Risen from a Wreck

[Dingo5162]

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

[hotrod59f100]

Nice save on a cool truck dingo

[Austin T]

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.

[tooltas]

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

[Dingo5162]

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

[hooknladderno1]

Dingo,

Great save! Two suggestions - wheel chocks, and next time - check the parking brake!!!

[Colin Russell]

Super glue it to the shelf too! LOL

[signguy2108]

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!