I already have it with my JD850 & won't be replacing it... perhaps forever, just rebuild what needs to be.. when it needs it.
However, I was just talking with Frank of Fumotec (the designer/fabricator of the Vario hoe), this is what he told me in an email a few days ago..
"Bauma Fair / Show in Munich it´s the world's biggest show for construction machines and equipment. There on the Komatsu both should my latest upgraded wheelloader the WA500-7 and the brandnew excavator PC 490-10 be ready. This whill be a hard work to get both models finshed."
The show is probably later April
. All the models I have seen of Frank's creation have been solid, durable, well engineered... maybe less so on the perfect scale detail, but the core is there to build on, and the modeler who cares about scale perfection (not me
) can add their own details to dress it up. The pics of the tracks that Kalle posted in my thread are designed specifically for this excavator... which is why they may not be an exact transfer to the Vario model.
That'll give you plenty of time to read the forum threads before that 490-10 makes it's day view.
You're welcome... this is what forums are for, information trading to grow the hobby bigger and better with each new year.