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Post by hotrodzilla on Mar 10, 2017 4:26:37 GMT -6
Apart from my introduction post, I thought I would make this my first post.
Just a few images taken 20 years ago when Revell reissued the Futura.
Please please be gentle if I have got any protocol wrong here and feel free to tell me off or move the posts. Many thanks.
I had always wanted a Batmobile but also the Futura was always on my most wanted list and Barris had not granted a licence to build so to speak. So this is pre Polar Lights. Handmade Bat decals and brush painted striping, wheel spinners, roof equipment, fins and grill, with a big raid on the parts box for 'stuff'. The paint is rattle can acrylic black. The exhaust outlet by the way is a glue tube lid, one of those with the centre pierce point left in place(Because I thought it looked good  )
The pedantic amongst us may notice there is no radar on the hood and the wheels are not correct plus a few other bits. I probably will finish this someday(the radar at least) but when? I just don't get much time to model build these days 
Any questions on the build always welcome
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Post by TooOld on Mar 10, 2017 6:28:28 GMT -6
Great looking Batmobile , it looks as nice as any Polar Lights I've seen !  |
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Post by Bert on Mar 10, 2017 7:48:59 GMT -6
That is a lot of work, good job on the conversion. There are several kits now with the correct Radir wheels.
Welcome aboard.
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Post by hotrodzilla on Mar 10, 2017 10:33:46 GMT -6
Thanks all who have had a look  . I posted a couple of pics in the Gallery section.
Here are a few more of the finished model.
The front nose started out as a custom scoop from AMTs 58 Impala, the grill mesh is expanded aluminium(Aluminum to our US friends), roof light is from a JoHan Chrysler Turbine exhaust with lots of other homemade parts such as Bat Fins, Bat Caps on the wheels, also the decals and the roof bar and pods. You can't see it but there is a radar dish made from the speedometer from a Pyro motorcycle kit(BSA).
Wheel wells I made by cutting to rough diameter then wrapping some rough wet n dry around a slightly oversised tyre and wheel, mounted in a motor tool(Dremel?)
To get the smooth blended sides with no seams I filled everything, finish sanded and primered ready for the final colour. When it was all painted up, hardened and polished, I cut the bottom out to fit the interior. Before all the small details were fitted I did my best brush painting the red edging. At the time I had no computer so no details available for the correct red/orange shade
No engine details and I won a 'Slammer' class in a local custom car show model contest with it. It is obviously not perfect but I am very pleased with it personally.
The Futura is just a stock build with filler and foil, paint is polished rattle can acrylic blue as I just like that colour
I do hope you enjoy these photo's. Cheers, John.  
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Post by Lurker on Mar 10, 2017 12:23:45 GMT -6
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Post by 41chevy on Mar 10, 2017 12:27:50 GMT -6
THey both look great IMO. It's nice to see them side by side to see the mods also. Cool!! Paul
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Post by "ScratchFever" on Mar 10, 2017 16:44:30 GMT -6
I've always loved the bat mobile... Especially this version...congratulations on a fabulous build.... Great job keep them coming...😉
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Post by Dennis M on Mar 13, 2017 9:42:16 GMT -6
They both look great'' I love the 1966 Batmobile.
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Post by koffinbuilder64 on Mar 25, 2017 19:38:25 GMT -6
Congrats John on two good looking builds!! Your conversion looks as good as the Polar Lights version that I'm working on! BTW, I've also got a half finished conversion that I really need to finish.
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Post by hotrodzilla on Mar 28, 2017 2:14:45 GMT -6
Congrats John on two good looking builds!! Your conversion looks as good as the Polar Lights version that I'm working on! BTW, I've also got a half finished conversion that I really need to finish. Thanks, never seen a close up of a Polar Lights version. Only seen them on eBay and some fantasy sci-fi comic stores at way above standard retail so never bought one though if one comes up cheap with the figures I may, but it will have to be cheap The 1/32 is roughly the right shape but still not good enough but was all that was available in the 60s. I started mine around 1996-7, took me ages to finish it as I wanted to let all the putty set rock solid and not shrink and show marks when painted. I always wondered why Barris would not licence this kit till interest was mainly with the specialist builders like us, he would have sold millions of them back in the 1960s. As to your unfinished conversion, GO for it, the satisfaction of completing all those modifications will be worth it. When I built mine I went by memories, a few pics in old car magazines and a Corgi Toy die cast belonging to my son. Never had a computer then with endless photo's and building tips. |
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Post by bigredwolf on Apr 1, 2017 12:22:17 GMT -6
Great job! I have one of these conversions (under the shelf somewhere!) in progress.
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Post by bugaboo on Jun 5, 2017 5:53:59 GMT -6
I too have one of these lying as a stalled project. I kind of loose interest in it, when the Batmobile was released as a kit... But who knows, someday maybe - I will finish it.... Anyway, its good to see one of them finished. Great job  |
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Post by kabdriver on Jun 8, 2017 7:46:23 GMT -6
Too cool! The modifications you've done look great!
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. I posted a couple of pics in the Gallery section.
