Philp Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Got the Hasegawa Ground Crew set with the little crew van and want to do a little detailing to it but I am having no luck finding info on the web. Anyone have any good pics or a good web site location for one of these? Looking for some interior pics and colors especially but any pic with one in it would be helpful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ol Crew Dog Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Depending on their function determines the interior, mostly homemade bench seat on both sides, we had to make them out of plywood with the material from the soft cover vinyl with a cushion acquired from the dorms (donated). Usually under the cushions we used for storage. Same "Air Force Blue" paint on the inside with rubber matting on th floors. We had made metal racks behind the drivers seat to hold forms and soap (joap)sample bottle and 5 gallon water jug. Spare chocks and buckets with tool boxes on the floor. Aircrew vans were a bit better taken care off but homemade just the same. Ohhh and the smell of 12 - 15 sweaty crew chiefs or specs in the expedtitor version with a hint of chewin tobacco. Hope this helps with the visual....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philp Posted August 24, 2012 Author Share Posted August 24, 2012 It does indeed. Thanks. The instructions show a different color interior in the cab. Do you recall that? (not that I trust instruction painting directions that much but when you can't find anything else...) Still hoping for some pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ol Crew Dog Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 (edited) The walls inside walls were the skins on the outside so they would be the same color. The dash was the only different color, some were tan, some were black and some were gray. Spent plenty of time driving as well as riding in these bread trucks. We were still using them up to mid 90s and then there were still a few running around. Edited August 24, 2012 by Ol Crew Dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xmh53wrench Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 .......AHHHHH MEMORIES!!!!....... :-D sorry nothing more to add..LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalo Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I wasn't maintenance. I was an SP our bread trucks were pretty much the same. Same blue interior as the exterior with rubber flooring. Our benches were wooden seats on metal frames. The front dash was black as well. One major difference was we had weapons rack to put our weapons in. Underneath the benches was storage space for our equipment as well. Hope that helps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ol Crew Dog Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I wasn't maintenance. I was an SP our bread trucks were pretty much the same. Same blue interior as the exterior with rubber flooring. Our benches were wooden seats on metal frames. The front dash was black as well. One major difference was we had weapons rack to put our weapons in. Underneath the benches was storage space for our equipment as well. Hope that helps. All homemade as well, metal erector set type bracing right...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalo Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 All homemade as well, metal erector set type bracing right...... Yup Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob de Bie Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 That photo makes me want to build the Hasegawa crew van too!! I can't make out the color though, were they still dark blue, or maybe repainted green or olive drab or so? Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philp Posted August 26, 2012 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Still in AF Dark Blue. Thanks guys. Found a few more pics under Step Van. Looks like they were Chevrolet P30s. Found a couple more pics but still not anything from the interior. Heard a lot of guys saying most of these were modified locally based on their job. But can't believe all these modelers didn't take pics of their rides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ol Crew Dog Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 The Chevy P 30's hade homemade interiors an blue skins same as the older Bread trucks. With a flight line of 15's that you work on everyday who thinks about the smelly vehicle that take you to them. When it was raining always smelt like a wet dog an canvas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
William G Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Some of ours were silver inside (bare metal) because they had been scuffed and worn. We did have one that had the black nonskid paint on the floor, but IIRC it was silver inside too Except for the top 1/2 of the interior. Angle iron benches and racks for the tool boxes and stuff Oh and a 5 gal Igloo water tank as well because at MacDill it got HOT!!! Now I am going to have to look and see if I have any pix from either Panther one or two at Misawa or Either of the 2 Specialists vans from MacDill William G Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ol Crew Dog Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I think Tamiya did one in their 1/32 or was it 1/24 line, Ice Cream trucks and such..... Might have bought one when I was in Okinawa, I remember looking at one at Shima's.....Buried in the pile somewherwe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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