Building a 1966 BATMOBILE for 8 inch MEGO Batman

[darklord1967]

3-D prints of The Batmobile’s interior cabin seating were delivered today.

I’m quite happy with them.

It was a bit complicated for me to accurately 3D render the Batmobile’s full bucket seat assemblies using a small collection of 50 year old reference photos.

But I managed to successfully create very accurate separate renderings of the backing cradle frame and the main seat cushion components that together make up the bucket seat assembly.

Both objects were 3D printed in very high resolution.

The 2 backing cradle frames were printed in polished steel. They will next be sent out to be electrostatic chrome-plated.




The main seat and backrest cushion portion was printed as a textured SLA plastic. It will now be sent out to be molded and re-cast as cushiony foam latex castings.



I intentionally printed the cushion portion of these seats with some texture because I wanted that texture to translate over to the final foam latex castings to simulate fine leather texture grain.

When assembled together, seat cushion and backing cradle look pretty nice!




This custom toy BATMOBILE is going to be quite heavy! The steel Backing cradle frames each seem to weigh about as much as a full can of soda!

[B-Lister]

I wish I had this much detailed info on the Toei Spider Machine.

[darklord1967]

I forgot to mention that the prominent flat dome-like rendering on the top dash, above the steering wheel hub, will be opened up as a cavity also.

That object is meant to represent the directional COMPASS that the Batmobile features.

On my custom car, the clear dome lens and compass graphic underneath will be featured.

[LonnieFisher]

That's super cool!

[noelani72]

awesome!

[darklord1967]

There are parts of this 1966 Batmobile project that I am 3D rendering and then 3D printing for the highest possible detail and precision fit, during final construction.

As with ALL aspects of this car, these rendered parts are very carefully researched for the ultimate in accuracy.


These are the 3D renders I just completed of the BATMOBILE'S DASHBOARD INSTRUMENTATION, featuring an accurately detailed rendering of Robin's dash-mounted Detect-A Scope Device.
This is the dashboard as it appeared during the 1966 Batman Movie and the 2nd season of the TV series

The areas of open cavity, (like the closed-circuit TV monitor in the dash's open compartment or Robin's Detect A Scope) will have transparent faces installed on them with transparency slide graphics that will be backlit with internal miniature lighting.

I was NOT crazy enough to render this dashboard with working rolltop compartments. I rendered the two most important compartments open and left the other three closed.















The smoothness and clarity of detail on the final 3D printed dashboard left me stunned!

[Psykodelik Vampyre]

Very cool realization of the cool (yet lacking) original Mego Batman Batmobile!
^^^ ^^^

[William Vafai]

Nice job. I like the the all the details

[darklord1967]

Awesome work but was this ever finished?

It's... er... coming along. Nicely.

[potafannumerouno]

Awesome work but was this ever finished?

[C.H.O.A.M.]

Hmm...No, that's someone else's Batmobile.

oh ok... whew.
I got excited there for a minute!

[TheNewGiJoeWithKungFuGrip]

Wait... so it's done??? where are the pics???
I'm not on fb, we need pics!!!

Hmm...No, that's someone else's Batmobile.

[C.H.O.A.M.]

Holy Wow !!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater

Wait... so it's done??? where are the pics???
I'm not on fb, we need pics!!!

[noelani72]

it will be a piece of art, that's certain!

[darklord1967]

Well I thought of that. But there is just too much legal red tape tied up in mass producing something like this... even crowd funded. Ive been at this project for YEARS, and it would break my heart to have it derailed by legal action against me. Im just a customizer like you guys, trying to get my artistic efforts realized.

I came to the conclusion long ago that it was best to stay as low profile as possible and avoid as much "official" attention as I can.

I will eventually make this Batmobile available (as a kit) in the MEGO customizer community, but Im afraid it will have to be as an extremely limited number release (possibly no more than 10 kits or so)... the same way custom figures are produced and sold within the community.