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 Posted 12/16/2005 5:33:47 PM |
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| Posted 12/16/2005 6:17:50 PM |
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I don't think the caps were ever chrome, it looks like lighting glow. The pics I have (of this same car) show the caps to be the same dark gold/silver color as the rims and some of the side plumbing. It almost has an smoke/ bronze anodized look that was on the 1989 car only and stood out against the greenish/ blue pearl black body. For Returns, the rims got darker and the caps became black (as did the car).
I'm sure Jack has pics that show all this...
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| Posted 12/17/2005 6:01:34 AM |
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Has NO LIFE!!
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Dang sold out by Dave again..... Actually all the pictures I have are the OnStar car and they had painted everything to include the wheels, gas caps, intakes, etc OnStar Gray. Sorry.
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| Posted 12/17/2005 8:28:08 AM |
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Yipee-ki-yay...
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| I wonder how the car would look Pepper Gray Metallic with Black Metallic stripes?... (Eleanormobile)
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| Posted 12/17/2005 8:44:01 AM |
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Dave, good to see you here again my man. Would Warners keep a file record on the original paint scheme i.e. how many coats (20 if memory serves) and tone of said paint. I would kind of liked the Onstar car to be returned to it's former glory one day.
A little song, a little dance..... Batman's head on a lance.
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| Posted 12/17/2005 10:31:06 AM |
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WB kept horrible records of the 1989 Batmobile. Trying to find people in England was also a problem. In the end I spoke to many people and got lots of great stories but that was about it. The deal with the 89 paint was that they had no paint formula and just winged it with layers of pearl and metallic. The car ended up looking really foggy as a result and Burton and company weren't thrilled. I ended up getting a paint chip in the mail from England but when we matched the 1/18 paint to it...it looked like crap. Wish I could help more but in the end a semi-gloss black looks best. If you want to get close to the 89...add some green and blue pearl to a semi-gloss clear and spray that over the black.
BTW, one of the production guys in England told me they constantly wiped vaseline on parts of the body to get certain highlights Burton was after. This is why the car looks like it's different sheens all over. Same as in some scenes in Returns.
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| Posted 12/17/2005 10:56:11 AM |
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Yipee-ki-yay...
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| I talked to a guy a couple of years ago who worked for Hollywood Productions. He used to maintain the show cars and did the multi-colored paint jobs. He explained the process in detail. Now if I could only find that email...
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| Posted 12/17/2005 11:20:14 AM |
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Do you still have that paint chip to get the exact color? Not that I would use it, but more for historical reasons.
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| Posted 12/17/2005 2:17:59 PM |
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Whose goin 4 a pint???
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TIM..Ur next mission...should u decide to take it..is Find that email.
DE 66 IS COMING........
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| Posted 12/17/2005 5:57:43 PM |
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| Great story Dave I would love to hear more of them...
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