dptydawg Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 There has bee a bit of discussion about how to deal with the chassis/ drive train on the van. While Tom's is the gold standard with a full frame water tanks and Toro power plant, I took a lazier approach. This is the stock bellypan. with twin screw rear drives and a battery box and the engine bottom end I did some slicing and dicing to the belly pan, I kept the lower pieces and made up a new bellypan from sheet styrene. Here it is finished and installed. I used 2mm angle to reinforce the joints. it is sprayed with John Deere Blitz Black. it is the best satin black paint that I have found. Sprays on anything with out primer and gives a very smooth finish. I also added dollhouse paper flooring to the model. it is hardwood in a hearring bone pattern Thanks for the interest Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Any more progress on this Carl? I'm getting the itch to build one too!! I was a master RV tech for over 30 years and worked on quite a few of these! There are a ton of reference pictures of the chassis and such on Google images! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dptydawg Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 Any more progress on this Carl? I'm getting the itch to build one too!! I was a master RV tech for over 30 years and worked on quite a few of these! There are a ton of reference pictures of the chassis and such on Google images! Hi Ben It appears that i skipped some of the build and jumped directly from here to the Under Glass Section. Here is a link http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=83486&hl=%20hess%20%20van it turned out not badly if I do say so myself. Thanks Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! Just won a Hess Training Van in mint condition in the box for 52.59 total with shipping!!!! Man, I'm happy now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dptydawg Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 I would say that it might be a good time to but a lottery ticket. Luck seems to be with you. What a great steal! And where are you going with it? Carl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I have two of those Hess vans.......I hope to convert them someday! I always wanted to replicate the orange 'Palm' scheme! Hey Dave, do you have a picture of the Orange Palm scene version? I have the HotWheels one but I have never seen a real one like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 I would say that it might be a good time to but a lottery ticket. Luck seems to be with you. What a great steal! And where are you going with it? Carl Hi Carl, I want to turn it into this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Hey Dave, do you have a picture of the Orange Palm scene version? I have the HotWheels one but I have never seen a real one like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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