[Phil1]

Hi All

I'll soon be starting to work on a 1966 BATMOBILE, which I'll be Scratchbuilding the Body for to fit an R.C. Car that I'll be using for the basis....1:18 Scale Lamborghini, in this case

Unfortunately, I may have to shorten the length of my Scratchbuild to match the Wheelbase of the Lamborghini, but, hopefully not too much if I can help it

This will be an Ongoing Project which I'll be working on as the opportunity allows, and I'll post Progress Photos when I've finished

I can see, though, that I'll need help with some of the parts....

For example, I will probably need some help with the Canopy....about 11cm by 8.5cm, or a little bit less

Would anyone have anything like this available?

 

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I finished this some time last year, and have made mention of it in another Post - specifically - My Cars

My Cars

I've been working on these Projects for awhile, so, I thought I'd show off some of them :) While I've had to throw some out over the years due to damage, I've still managed to keep most of them, and I still have the intention of remaking some of the damaged ones as well So.... Here they are...

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I'm close to finishing a similar Project now, so I thought I'd post a Full Thread for this one now

My intention, as I mentioned at the start here, was to make use of an R.C. 1:18 Scale Lamborghini, which I did

Sadly though, because of the difference between the 1:18 Scale Lamborghini, and what the BATMOBILE would have been in 1:18 Scale, I had to make a number of....adjustments here and there....

As such, what I hoped to be 1:18 Scale, kinda ended up being closer to 1:22 Scale because of my needing to more-or-less squish things from the Plan I was using to the Chassis of the Lamborghini that was the Basis for my BATMOBILE

So....

Let's get started with this Post

Here's the Lamborghini I used as the Base Car

 

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And here it is with to Top off

 

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So, after working out the best Picture to work from, which was this one here, and working out the Wheelbase I needed, I enlarged this picture via a Photocopier to the size I needed, and proceeded from there

 

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Here it is at the start of Construction

My medium of choice when making these is Balsa Wood, plus whatever else I might need to use

The Lamborghini in question was supplied with 3mm LEDs, which I replaced with 10mm LEDs, which you might be able to see if the fifth photo here

 

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Continuing on with some additional layers and shaping, as well as the main housing for the Head-Lights and Tail-Lights

 

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Starting with the Main Details here, such as the Side Stripe and the Central Arch, as well as some other detail

 

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And then working out the Fins

 

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And here it is fully constructed with everything shaped and trimmed

 

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And now we start the Painting

Starting with the Primer, for which use Humbrol Enamel....colour for me isn't entirely important, as long as it's Matt, for the Paint to grip, and preferably White, if possible

 

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And now after Painting, with my 'Decals' applied....

For my Main Paint, I prefer Tamiya Acrylic....

I've used many other Acrylics over the past few decades, and so far, have had the best results with Tamiya

For my 'Decals'....

I import the picture I need into WORD, adjust it to the size I need, Print that, cut it out and trim it as needed, then glue it on using PVA White Glue