Kallisti Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 A long time ago I picked up this kit and its been in my stash for years So finally at the end of 2022 I got it out of the stash and built it!!! The most complex part of the build was the paint job and the red stripe decaling. The black paint is in fact Alclad gloss black base primer with a coat of Klear over the top. This was a better finish than anything else I could come up with! Getting the red stripe decals to conform was an exercise in patience and LOTS of Micro Sol!! But they went down eventually and the end result is very good I reckon I had forgotten to post this before, even though I'd mentioned in my yearbook thread 31 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Cracking job Kallisti, well done on the gloss black finish, looks really good. All the best Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2lefthands Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Yep, looking excellent. What a car 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Holy model kits! Great model with great paint and several gold stars for perseverance with the stripes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 ZAPP! POW! What a car. That looks spectacular. When the show first aired in the UK, it was on Cub Scout night, a Thursday if memory is right. The pack collapsed as all of us stayed in to watch Batman. Akela was not impressed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Bam! Pow! Blap! Wow, that takes me back! Fabulous replica of a great looking car. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Excellent work sir… I want one of these too. Though my plan is to retro it into the Lincoln Futura car. Something like the color in this ebay link. https://www.ebay.com/motors/blog/one-of-a-kind-tribute-to-the-55-lincoln-futura-and-batmobile/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yg Models Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 nice bat 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 12 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Excellent work sir… I want one of these too. Though my plan is to retro it into the Lincoln Futura car. Something like the color in this ebay link. https://www.ebay.com/motors/blog/one-of-a-kind-tribute-to-the-55-lincoln-futura-and-batmobile/ Oh what a great idea! The car also appeared in a movie in 1959 with Debbie Reynolds and Glen Ford, It started with a kiss. There is a dedicated website to this Batmobile that give you all sort of pics and details: http://1966batmobile.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Nice work, always been interested in this one, and yours looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Clean and crisp! Looks great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 6 hours ago, Kallisti said: Oh what a great idea! The car also appeared in a movie in 1959 with Debbie Reynolds and Glen Ford, It started with a kiss. There is a dedicated website to this Batmobile that give you all sort of pics and details: http://1966batmobile.com/ Yes Ive seen the movie actually. Thank you for the link will need to check it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Only one word for that one, Beutifull. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neddy Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I can't imagine how I missed this one. A beautiful reproduction of a beautiful car. One of George Barris' best IMHO and stunningly executed. I'd love to build one myself but neither my eyesight nor manual dexterity would be good enough for those decals! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 8:21 AM, Kallisti said: Getting the red stripe decals to conform was an exercise in patience and LOTS of Micro Sol!! I doff my hat to you sir. That is a great job with those decals I also completed one of these just a few months ago. The kit itself was a bit of a nightmare and I ended up designing and printing a bunch of parts to improve it, and also created a 1/25 scale Bat Signal to sit alongside the completed model . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I had one of these too and like everybody else had major problems with the decals. They just didn't want to stick to the surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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