Snetterton Aug 09
Status: Extra info
Date: 1-Sep-2009
Comments: 32
The moral is, don't buy cheap superglue.
After one tiny little tap against Biggus' VLB early on, my shell fell apart.
You'll hear various reports of VLB banger racing, grudge-ramming and general cross-track torpedoing, but none are true.
Admittedly, there was the odd lapse in concentration which may have resulted in some minor contact, but otherwise, it was all above board and 100% accidental.
As you can see, the shell needs a bit of TLC
Also;
Busted front shock cap
ESC case fell apart during the 'nudge' incident
Wheels need balacing
Windscreen has some abrasions that should polish out
Rich's ended up in a similar state, although his front wheel kinda disintegrated by pulling the rim clean off the stub axle, apart from the bearings and wheelnut :D
They don't make 'em as strong as I remember ;)
Comments
Singapore_959
Orange always goes harder ;-D
Sideways-King
Oh dear - After all your hard work building that shell. You must be gutted!
TWINSET
I'd have been more gutted if it happened falling of a shelf
This one was built especially for the Snet meet, I just didn't think that was all it was built for
On ebay now, buying another shell
Origineelreclamebord
Ouch, really a shame for such nice shells (both the orange and the blue Red Bull one), but I guess that's how the game goes with a bash
Good luck with the resto! 
Tamiya Tim
OUCH! geez, get the parma lexan shells if you guys are gonna bash em that hard!!
Jonny Retro
That's odd ... I suppose it must have been _someone else's_ orange lunchbox pickup that got thrown over the ramps every lap, landing on its roof each time?
_4-0_
Hope to see another one in your showroom soon
skip665
Pfft that will polish out easy
Was hilarious to watch the 'gentle nudging' that Biggus and Twinset were engaging in lol
BiggusDitchus
Minor contact????
, you also managed to hit my Lunchbox mid jump 
I do think most of that will buff out though, you may have to use a course disk on the grinder though 
Silver Rose
These two and the rest were such fun to watch. When is the next meet?
Swarm
Looks like the tyres and rims copped it as well .
What ashame mate back to the drawing board huh.
Yeah I agree it would have been worse if it had fallen of a shelf at least you got a run out of it.
mr. Rallying
WARWOUNDS!
53HRA
Come on Andy,i thought you could drive better than that
jeffy
I don't know you open a lunch box and there's no lunch in side. Was it with that you started to eat the lunchbox its self
swedishwiking
Racing as it should be!
Crash Cramer
Now that is what racing is about. LOL I bet I couldn't have done this any better, but I would try. If y'all need some new grilles, just give me a call, I think I have a couple in my spares.
mr_pushrod
Looks like I missed out on some quality LB 'racing'! What is it with Rich and front wheels? I remember him doing exactly the same at a Kent Bash a few years ago......
Monty
ooooooooooops!!
mymonsterbeetleisbroken
What damage? Looks fine to me
I've still got Rich's wheel 
technical.burP
after the gold edition, Tamiya did the carnage version of the lunch box?!? Am I wrong? lol
Orangemeca
Oh my god, what a crash
RallyeBaz
LOL - Top work. Looks like a Cat D write off
tuff bug
I would eat from those Lol!
Leethal Driver
And everyone says the body mounts are the first thing to go eh...
Blacque Jacque
As you can see, the Celebrity Death Match VLB race was a draw.
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That'll be Halfords out of T-Cut for the next month then
cardesigner
both of those have earned their street cred!
TIMECMDR
A true casuality of war, its what happens at races
, gutsy stuff LOL
kstar
I most say I'm impressed. Me and my son (3 year old) have bashed our lunchies for over a year and they just have some small cracks.
But then we don't go jumping on asphalt.
TWINSET
It wasn't so much the jumping as the jousting and broadsides that did the damage
It was hellishly funny though, and LBs are tough as old boots - mine had two packs thru it before we called it a day and whilst it didn't look in the best of shape, nothing 'original' on mine actually broke, only modded bits or hopups
Victorious Secret
took me about a day to gather my emotions to reply this one... snif snif
Henk4Focus
Eish, seems you guys should be crawling rather! LOL! You sure enjoyed that Box to bits!!
veras lunchbox
ooopps
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