Dingo5162 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 (edited) Back in March my Volvo VN760 took a tumble from it self some 6 feet above the floor, for the model in scale height I would say somewhere around 40-50 feet (who knows who cares really) anyway below is wot it looked like after the tumble ( cat not involved this time). The fall took place at around 3am so I didn't get up till 8am to find out wot the noise was and I have no idea why it fell as no earth tremors happened that night maybe it was our spooky Angel again. This photo was taken with a cell phone as no digi camera was available at the time. This past week I decided to start putting it back together and although it does have a few pieces missing and doesn't look all that great below is wot it now looks like, it is actually held tgether with a for of supaglue that has a tougher bond than the supaglue we normally use so this time if it falls it won't be repairable and will beconsigned to the recycle bin. Remember this is not a first class rebuild it's just to get it out the way. No the second exhaust pipe is not being replaced as I don't have an elbow to replace the one lost, I do have the up-right pipe as that is just a drinking straw. One day I hope to buy a new one and complete my B-triple flattop that this rig should have been, it is now built as an American rig and sort of out of the box with the exception of a few things see if U can spot them. Dingo Edited June 23, 2012 by Dingo5162 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotrod59f100 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Nice save on a cool truck dingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin T Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Could be worse,when I first moved into my neighborhood a few years back they were doing blasting across the street and around 8:00 a die-cast Fire bird nosedived onto my face.Now I have a little lip on that shelf to stop any other kamakazies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooltas Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 i hate that i lost a a dump truck that way and had a 70's chevy hit me a mid of nite to from top of one of my shelf that hard hit ouch what a wake up call.....lolo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo5162 Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 Man having a diecast car hit U that would hurt, even a plastic one is bad enough guys, I'm glad I wasn't underneath it although if I was it probably wouldn't have been as bad, then again it might have been worse as I could've thrown it in fright of wot it could've been in the dark hey. Oh at least we all OK an survived our little crashes I just wish I couldv;e done better with this rig BUT with some parts missing it's a bit hard. Dingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooknladderno1 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Dingo, Great save! Two suggestions - wheel chocks, and next time - check the parking brake!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Russell Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Super glue it to the shelf too! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signguy2108 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 2 words, Gorilla Glue. My kenworth aerodyne took a leap off the shelf the other day, about 4 feet. It was like slow motion waiting on it to hit the floor! All it did was broke the front bumper And the cb antenna off. Someone was looking out for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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