Dr. Brad Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 It's not exactly sci-fi, but here's my take on AMT's recently reissued 1989 Batmobile. I stripped the chrome and repainted with Alclads. The base coat is a semi-gloss black. Robiwon's instructions on how to make the base were very helpful (in his Hobbytalk thread on his Moebius Batman v Superman Batmobile). I added lights to the Batmobile and some weathering. In the end, it was quite an enjoyable build. In one of the pics, I added a 1/25 scale Moebius Batman (from the Nolan version), though it seems like the scales don't exactly match (Batman is to big, or the car is too small). In the other I used the background that is in included in the recent reissue of the Batmissile. Comments are welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
adamitri Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Looks great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liberator24 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Looks great! Thanks for sharing. Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Cartwright Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 That's really well done - great job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 Thanks all. It was a fun build. When I was researching it, I was surprised to find that the 89 version was closer to a semi-gloss and the 2002 version was glossy. I decided to do the 89 version, since I'm still getting the hang of glossy coats on cars... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 that's pretty cool. You don't see too many of these online and you've made a great example. Nice touch with the lighting too and best of all - in scale (not overly bright) Have you considered the new one? I've warmed up to it of lat and am thinking of buying one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 Thanks! Yes - I assume you mean the Batman v. Superman version? It's on my list of kits to build this year.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
niart17 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Very nice build! I got this kit about a year ago and it's sitting in my stash waiting for that "one-day" I'm going to build it. I would love to eventually build all possible versions of the batmobile. Think it would be a neat display. I hope I can do half as good on mine as you did. Bill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PFlint Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 nice job ! I like the fact that you included headlights and taillights Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Brad Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Thanks all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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