TV Batmobile by Tanks-R-Us

[John Howling Mouse]

Seriously, ah, should I just quit while I'm ahead?   

Even my kid just asked, "Why did you do this, Dad?"   

Plan was to have a bat-style scalloped bat-tread-guard and batfins on the turret but now
I'm just starting to think it looks dumb.  Everyone else is doing cool stuff and I'm doing a cartoon.

Should I abandon this one?  I might have to send some pics to Alvis for opinion, too.

[cthulhu77]

I don't think it looks dumb. As mentioned before, in the Dark Knight series, the batmobile was not a car at all, but a tank. Hey, if you were going to design a retro tank, you'd need fins, right?

[wolfik]

heheheh.....coooool!...I feel your idea John....

[BlackOps]

I for one hope you keep it going. Even if you don't end up where you planned, some the the coolest builds were unexpected detours....just ask Eddie 

[Brian da Basher]

Brother Black Ops is right! Forge ahead bravely, Mr Howling Mouse!

I like the fins!

Brian da Basher

[ysi_maniac]

I love it, Raton Rugiente. It just need a T-TAIL

Speaking seriously ... continue with your idea

[Mossie]

Please carry on Baz!  Another precedent from the Batman series was the latest film, that Batmobile although not tracked, was a military vehicle & beefier looking than most incarnations.

[BlackOps]

C'mon Barry, We can't keep the Dark Knight waiting, He's is gonna get tired of peddaling his Schwinn stingray all over town...besides his cape keeps getting stuck in his chain

[puddingwrestler]

Ohhh! Very nice!

It's almost as if Cadillac got to do the styling on the Sherman as well as stick them together!

Have you considered having little bat-logos on the track links ala Games Workshop's bane blade tank (which has little imperial eagles on the links)?

[dragon]

John,
     Don't worry about it.  Once you paint it black, it will look just fine.  Now are you going to attach a jet exhaust on that or not?

[John Howling Mouse]

Thanks for your encouragement everyone.  I'll attempt to built a suitable turret this weekend.  Maybe that will spark me on to completing this. 

[puddingwrestler]

Are you sure it needs a turret? When I look at it, it just seems to cry out for a domed bubble canopy over the turret ring, sort of half-way between what the Lincoln Futura had and that moon tank from Tintin... Just kinda fits the batman retro-futurism look.

[MiB]

and now???