JCB 3CX backhoe loader
Manufacturer: MOTORART
Scale: 1:50
This is MOTORART's JCB 3CX backhoe loader model, you get an idea of
its size with that man next to it
The cab is quite detailed on the inside just like Motorart's Volvo BL71
backhoe model
The front two wheels are steerable
Front view with smooth faced loader bucket, overhead work lights, chrome
exhaust stack, and windshield wipers
Side view with chrome diamond plate steps and crisp paint
Rear view, with overhead work lights, windsheild wipers, side shft backhoe
boom, and you can also see the front railings and mirrior details
Right side
Front boom fully raised
Rear backhoe boom features extenda-hoe
Boom can be shifted from side to side
Extenda-hoe boom works by a hydraulic cylinder inside
A bad flaw on this model is that the rear stabilizers are fixed and do not
extend down which really sucks... Motorart made their Volvo BL71 model
have working stabilizers so I'm not sure why they missed
that detail on this model
One way around this flaw is you can do what I did and pop off the ground
pad and then drill a hole up into the stabilizer housing and insert a steel
or brass cylinder making it so that the model has working stabilizers
This is a greatly detailed model from Motorart it does have a few major flaws,
like the stabilizers that don't really work, the front bucket doesn't actually work
as a grapple bucket like it looks like it would, and it also doesn't dump fully... but
some of these flaws like the stabilizers can be fixed with a little work making this a
good display model next to some of the other highly detailed backhoe models available
Here's a shot of the 3CX in action backfilling a trench after fixing an
underground water pipe leak on this roadway