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I can relate to this having made a major error on my Tumbler.
I had worked on my Tumbler front arm design until I thought it was
absolutely perfect. Yet, I felt dissatisfied with the instability of
the angled movie correct arms and decided after much mental jousting
that straight arms would be superior in both strength and vehicle
stance. So began my wrong turn. I translated my drawings into steel,
cutting and welded them to my design. Then I set up my front axles
with a jig into holes cut into my straight built Tumbler arms. Then I
picked up my welding rod holder and prepared to weld the front axles
in place. That was when I realized the gravity of my mistake in
straightening my Tumbler’s front arms. Caught up too much in the
physical engineering I had sacrificed the artistic effect produced by
the Tumbler’s angle arms. This I expressed as simply, “WHAT A BITCH”
summarizing my frustration. I am still correcting this mistake.
vertigo
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| Posted 12/26/2016 7:09:14 PM |
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There is so much information on the Tumbler, DOJ batmobile, BatPod, and all the other batmobiles that organizing the information is the only way to avoid overload and confusion, so as to be able to find particular information when you need it.
Three years ago when I decided to build a Batman Tumbler I didn't know much about automotive engineering and design and almost nothing about the mechanical workings of the Tumbler. I spent a couple of years researching the Tumbler and acquiring additional skills I believed would be needed to construct the Tumbler. In addition to extensive digital files and a dozen models I also have collected a large amount of paper files on both the Tumbler and DOJ batmobile. Attached is a photo image of my organized paper files. vertigo
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| Posted 12/28/2016 5:53:59 PM |
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BAT VEHICLE BUILDER’s BLOCK
Part 5-A Negative Self Talk “I’m just not creative!!!”
“Denying your own creativity is like denying you’re a human being.
We’re all limitlessly creative, but only to the extent that we realize
that we create our own limits with the way we think. If you tell
yourself you’re not creative, it becomes true. Stop that.
In that sense, awakening your own creativity is similar to the path
reported by those who seek spiritual enlightenment. You’re already
enlightened, just like you’re already creative, but you have to strip
away all of your delusions before you can see it. Acknowledge that
you’re inherently creative, and then start tearing down the barriers
you have created, that block your creativity.” Brian Clark
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| Posted 12/29/2016 6:07:25 PM |
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BAT VEHICLE BUILDER’s BLOCK
Part 5-B Negative Self Talk “I’m just not creative!!!”
The secrets behind what we call creative art.
When we think of a creative artist we often imagine the artist
painting his masterpiece with nothing more than some brushes and a
palette of paints. Only one person in a million can paint high quality
works of art like this, if that many. These individuals are described
to possess near perfect internal-external spatial awareness with the
ability to execute translation into reality in a physical medium.
Even, most of the great masters used multiple drawings to shape their
works before actually painting their masterpieces.
Most artwork today starts with desire and many artists use tools and
photographs to get their perspectives correct. Many project their
photographs onto the canvas and trace lines, following the projected
image details. Others use vector programs like Adobe Illustrator.
Photoshop is often used to analyze color from photographs to mix
paints to get the right color balance. Sculptural artists frequently
use 3D computer programs for scanning and CNC multi-axis routers/mills
to create masters and the film industry has produced movie sets from
foam so massive that some have covered the area of a small city block.
Bat Vehicles are truly works of sculptural art that fall under the
category of realism. We often admire replica Bat Vehicles for their
closeness to the original. To be a successful Bat Vehicle builder
requires a burning desire to build a Bat Vehicle, the will to do the
prerequisite research, commitment to put in the time to acquire the
necessary skills, and the patience to solve a multitude of small
problems.
The ratio of creative thought to physical reality remains about the
same as the adage.
1% creative inspiration : 99% perspiration (study and physical work) vertigo
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| Posted 1/14/2017 6:52:47 PM |
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BAT VEHICLE BUILDER’s BLOCK
Part 6 Too Many Ideas but None of Them Working Problem
You have a ton of ideas but can't commit to any of them, and they all
seem to peter out. Now this is slightly harder. Even this problem can
take a few different forms — there are the ideas that you lose
interest in after a few sketches, and then there is the idea that you
thought was the flawless plan for the perfect building execution.
Starts great, falters in detailed planning, and then falls under its
own weight in reality.
The fact is that ideas are dime a dozen — but ideas that get your
creative juices flowing are a lot rarer. Oftentimes, the coolest or
most interesting ideas are the ones that peter out fastest, and the
dumbest ideas are the ones that just get your motor revving like crazy
and leave you spinning your wheels.
My own experience is that usually, you end up having to throw all
those ideas out. If they're not getting any traction, they're not
getting any traction. Save them in a suspense file and come back to
them a year or later, and maybe you'll suddenly know how to tackle
them. You'll have more experience and a different mindset then. It's
possible someone with more stubbornness could make one of those idea
work right away, but probably not — the reason you can't get anywhere
with any of them is because they're just not letting you express your
Bat Vehicle build the way you really want to, down in the murky
subconscious.
Usually when I'm faced with the "too many ideas, none of them works"
problem, I'm only a few days away from coming up with the idea that
does work. Your mind is working in overdrive, and it's close to
hitting the jackpot, and finally eureka. vertigo
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| Posted 1/22/2017 6:20:41 PM |
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Finished welding my Tumbler arm frames except for cutting and welding 3/8 " steel arm bottom plates. Started using proxy tires to figure out axle lengths, pitches, tire arcs, etc., etc.. vertigo
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| Posted 1/22/2017 7:08:28 PM |
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| That's some serious steel plate your using on the front!
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| Posted 1/24/2017 12:11:36 AM |
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| What I found from the front arms was that they were bent at an angle to give a better steering angle. When the arms are straight you have to push hubs further away from arms to allow rear of wheel to clear the front arm . I made my stance wider to accommodate this and it still seems to look correct how ever my front wheels are a couple of inches narrower.
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| Posted 1/24/2017 12:14:00 AM |
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| Great work by the way keep at it. I am hoping mine will be ready for belfast comic con March.
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| Posted 1/24/2017 5:32:22 PM |
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paulwayne
“What I found from the front arms was that they were bent at an angle
to give a better steering angle. When the arms are straight you have
to push hubs further away from arms to allow rear of wheel to clear
the front arm. I made my stance wider to accommodate this and it still
seems to look correct however my front wheels are a couple of inches
narrower.”
Hey paulwayne,
Christopher Nolan was asked how he came up with the design for the
front end of the Tumbler by an interviewer and he replied, “I wanted
the front end to look like a bat. The idea came first and we made the
engineering conform.”
See the attached illustration.
Also found under the Tumbler schematic section on this site.
I like your work as do many others on this forum. vertigo
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