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 Posted 3/3/2017 1:16:56 PM |
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Supreme Being
 
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Thanks for the kind words to help keep me going.
Got the framing beefed up and the drivers side box installed solidly. It REALLY adds size to the car and makes it have a menacing look.
Don't have the passenger side framed up yet but I put the box up on stands just to get a look at both of them on the car. Here's the best I could do on pics.
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| Posted 3/6/2017 9:24:48 AM |
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SO sly, how will you be handling this new development?
Holy firepower, Batman: The Batmobile has been upgraded
Original main gun module has been replaced with symmetrical 20-30mm 3-barrel chain guns.
These appear to be the same type used in the nose of some military helicopters.
I've always felt the new Batmobile was way under gunned with twin 50 calibers.
So, I will be incorporating this new weapon system into my B v S DOJ Batmobile build.
On Sunday, "Justice League" director Zack Snyder shared a photo of the Caped Crusader's cool ride on social media platform Vero, and someone seems to have spent a little time upgrading its firepower capabilities since last year's appearance in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."
And the director doesn't want to hear any complaints from a certain Gotham City billionaire.
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"Upgrades... what are you worried about Wayne," Snyder wrote in the photo caption. The famed Batmobile now has major weaponry built into the hood, so nobody better cut off Bruce Wayne (Ben Affleck) as he cruises to Starbucks on Saturday morning.
True Batmobile fanatics can compare the photo with this toy version covered by CNET last month when it appeared at Toy Fair.
Snyder's been generous about dropping "Justice League" tidbits lately.
Last week on Twitter, he shared a five second clip of Jason Momoa swimming underwater as Aquaman.
And his Vero post right before the Batmobile picture is of a modern, glass-walled structure, with the caption, "This is the Bruce Wayne house we built from scratch based on the Farnsworth House." (The Farnsworth House is an iconic one-room home-turned-museum in Illinois designed by noted architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.)
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| Posted 3/6/2017 3:22:59 PM |
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Supreme Being
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hehehe, Time will tell. 
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| Posted 3/6/2017 7:25:36 PM |
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Did a little more online research about this DOJ Batmobile upgrade. Apparently this has been known about for at least 6-months. There are models that show these upgrades at least 6-months ago. Not sure of these models origins. Could be custom scratch, modified existing, or even images of prototypes. vertigo
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| Posted 3/6/2017 8:24:29 PM |
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Supreme Being
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Looks like a pretty good size model so I'm guessing hot toys or some such company has done a one off. Still waiting on their DOJ one, so who knows if any of these will see the light of day.
As for your original question, I believe I will stick with the original DOJ design. Bu maybe these things could always be added on like modules. I don't know. But I do think all this added firepower lessens it's "batmobilishness".
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| Posted 3/7/2017 10:15:24 AM |
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Got the passengers side front box solidly installed today. The car is now 8' 4" wide! The wheels will fit in front of the boxes and will need to not be any wider than that, leaving room for the wheel fender. It's doable, but not going to be able to use movie correct wheels and tires. Unless I give up on the idea of it being street legal.
Starting to work on the rear boxes now. They should actually be a little easier than these were.
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| Posted 3/21/2017 6:35:07 PM |
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Supreme Being
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Just a little update on my progress. Having a hard time finding time to do any work right now. I have started production of the rear side boxes, however my belief that they would be less complicated than the front ones has proven to be inaccurate. They are just as complex, if not a little more complex.  I hope to have them done soon however. I will post pictures when completed.
sly
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| Posted 3/22/2017 4:20:25 PM |
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| Keep trying to squeeze even the tiniest possible time on it mate if you stop you can loose momentum very easily. Looks great.
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| Posted 3/23/2017 7:53:50 PM |
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I placed a copy of this post here because it may be of some use to
someone doing a Bat Vehicle build or planning to do a Bat Vehicle
build.
Based on my collective research and study, so far, of the Batman v
Superman Batmobile it appears the easiest way to build this Bat
Vehicle with the least amounts of man hours and expense is to build
the body first completely in wood.
An alternative to building the body in wood is to use one of the 3D
available programs to have the vehicle routed life-size in foam. This
would be a great way to go but the lowest price I found to have this
done is 12,500.00 delivered to my door.
The next step is to find a donor vehicle, with the title, could be a
car but most likely a truck, conforming closely to logical body
attachment points.
After acquiring a suitable donor vehicle, one would probably fabricate
a frame around the donor vehicle that matches the bottom edges of the
wood body and weld in additional braces as needed.
Once the wood body fits on the donor vehicle frame then the builder
will have two choices. Remove the wood body, build a frame on the
lower frame, attach the body panels that have been translated into
steel or other materials, and join together. The second choice is to
remove the wood body and translate it into steel or other materials
with the end result being a bolt on body, probably with a few modules,
that can be taken, on or off, at will.
Completing these steps should get you to approximately 80% completion.
vertigo
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| Posted 3/23/2017 8:01:25 PM |
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Supreme Being
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OK, got the passenger side rear box done and have a good start on the driver side one.
The space in front is where the side mechanics come out. Here is a view of the back side. The big rear tire goes just behind this.
It will take me about one more day to finish the Drivers side box. Then I can work on fastening them to the car. I actually did some guess work when establishing ride height and rear to front plane angle when I started putting together this mock-up. I think these boxes should clarify that a lot.
edit: I just realized in the photos the wood grain makes it look camouflaged. LOL
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