wtorek, 19 lutego 2013

15mm Batmobile

The same TMP post that gave me an idea to use the cloaked figure from Rebel Minis as a base for my second version of Batman pointed me to the Hot Wheels model of Arkham Asylum Batmobile. Sadly, after digging through a bunch of Hot Wheels boxes in different toy shops in Cracow I was forced to look for it on eBay - and found out that when it comes to S&H costs for shipping blistered toy cars to Poland, they're nothing short of ridiculous. The S&H cost that is 8-10 times the price of the model? Erm... no. Luckily I've found a single auction with more reasonable pricing and today my Batmobile has arrived - as you can see below, it scales up really well to 15mm minis:
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It's a really nice model with some sharp details but it has its flaws: the wheels are the generic diecast toy ones, looking quite different from the original game model, the front and rear lights are just flat decals. Therefore before painting I want to sculpt the lights out of ProCreate putty and probably look for some better-looking wheels in my bits box.
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  1. Modeliani19 lutego 2013 06:41

    If you don´t already knew?!
    http://www.knightmodels.com/nueva/index.php/shop/show/viewcategory/batman-miniature-rules/IdCat_product/31

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    1. dis21 lutego 2013 12:14

      I've seen those - the rules look nice but I still wait for the stat cards... as for know they are available only with Knight Models miniatures.

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  2. Allison M.19 lutego 2013 07:17

    Idea: make hubcaps from a suitably-sized 4-hole shirt button: drill extra holes around the edges to match the game model. Then mold duplicates with ProCreate for the four wheels.

    Sucks that your country is afflicted with high shipping costs. A lot of the time I suspect this is just eBayer sellers screwing you. But also, national post offices can really crank up the cost to ship to anywhere but Britain and N. Am. Why? I don't know... At least you are not in one of the countries that many sellers simply will not ship to, *cough* Italy I'm looking at you *cough*.

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    1. dis21 lutego 2013 12:18

      That's a nice idea, Allison, I may try that out - thanks!

      As for the shipping costs - actually it's not that much of a problem in most of the cases (*cough* Old Glory US *cough*), but that's why it struck me in case of the diecast cars... it's almost twice as high as the price of S&H of other similarly sized packages.

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  3. Jay19 lutego 2013 10:34

    Nice planning and a cool ride for the Batman. Looking forward to seeing your custom touches.

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