Batman Forever Batmobile

[Scottnkat]

Here's the Batmobile from the Batman Forever movie. In my opinion, the only Batmobile that's worse than this is the one from Batman & Robin. Yep, it's ugly but I still had to do it up. The first thing I did was to re-cast the chrome body inserts in clear resin. I then used a grinder on my Dremel to fine-tune the shape so they could fit in where the thinner plastic went, and so it would diffuse the light (yep, I lit this sucker). I also drilled out the gauges on the instrument panel pod and the center console. I used a green LED to light up the interior and blue for the exterior body panels. When testing it out, I realized that the interior tub blocked a large portion of the side panels, so I had to cut out the sides of the interior and re-shape the interior to allow the light to shine through. I also lit up the headlights. It wasn't an easy build, but I wanted to make sure I got it lit up as good as I could. Here's some pics with the car unlit:







And here's the car lit up:





Due to the wiring and having to include a switch, I mounted it on a base. I figured that it needed
a good background, so here's how it looks sitting on the shelf:

[Chuck Most]

I have to admit that I actually like the Batman and Robin Batmobile more than this one, but yeah... hey, they all paled in comparison to the '66 anyway! And Batman Forever was just awful...

All that being said, you certainly did this kit justice. The clean build is one thing- the lights and display base really set it all off. Very well done sir!

[Kennyboy]

Great idea on the display setup!

I like the fact that it lights up too!

Finished display is really cool to look at and makes this build go to the next level.

I applaud your hard work and perserverence on this!

[slusher]

Very cool...

[PappyD340]

Very NICELY done Scott!!

[Scottnkat]

Thank you, guys - I appreciate it

[carrucha]

Good work. The lights are nice touch.

[Harry P.]

Nicely done, but I agree with you. That is one ugly Batmobile. There's no other Batmobile than the TV series car!

[TFchronos]

While I agree that the '66 Batmobile is hands down the best the one from Batman and Batman Returns did look pretty cool too.

This one while not being my favorite does look really darn good with the changes and extra detail you've put into it, you have done it justice and made it look much better, great work on it.