I really liked the 3179 repair truck but I kind of thought it lacks few things so I went and upgraded it a bit

here's the whole story

our little repair man couldn't have done this by himself so he called for backup

they both started dismantling the truck

parts used for this upgrade

as you can see I used the "mechanic arm" from 7901 airplane mechanic

now the pics of the new upgraded truck, our repair men are sure feeling happier :)

the new features are longer mechanic arm so the crane can reach higher ground, remote control for our repair man can

operate the crane in case he's alone on the job, crane controls on the truck itself, upgraded bucket with holders

for remote control and other tools if neccessary

here you can see the longer wheelbase, actually I pushed the back wheels 1 stud back because I didn't like that

rear lights were too much pushed beneath the rear end

here you can see the new crane controls

crane can now reach higher :)

and the upgraded bucket

and off they go :)

so that's it... I may come up with new ideas for this truck so I'll update this topic :)

Edited October 11, 201014 yr by krusty

Nice. The controls are very nice, yet very simple

Simple MOD's there 'krusty', I also like the remote control for the cherry picker and at least now if the street lights are even higher up the sparky can reach them !

Great work and I'm a conformist! !