tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25221259531516807742024-03-19T05:38:48.205-07:00The Batmobile Showcreebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-42030478808062676752014-06-23T05:57:00.003-07:002014-06-23T05:57:59.213-07:00Happy 25th anniversary to Batman 89!<br />
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I designed this special new movie poster for the occasion:<br />
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And I'll be screen printing it today!<br />
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-41734664610281637322014-01-04T09:39:00.001-08:002014-01-04T09:40:36.802-08:00Wheels Tires Trunk Sides and Tail LIghts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Front: 15x8 0+ rims with 225/50r15 tires</div>
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Rear: 15x9 0+ rims with 295/50r15 Mickey Thompson tires in the rear!</div>
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I had to trim the fender wells 1" in the front and 1 1/2" in the rear (even with 1" suspension spacers in the rear) to get them to fit without any rubbing.</div>
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-49409474466485563982013-12-30T12:12:00.000-08:002013-12-30T12:12:27.057-08:00Elgato Peralta Art Batmobile Designs!I'm a huge fan of the art of Fernando (Elgato Peralta Art), who's created a stunning vision of his own mythological sci-fi space universe, illustrated it prolifically and shared it with the world here:<br />
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgato-_colection-art/<br />
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Incredible!<br />
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Already it's a staggering mind-blowing body of work, and it seems like there's much more to come.<br />
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I emailed Fernando and asked if he might like to design an original Batmobile for me to share here on The Batmobile Show.<br />
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He designed THREE!<br />
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And here they are!<br />
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CLASSIC 01<br />
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Thanks again to Fernando for these beautiful designs.<br />
Again, check out his artwork at:<br />
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgato-_colection-art/<br />
<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-76160183209105512272013-12-20T08:57:00.001-08:002013-12-20T08:57:03.279-08:00My Pinewood Derby Car<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-73912714095904309532013-12-20T06:46:00.000-08:002013-12-20T06:46:28.232-08:00DIY Batmobile Pinewood Derby Cars!In third grade I lost the Pinewood Derby. Big time.<br />
I built my own car 100% myself after bedtime one night (not a Batmobile.) I stayed up with a dimmed lamp and a jack-knife and chiseled out a crude blocky hunk of junk with a rubber monster finger puppet taped to the driver's seat.<br />
My car got last place, but was the only car in the race built by a boy scout.<br />
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But I digress.<br />
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Time for some DIY Batmobile Pinewood Derby Cars!<br />
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No car is more homemade than a Pinewood Derby Car. And no Pinewood Derby Car is cooler than the Batmobile. So here's a random collection of Pinewood Derby Batmobile pictures I put together. <br />
Enjoy!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sorry for the lack of image credits. The pics are from a folder I put together a while ago. Some of the file names will give you a clue as to the image source.</span>creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-47360103222275731462013-11-09T06:17:00.001-08:002013-11-09T06:17:15.775-08:00Time for an update!<br />
I built a big Bat fin for the BAT 01.<br />
It's lightweight, mounted, lights up, and is strong and stable.<br />
I wanted to experiment with rivets, thin aluminum sheet and coroplast.
It's fun to fabricate with, and the results are about as good as I
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And . . . . . BAT FIN!<br />
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I added dual rocket exhaust (tail-lights from a 61 Thunderbird.)<br />
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Well let's see. Flat black, giant Bat Fin, dual rocket exhaust, BAT 01 license plate.<br />
I'd say it's a Batmobile!<br />
So far I've overheard several people say so, and one fine but mistaken gentleman called me Batman in the grocery store parking lot.<br />
One dude cruising in a big hoopty with chariot wheels and an extra wheel and all that was checking me out as he drove by. He had a look on his face like, "Is THIS the new thing that I have to do to my car? How the #@*& did I miss this one? This *%$# gettin' too crazy."<br />
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Anyways, Batmobile Stage 1 achieved. <br />
Everything I do now is simply an upgrade. And I have a few upgrades in mind . . . .<br />
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Right now I'm mocking up trunk sides and rear quarter panels in cardboard:<br />
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Here's a Photoshop mockup of what I have planned:<br />
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What's that coming down the street? It's a Batmobile! No, it's not a Batmobile. It's the 1971 Hot Wheels car #6179: Jet Threat! </div>
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Previously, I discussed the interesting resemblance between the 1973 JVZ Cereal Car and the 1989 Batmobile.<br />
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Well, there's another early 70s toy car that pre-invents very specific design characteristics of the 89: The 1971 Hot Wheels Jet Threat. (I custom painted this one flat black to highlight the similarities.)<br />
This car was designed by legendary Hot Wheels designer Larry Wood (aka 'Mr. Hot Wheels'). <br />
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Noe the similar wedge shaped cockpit. Also, the 89 has very similar visible jet engine workings, but shrunken and moved to the sides.<br />
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Tim Burton was 13 when the Hot Wheels Jet Threat came out, and 15 when the JVZ Cereal Car might have plunked into his cereal bowl. Was he too old to be
playing with Hot Wheels and eating sugar cereal? Did he own these particular cars? Did he bring Anton Furst a box of toy cars from his childhood and tell him,
"Combine this toy jet car with this toy jet car and give me a Batmobile!"? I
don't know.<br />
Maybe Anton Furst came across these toys while searching for inspiration for his design. There may not be any connection at all. But I think the similarities are tantalizing.<br />
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-89633762155523436212013-04-03T10:02:00.001-07:002013-04-03T10:02:10.035-07:00THE 1973 JVZ CEREAL CAR PROTO-BATMOBILE<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span> </span></span></span></b>I'd like to introduce the Batmobile world to JVZ cereal cars.<br />
JVZ Co. was a plastic company that made cheap cereal box cars in the 60s and 70s.<br />
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Around 1973, they produced a series of four cereal box race cars including one magical car that seems to have accidentally (or maybe not so accidentally) stumbled upon many of the 1989 Batmobile's key design features, a full sixteen years before Anton Furst designed the Batmobile we all know and love:<br />
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It came in red, green, yellow and blue. The black one on the right is a custom that I painted. </div>
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Here are all four cars that came in the line, two unused sticker sheets and also two 'Gyro Cars' JVZ made that came in Captain Crunch and other Quaker cereals. I was told by cereal collectors I contacted that the line with the proto-Batmobile came in POST cereals, but I haven't been able to find <br />a box image advertising them.<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;">It may be they were so cheap and simple</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> that they came as <span style="font-size: small;">a</span> random <span style="font-size: small;">toy</span> in Raisin Bran or some other non-sugar cereal unadvertised.</span>
One of the NOS cars I bought from ebay came from the original owner who
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Looks like a Batmobile to me!</div>
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Coincidence? Probably. But the parallels are pretty amazing:<br />
Front jet scoop with two side buldges, fastback cockpit pod pushed to the rear of the car, two stubby fins mounted on buldging rear fender modules, air intake vents on each of those rear fender buldges, the general proportions and feel of the car. <br />
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How did I discover this? <br />
My friend Nick has had a blue JVZ Proto-Batmobile toy for years. His old high school girlfriend's little brother gave it to him. We always assumed it was a post-89 cheapo toy. About a year ago I got obsessed with it anew, borrowed it and decided to investigate. What I learned I've presented here.<br />
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<br />Now go get on ebay and get one for yourself! (I already have every color so you won't get any competition from me.)<br />
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-61608793258377554602013-03-31T14:20:00.000-07:002013-03-31T14:20:33.523-07:00BATMOBILE DESIGNING 101 WITH ANTON FURST<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On March 7, 1990, Production Designer Anton Furst gave a lecture at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles. <br />
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He spoke about his career leading up to work on Batman, ending the talk with a description of the thinking and ideas behind his Batmobile design.<br />
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You can watch the full video here:<br />
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<a href="http://sma.sciarc.edu/video/anton-furst/" id="yui_3_7_2_1_1364762732070_6099" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1364763032_0">http://sma.sciarc.edu/video/anton-furst/</span></a> <br />
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Thanks <a href="http://www.nickderington.com/" target="_blank">Nick</a> for the heads up on this video.<br />
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What follows here is a word for word transcript of the Batmobile part of the talk. He may have been bit drunk, which the transcript reflects, but the concepts are all there.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">ANTON FURST ON DESIGNING THE BATMOBILE</span></span><br />
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(Transcription starting at 1:30 or so.)<br /><br />And . . . . .<br /><br />(Picture of Batmobile)<br /><br />That's my new car.<br />Uh . .<br />What I wanted to do with the car here is to, um,<br />I wanted it, and I, . . .<br />I wasn't very interested in looking at cars,<br />You know, to, to try to come up with designing it,<br />Cause what I thought was<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">It's like an extension of his armour,<br />It's an extension of him.</span></span><br /><br />
Every time you know you came up with a concept car . . .<br />Heh! <br />A few, you just . . .<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: red;">It's the sex is the
shit!</span></span><br /><br />I wanted to . . just . . . . <br />I mean I thought if,<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">If you don't make it rude you've really . . . failed.</span></span><br /><br />You know,<br />So . . . .<br />And . . .<br />Then I thought . . . thought that, <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">You've got to have this knight in armour feel.</span></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">With a sort of visor look to it.</span> </span><br />
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And, every . . . <br />
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Anything to make it very an agressive war machine.</span></span><br /><br />
And paid very little attention to any designed . . . cars <br />Apart from looking at what had had generally over the years,<br />Looking back to the sort of . . . .<br /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">40s </span></span><br />
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. . . the 40s um . . .<br />
<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Speed machines, </span></span><br />
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the<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Utah Salt Flats,</span></span><br /><br />
Through to the,<br /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Muscle cars of the 60s.</span></span><br /><br />
Through to . . . .<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">And then putting a bloody great rocket engine down the middle!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">It just really is a war machine.</span></span><br /><br />
I didn't . . .<br /><br />I must say, in terms of the . . . producers or the production if you like of this, um . . .<br />John Peters . .
. animal, you know, that, he is . . .<br />He blew out six million dollars from General Motors,<br />They wanted to do the car,<br />And they came up with various designs,<br />They said, 'We think we can improve upon this design',<br /><br />And John just said, "Are you going to do that design or not?"<br />And they said "No," and he said, "Well, let's just shake hands, it's very nice of you to suggest it, see you later."<br /><br />An . . . and uh . . . that's strong producing, I mean, that's certainly support,<br />That is, uh . . . <br /><br />(Slide changes to a picture of the rear of the Batmobile.)<br /><br />. . . And the back.<br />Uh . . .<br />So, he . . . blew out six million dollars, uh . . . just to . . .<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Maintain the original design.</span></span><br />
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. . . his . . . . . <br /><br />
And we built it.<br />Uh, which was a magnificent job by the way by Johnny Evans, uh . . .<br />Who . . . had done 'Full Metal Jacket' with me,<br />He, he, uh . . . this, uh . . . if you imagine building a
functioning car that does . . . has a . . .<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Blistering performance.</span></span><br />
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and, uh . . . is gonna run for months and months and months with a . . .<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Seven
point seven liter engine . . .</span></span><br />
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in it, with uh . . .<br /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Guns . . </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Gattling . . .</span></span><br />
<br />Thing we didn't like . . . we didn't like high tech stuff . . . very much,<br /><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Laser guns and all that, doesn't fit with Batman.</span></span><br />
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You know all the sort of mechanical elements and all of that sort of thing . . .<br />So
even when, he comes out and zaps something . . . you know la-ser gun? .
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">It's a dirty old gattling gun! </span></span><br />
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You know, how it comes out,<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Always try never to position the thing in time.</span></span><br />
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You know . . . <br />it's the 40s or the now, whenever . . . <br />Uh, but it . . . worked magnificently, it never went wrong,<br />We built two, one of them's under wraps at Pinewood,<br />And the other one's in John Peter's garage in Hollywood,<br /><br />. . .<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">And that's it.</span></span><br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-33009063065740316442013-03-26T05:50:00.001-07:002013-03-26T05:51:36.816-07:00<br />
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Limited Edition art screenprint is up and available for sale in very limited quantities here:<br />
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Back from the dead.<br /><br />The 66 front end has been in my shed for the last year.<br /><br />I took a year off from the project.<br /><br />In
July I was on vacation in Amsterdam when I got an email from a lady
making the Batmobile documentary for the Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray.<br />She said she wanted to feature fan-made Batmobiles, and wanted me to send her footage of mine!<br />Well
I got all excited and was walking around Amsterdam with Batmobile on
the brain, making plans to throw it back together when I got home, put
on some temp fins and shoot some cool footage.<br />Alas, only a few days
later she sent me another email stating that between the legal departments at
DC and Warner Bros. they decided not to feature any fan built Batmobiles in the documentary because they weren't sure where they stood on these things legally.<br /><br />In
the mean time, over the last year I've been imagining ways I could move
forward with the 66 design myself, with new materials, a new approach,
or perhaps move on to Batmobile Beta, a completely new and
original design.<br /><br />NEW MATERIAL IDEAS:<br /><br />Aluminum:<br />I got some
sheet aluminum, a pop riveter, a small bending brake and sheet metal
shears. I did a test panel and was encouraged by faceted riveted
aluminum. For the 66 design, I could cut off the paper/glass panels and
use them as a pattern for aluminum panels that would all rivet together
like an airplane/airstream.<br /><br />Lexan:<br />I haven't tested these
materials out yet, but an idea for a new design would be to use
corrugated Lexan panels (Polygal is the brand name, it's corrugated like
cardboard) for the skeleton of a new design, and use .030 sheet lexan
panels riveted together and to the frame for the skin.<br />To keep the
lexan from cracking at the rivet points, I'd drill slightly oversized
holes and put a rubber and then aluminum washer on the backside. That
way the rivet would mushroom behind the lexan and not inside the hole.<br /><br />If a Lexan skin didn't work, I could use the Polygal for the skeleton and aluminum for the skin.<br /><br />Again,
the result of both these methods would be airplane style - slightly
faceted, riveted with seam lines, but I've always liked that look.<br /><br />NEW DESIGN:<br />So over the last year I've played with different, new, original designs for a Bat-Miata.</div>
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Here's what I call Bat-X:</div>
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Cartoon:<br />
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and 1:10 scale Maquette:<br />
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Two fins:<br />
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Uni-fin:<br />
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The Maquette is sculpted with black sculpey III on a 1:10 RC body.<br />
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I can't decide whether I like one fin or two fins better. The way I
have it designed, I could have a set of each and swap them out.<br />
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The nose got a little long in the sculpt because I was fitting it over
the stock miata bumper. For the big sculpt I'd remove the front bumper
and shorten the nose to better match the cartoon version.<br />
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So I'm thinking about attempting this design with a riveted sheet style.<br />
The skeleton frame would be made out of 1/4" Polygal panels, and the
skin would (hopefully) be riveted sections of .030 Lexan sheet. (If not
Lexan, then .025 aluminum sheet).<br />
This would make for an Ultralight kit I could build all by myself a
little at a time, that would be entirely modular (ten modules including
the fins), that would be impervious to moisture/humidity and not involve
any chemicals other than CA superglue to tack weld pieces together
before riveting.<br />
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If I choose to attempt this design, I would build the fins first and
mount them to the miata. Then I'd drive around for a month and make
sure the materials are going to work for the project.<br />
If I liked the result and wanted to move foward, I'd then build the
modules from the back foward (trunk, tail-lights, rear quarters, hood,
front fenders, bat-head.) All these units would be sculpted separately.<br />
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Why not keep going with the 66 design? Well, I'm a bit traumatized by
my experiences with the 66 design. I do have the option, of course, of
building the Bat X rear half, then re-faceting the 66 front half with
Lexan, cutting out some of the dead weight, changing how it mounts and
using it.<br />
The skeleton and the sculpt, after all, are still good beneath that cardboard skin.<br />
creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-62604585715641291842012-03-29T08:20:00.002-07:002012-03-29T08:20:45.057-07:00Smaller Batmobile miata conceptI worked up a concept for a slimmer miata-batmobile that would use the stock hood, fenders and headlights, sort of based on the Batman New Adventures batmobile:<br />
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-43176731745567993652012-03-29T08:16:00.000-07:002012-03-29T08:16:42.132-07:00Test-mounted the Front I test mounted the front half of my DIY Batmobile. After quite a struggle, I got it bolted on good and tight and drove around with half of a Batmobile for a full week!<br />
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Unfortunately, after a huge rainstorm a quantity of moisture got trapped underneath the skin and mushified some of the body panels. What's more, the front is impractical in its heavyness, and I was unable to open the hood with it mounted like I'd planned. The miata is often thirsty for oil, so no motor access is a big problem.<br />
Now I have to decide whether to band-aid the damage and then wrap the whole thing in aluminum and black duct tape as a desperate measure to give it some form of weatherproofing, OR, whether I should smooth out the sculpt with mass amounts of spackle and have the whole thing sprayed with a hard shell of fiberglass (then tear out the cardbord foam and spackle from the insides.)<br />
I'm not sure what to do, and more than a little tired and discouraged.<br />
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What's more, the Batmobile is apparently a huge dude magnet.<br />
On three occasions over the course of one week, men pulled over to gawk and interview me about what I'd done. It has been proposed by Batman himself that 'Chicks dig the car,' but I think he is in great error on that point.<br />
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I finally got my Choro-Q Batmobiles from Japan in the mail yesterday! I was waiting for weeks on the shipping. They originally came as a free premium on top of cans of 'Boss' coffee. They have a magnet built into the bottom so they can drive around and around the steel coffee can.</div>
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They made one of each movie Batmobile to promote the Japan Blue Ray release of all the Batman movies. There's no 66, though. What a shame!</div>
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These are the most perfect Batmobile toys in the world.</div>
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Though not DIY, I do plan to include Super-Deformed, wonky, weird or strange Batmobiles here on The Batmobile Show. And any from Japan.</div>creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-5478616294690539362012-02-28T11:48:00.001-08:002012-02-28T11:48:15.714-08:00Rear Concept<strong></strong> This weekend I tore down the front and back bumpers on the miata and installed trailer-wiring harnesses so that all the lights on the Batmobile will be plug-and-play.<br />
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A while ago I bought some Thunderbird tail-lights (1959 and 1961, respectively) to use for the Batmobile's rear lights and rocket exhaust. Today I dummied up a design concept in Photoshop of what I want the rear to look like:<br />
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Before Batification: <br />
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How I'll get into the trunk or fill the gas, I don't know.creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-5955400893689908072012-02-25T18:40:00.003-08:002012-02-25T18:42:11.577-08:001966 / 1989 Batmobile ComboA man can never love only one Batmobile.<br />
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I've been particularly obsessed with all the different Batmobiles recently.<br />
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I got up this morning (Saturday) at 8:15 AM and said, "I want to draw a hybrid of the 1966 and 1989 Batmobiles." So I did:<br />
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I like it!creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-48120739997780195392012-02-25T16:35:00.001-08:002012-02-25T16:35:24.538-08:00Up To DateAnd here we are at the first pic I posted. Here it is with a little Photoshopping to show what the red stripes do for it:<br />
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Next I have to build the wiring harness, plug it in, bolt this thing on and see if I can actually drive around without the whole thing breaking apart. Exciting!<br />
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Here's the black Batmobile on the front of the miata for the first time:</div>
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Now I need to work to get the thing actually bolted on. I bought a scrap miata hood and took the grinder to it:<br />
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I worked out spacers, mounting bolts and a cross-beam to support the headlights:<br />
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Here it is in place:<br />
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-34861496333066650922012-02-25T16:25:00.001-08:002012-02-25T16:25:48.799-08:001-14-12<br />
After the spackle it was primer and then black enamel! I'll probably paint it with flat black later to help hide the lumps, but first I wanted it sealed up with the glossy stuff.<br />
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<br />creebobbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500829026873728801noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522125953151680774.post-22081881239722969292012-02-25T16:22:00.001-08:002012-02-25T16:22:35.156-08:0012-17-2011<br />
I decided to switch from Bondo to spackle, mostly due to my sensitivity issue. I tried different spackles, and settled on 'Ready Patch', which is oil based and hardens up really well.<br />
I did a couple of light layers of spackle. I might do more spackling once the front half is mounted onto the car.<br />
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Well here's a nice piece of progress.<br />I got a custom Blackplate license plate!<br />BAT 01 was previously taken, but I randomly did a search on the plate site one day and it was available, so I snatched it up then and there.<br />I registered it for ten years.<br />I used my old license plates to make black-out frames.</div>
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I tried to use bondo to reshape the nose / fix the lumpies. Problem is that bondo has the same nasty chemicals as Polyster resin. Also, I couldn't even out the bondo without creating new areas of burn-through.<br />
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I sanded down all the buldged high spots. This created some burn-through and holes in the chipboard, which I sealed up with super-glue. I then painted the entire thing with two layers of polyester resin. (I suffered a few days of itchy/crawly skin from this, despite trying to minimize exposure, using layered clothing, full face respirator, barrier cream, etc., etc.)<br />
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I got a bunch of cans of spray foam to fill in the skeleton behind the panels and keep them from warping any more - bad idea! The pressure from the spray foam warped every panel that wasn't warped already, and oozed out the cracks. Dang!</div>
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I hacked back the wild foam jungle, and replaced the worst bulged panels:<br />
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Chipboard panels coming along:<br />
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They were laying down nice and flat and straight, until one morning (after a big rainstorm) I went out into the shed to find that the night's rain had bloated and warped a lot of the panels:<br />
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It was worse than the picture makes it look.<br />
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