Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
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Costume making, prop building and other '66 Bat-related arts and crafts. Great place for info and helpful tips. Proudly display your latest creation. Please keep it '66 Batman related otherwise it will be moved to OFF-TOPIC.
(NO SOLICITATION). If you're looking to BUY or SELL something, go to the MERCHANDISE SECTION. Even if you're trying to assemble a costume by buying or acquiring different crafted items rather than constructing or customizing them yourself, then it belongs in the MERCHANDISE SECTION. Don't even ask somebody if they're planning on selling something within this section.
Be sure to read the Board Rules as well before posting for the first time.
Thank you!
Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Decided to add more chrome to the wheels
Evolution of the wheel. The bat needs a steadier hand, but focus on the Chrome.
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Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Got a new flame
Original with red ring mod Modified to add black trim New flame Other views Note the chrome wheels
Original with red ring mod Modified to add black trim New flame Other views Note the chrome wheels
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Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
That's looking great!
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Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Very nice, Lou. Keep 'em coming.
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Barnabas, thanks for finding the flame! It completely fills that turbine exhaust!
I received the LEGO flame. Remember Charlie Brown’s Pathetic Christmas Tree? Yeah, that’s the look
I tried it on a 1/43 car, but I need to trim the 1/8” base to about 1/16”
I received the LEGO flame. Remember Charlie Brown’s Pathetic Christmas Tree? Yeah, that’s the look
I tried it on a 1/43 car, but I need to trim the 1/8” base to about 1/16”
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Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
The Lego flame is fun. Are you putting it on your McFarlane Batmobile? If so, let's see it!
Barnabas Collins
Barnabas Collins
Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Thank you for this! I just received my batmobile today and plan on updating mine to be more screen accurate too.
This is so helpful! attached is a photo of mine (still in the box)
This is so helpful! attached is a photo of mine (still in the box)
I'm a fan of Batman 1966 and other Batman movies too
Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
I did some tweaking to my 1966 Batman Mcfarlane Batmobile. I was looking at the Giant 1:6 Scale Batmobile 1966 by Jazzinc Dioramas and noticed lots of colored knobs in their car so I decided to do the same. I even add a Bat-compass on the passenger side dashboard for Robin. I prefer my dashboard black and am not going to paint it silver like their car.
I'm a fan of Batman 1966 and other Batman movies too
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One of the FIRST things I did was paint the logo red on the rims. HOW could they have missed this?
I'm a fan of Batman 1966 and other Batman movies too
Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Antman . Nice Job
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Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Thanks Lou - UPDATE: I painted a few more interior knobs in my batmobile
I'm a fan of Batman 1966 and other Batman movies too
Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
The more I look online the more differences I see with each 1966 batmobile. Some had red inside the fins and some don't. I painted the dot red because some batmobiles did and some not. I'm not sure if I should do this next mod or not? Just because I can doesn't mean I should right?
I'm a fan of Batman 1966 and other Batman movies too
Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Those are tail lights. You might find some red styrene taillight material at a hobby shop or eBay and shape them to fit. The real car has two bulbs per side. Also on your console, the two knobs in front of the phone is typically sky blue. Mark Racop has the one to one scale versions on his fiberglass freaks website for good reference. I used a 2 mm Chrome pen from hobby lobby for the window frames and Radir rims if you want to take it that far.
Keep it going, I like these ideas.
Keep it going, I like these ideas.
Some days you just can't get rid of a ... SHARK!
Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
I added more colored knobs in my batmobile. Red blue orange and yellow I added on the dash using colored electrical tape so I could remove them if I didn't like it. So tiny & difficult to do. To the naked eye great but when you take a photo & zoom in you can see it’s not perfect but I think it’s ok? I'm thinking of maybe doing red piping around the seats.
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Re: Customizing the McFarlane Batmobile
Looking good, antman67. Keep 'em coming!
Barnabas Collins
Barnabas Collins