Good review & nice model! I have the NZG Liebherr HS 855 crane, & I am quite happy with its detail & functionality. You could probably attach a short length of thread between the boom (at around the mid length location of the boom) & clamshell bucket, to make a basic "tag line", which might help reduce the clamshell bucket oscillation. A recoil spool (attached to the boom, using some non permanent attachment method) with light spring force would be better, because it could pay out & pay in the "tag line" as needed, adjusting for clamshell position. I imagine the full scale slurry wall clamshell buckets must have some way to control bucket oscillation, & I suppose would use a tag line to do this, as with "conventional" clamshell buckets.
A nice addition. Noticed on the counterweight raising cylinders, it doesn't look like they are functional? Only thing I don't like about it are the walkways all around. Seems like it takes away from the model, like my bauer mc96 model. Luckily I can take those off if I want. Looks like a good model though. It's definitely on my list.
The counterweight raising cylinders are not functional like the hs855s are not and the handrails don’t come off. But it is a great model witiffernt display options definitely a must have for you.
