TV Batmobile by Tanks-R-Us

[John Howling Mouse]

I'll do up one of my old Lincoln Futura kits as a sort of Barris Batmobile with treads and a turret.

Yes, I know it's a form of sacrilege for a Batfreak such as myself but it will give me a great challenge in capturing the essence of the old TV Batmobile as a working tank.

[John Howling Mouse]

Man, upon opening the box, I'm suddenly reminded of why I have never built one of these Futura kits into a Batmobile before: what a piece of junk.  Yeah, I realize it's an old, old (1956) mold but why would they have engineered this thing broken into so many pieces like this?  By the time I'm done with it, the "Futura Tank" will likely have to be an operational and battle-damaged version!

[cthulhu77]

Schuwweeet!  What kind of a turret?

[John Howling Mouse]

Schuwweeet!  What kind of a turret?

Scratchbuilt: I'm going to try to emulate the general Bat-feel of the rest of the car, updating it a bit.
Ever see a finned turret?   

[cthulhu77]

Schuwweeet!  What kind of a turret?

Scratchbuilt: I'm going to try to emulate the general Bat-feel of the rest of the car, updating it a bit.
Ever see a finned turret?   

Hehe:

[nev]

Well, this will be interesting -  as ever 

[ysi_maniac]

Looks beautiful.
A gun between canopies?

[John Howling Mouse]

Looks beautiful.
A gun between canopies?

I wasn't going to incorporate the glass canopies but, now that you mention it...

[Leigh]

This is gonna be VERY interesting, Batman drove a tank in "The Dark Knight Returns".

[John Howling Mouse]

This is gonna be VERY interesting, Batman drove a tank in "The Dark Knight Returns".

Oh yeaaaaah----I remember Miller's work!  Wasn't "Robin" a teenaged girl in this version?
Unfortunately, I can pretty much guarantee you that my Batura-Tank won't be nearly as cool as his.
But I'll definitely give it a go!

http://www.batmobilehistory.com/miller-batmobile.php

[Brian da Basher]

This reminds me of the old joke about the young couple in a booth at a restaurant who were fooling around near an old lady at the next table. The young man brings the girl to such excitement that she cries out in ecstasy. Right then the waiter shows up to take the old lady's order. She points to the young woman and says, "I'll take what she's having!"

Mr Howling Mouse, whatever inspires you to such great heights, I want some too!

Best of luck and keep the bubble canopies. How about a big gun right between them like one of those German low-profile tanks?

Brian da Basher

[BlackOps]

"POW!" "SOCK!" "OOF!" KABLOOWEY!"  This is gonna be cool 

[Radish]

Whoooohoooooo!!
Gonna lurve this

[cthulhu77]

"nagnagnag" you never show us any inprogress pics "nagnagnag".   

[John Howling Mouse]

[To the tune of "Rawhide"]

Cuttin' cuttin' cuttin' 
Over the hills we're cuttin'
We're cuttin' cuttin' cuttin'
.....STY---reeeeeeene!

Gonna be wider (of course) to give it a more tanklike feel (of course) and to incorporate the tank treads (of course)