy Construction Excavator, Cat 777G 100 ton class Mining Dump Truck, Diecast Masters 390F Excavator, Cat 259D Tracked Skid Steer Loader, Sword Ford F-250 Pick-Up Trucks, Steel City Construction Fuel Tank, First Gear Topco Figure, Preiser Construction Figures.

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A diorama featuring a series of Cat models. Unfortunately I missed out on the CCM Cat 390 excavator, but I am very pleased with the Diecast Master version. The Sword F-250's are brilliant and really add to the diorama and provide an excellent reference for scale.

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Loading a 100 ton class Cat 777G, this is a recommended pairing and the excavator can load the truck in 7 passes.

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Maximum side loading height. I didn't have a 250 ton class truck readily available, but it should clear the side. The 6015B supercedes the previous 5110B. On one of the Massive Earthmoving Machines videos a 5110 is featured loading a 250 ton class truck from a coal seam too small for the larger shovels.

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Profile view of the massive excavator alongside a Ford F-250. A worker climbs up the extending staircase passing by the photoetch radiator fan with visible hydraulic piping used to drive the massive fan.

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Teaming with detail from the refuelling point along the walkway, to tiny warning graphics. Although smaller than it's heavy mining bretheren, this is an imposing machine in it's own right.

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Close-up detail of the photoetch covering the radiator fan. An extension to accommodate the hydraulic motor is also featured prominently on the mesh (slightly off angle). The walkway along the side also features photoetch. The small worklight is so detailed you can see that it is comprised of two individual lights.

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Scores of detail along the upper work area, with exceptional hydraulic detailing along the boom foot. The cab even features a translucent warning beacon, mounted onto the plastic protective grille. Small warning labesl adorn the top of the machine as well as the sides. A functioning service door to access the oil filters. The rearmost air filter had a bit of a shoddy glue job and will require a little finesse with a scalpel blade to tidy it up.

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Nothing, but the best! OEM Cat labelled oil filters are visible through one of the several access doors into the engine compartment. Fantastic detailing!

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With the rear counterweight removed there is full visibility into the gorgeous engine compartment. The model is designed to allow the counterweight to slide out on the I beam rails seen at the bottom of the compartment by several centimeters. Fine painting detailed and even photoetch mesh at the bottom of the compartment is featured. The firewall between the engine and pump compartment (right of picture) is also featured.

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Come a little closer and look at all of this amazing detail. Excellent texture along the stairs leading up to the drivers side walkway. Lifting eyes are featured on the counterweight, but it is quite functionally heavy so it may be a little risky to actually pose the counterweight being lifted as those lifting eyes are only plastic.

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A big chunk of metal in that counterweight. Excellent warning labels along the bottom lifting points, side lifting eyes are also featured along with a crisp Cat logo. Work lights and a rear camera finish off the top.

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The cab, as on other CCM models also lives up to the fine detailing. An opening door, fine mirror (in plastic), two toned seat with the Cat logo and fine warning laels inside the cab. Fine photoetch mesh line the floor just outside of the cab. Metal railings are of a fine gauge.

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Heavy duty boom with fine hydraulic detailing and even small labels along the boom sides denoting the lifting points which are functional. The Cat logo on the left side of the bucket is slightly obscured by a thick coat of paint, however the right side is much crisper. This is the maximum extension of the boom. The worklights on the boom were not factory finished with silver highlighting, but it was easy to add.

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Over to the right side of the machine we can see the access doors to the hydraulic pump open revealing more exceptional detail. The hydraulic cooling fan also has textured photoetch and a prominent fan underneath. Fine grab bars run over the mesh and the side of the hydraulic tank. The massive track frames look very imposing against the 3/4 ton Ford F-250.

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Functional upper and lower rollers allow the track to roll smoothly.

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Although you can't drive the pick-up into the bucket, you can see that it is still a massive component. It is fixed in place, but with a brave soul and a steady hand the rivets could be drilled out.

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Excellent detailing continues along the front of the machine. Fine mesh guards over the front working lights. Excellent hydraulic hose detailing for the main lift cylinders. This detailing is sadly absent on the Diecast Masters Cat 390F excavator. Tiny warning labels continue along the bottom inner aspect of the cab and small work lights adorn the top.

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Robust cab protection (although it is only plastic) gives the appearance that this machine is ready for the heavy duty applications for which it was designed.

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Nice review and great pics! I've been waiting for someone to do a more in-depth review of this model, so far all the pics I've seen were taken from the same angles that didn't show off the detail. It looks like another excellent piece by CCM.

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Hi Stephane, sorry I didn't reply to your comment earlier. The dust battle is held at bay with a microfibre cloth for the glass a large soft paintbrush for larger surfaces and make-up brushes of varying widths for the detailed parts.

I only have three shelves, two curio cabinets and a large glass LED lit glass stand for cranes which can accommodate up to the Mammoet PTC. The Bucyrus 8750 has its own glass stand and is a dedicated fixture in the collection. With the other spaces I rotate models through and create little dioramas. One of the curios is dedicated to the military/Macross themed items which further limits coveted display space for the construction, mining, heavy lift and heavy transport models. It would be nice to open up a space where I could display more of the collection, but that will be some time in the future.

I hope you've been well and great weathering on the HO scale train models. Take care and all the best.

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Such a nice model I had to buy several for future projects.
Come on CCM, there are TONS of modern Cat excavators awaiting for this level of detail.

Hi Stephane, great to hear from you and thanks for the wonderful comments.

Hi Maxcavator, it will be very cool to see what projects you have lined up for the 6015B. If you brave the component break down for transport that would look really awesome. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Take care and all the best.

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Continuing on with the Brami Sandvik DI600 drilling rig. Beautiful model. Only real problem I had was with the packaging as it lacked any tissue paper or plastic around the model and the styrofoam packaging was eaten away by the flexible hosing on the model which required some attention to repair.

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Drilling multiple blast holes. The gauge of the ballast is a tad large, and a finer grain just arrived this week so that will be fixed in the future. Although the drill is posed vertical the functionality in drill angle and position is replicated very well. The drill boom can be raised or lowered vertical, it can be angled left to right and canted forward and backwards with infinite variability in all directions.

The tracks feature hydraulics to raise and lower the angle of the machine body relative to the tracks, but these are fixed in place.

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Application of fine graphics help add detail. Metal tracks are of excellent quality. There are no functional upper or lower rollers. The front track wheels are actually locked in place, but the track still rolls quite smoothly.

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Complex and intricate hydraulics and hosing for articulation and the dust evacuation system.

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Detailed cab graphics and small silver step. You can still see some of the orange paint which was damaged from the styrofoam packaging and has affected the flexible hosing which will need to be fixed further.

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Tiny graphics continue to the rear as well. The silver tank on the rear was fixed slightly offset and the mould line detracts from the overall finish. Cast in detail is reasonable.

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Sharp tampo printing of the DI600 model number. On the real machine there is mesh material along the side orange engine panel which was omitted on the model. Fine access ladder adds some detail to the side.

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The Steel City Fuel tank fits nicely into the Sword F-250 as well. Thanks for viewing, take care and have a great weekend.

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Hi Mike, thanks so much for the compliments, it's greatly appreciated. Always more pics to come, and hopefully some vids in the near future as well. This new rotating stand is a great addition as I can set up a diorama and photograph it from any angle instead of battling for just the right perspective. It also provides a great 360 view of the model for videos.

Take care and have a great weekend.

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Diecast Cat 994K compared to TWH LeTourneau 1850. Other featured models are Conrad Liebherr T264, Sword Ford F-250 and WSI Liebherr 776 Bulldozer.

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These two loaders are actually in the same class. Wheelbase is identical between them. The white LeTournea is configured with the rock bucket, while the Cat 994K is configured with a coal bucket. The Cat loader can extend higher, however the hydraulic lift rams have some bleeding at the top end which won't allow them to maintain maximum height.

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Same class of loader, same wheel base, but wow look at the difference in length.

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Large Cat coal bucket lacks visibility slats, as compared to the Letourneau and lifting rings are not open. Teeth are well detailed, but thick paint obscures some of the finer detail.

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If you need a parking solution for your Ford F-250, then the Cat 994K comes through in spades.

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Mini Cat juxtaposed against massive Cat...

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Thanks for viewing. Take care and all the best.

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It's not in reality! From the published specifications:

The overall length of the L-1850 is 18,900mm (62.00') and the 994K is 17,860mm (58.59'), so the L-1850 is 3.41' longer and therefore the models should be much closer in size to each other with the L-1850 being nearly an inch longer at scale.

So; did TWH make the L-1850 too small or did DM make the 994K too large? I suspect the latter..