Batmobile Tumbler custom (Camouflage Version)

[casper]

One of my sons old toys that hasn't seen the light of day for some time so I thought that I would do a custom paint on it just for fun
I still don't have the decal set for my Honda F1 car and I messed up the english lightning with the Alclad chrome and airframe aluminium but we won't go into that just yet

Anyway
first a couple of pics before I take the beast apart




first thing to remove is the rear wing assembly (four screws)




remove the main body



then I removed the gun mechanism and gun doors. The three buttons are for the lights, engine sounds and gun doors





more later (ripper street in on)
casp

[casper]

Remove the side pieces/doors




and remove the lights


Then remove the guns

[casper]

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[casper]

[casper]

Remove the windshield by cutting off the plastic tabs that hold it in

[casper]

masked the windows with vallejo masking fluid, I used far to much as you can see



nose piece

[casper]

removed the front wheel assembly left and right

[casper]

After masking the wheels all the parts were given a primer coat

[casper]

Not much to the cockpit just one seat instead of two and a couple of consoles, painted the seat in desert yellow and put to one side for later

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over the course of three days I airbrushed the main body parts with three or four coats of vallejo Desert Yellow
vallejo model colour paint thinned was very nice to use but it tends to clog up the airbrush so constant tip cleaning is needed and a full strip down between coats.
ended up with a nice smooth finish
looks a little darker in the photos than it really is

[casper]

cockpit temporarily put back on the chassis to fill some gaps where the side guns were located.




the gaps will be pulled down with screws on final assembly

[casper]

[casper]

from the rear of the Tumbler there is a hole 30mmx30mm on either side that needs filling



with the body removed the two areas in the photo will need some plasticard styrene cut and glued in place



after measuring the gaps i cut and primed some black styrene and glued them in place

[casper]

[casper]

added a small piece of styrene to tidy up the side pieces

[casper]

front windscreen was cleaned up and some toothpaste was used to get the shine back then a coat of Klear floor polish to finish
looks much better

[baby_astons]

will you go the camouflage route on it like first seen in the batman movie before bruce waynes famous quote: "one question, does it come in black?"

[steve131]

Great work Casper, surprised Vallejo's messing you about on spray gun never had problem with them Is the, Lightning salvageable?

[casper]

will you go the camouflage route on it like first seen in the batman movie before bruce waynes famous quote: "one question, does it come in black?"

Hi b-a
yes mate I,m hoping to do the camo version, as far as I,m aware the colours are desert yellow and dark earth but the dark earth was much too dark.
If anyone can help with the colours i would be grateful.
casp

[casper]

Great work Casper, surprised Vallejo's messing you about on spray gun never had problem with them Is the, Lightning salvageable?

thanks steve
have to keep the tip clean but today it worked ok, I used a .5 needle instead of a .3 and the paint flowed better
Will try to put a pic up of the lightning, I wasn't set up right with the airbrush and ended up putting on too much Alclad paint

[casper]

underside of the tumbler and side pieces sprayed with desert yellow