1997 Batmobile

[scottg]

Here's the Batmobile from Batman and Robin. I removed the chrome inserts that go under the body, as well as the spinning dome at the front and cast those in clear resin. I then colored them with transparent red to more closely match the color in the movie and installed lights. I drilled out the wheels and installed blue LEDs in them to light up the wheels. I also cut out the openings at the front of the car and behind the driver and put blue lights in there. Finally, I cut out the dash where the gauges go and installed lights in there. With the decals on, it now lights up the gauges. With the exception of the wheels (which I wanted to stay shiny), I put a black wash over the rest of the chrome to darken it up so it wasn't so stark. Hope you like it









and here's how it looks with the lights on







forgive the blurriness of the pic - I just couldn't seem to get a decent picture of the dash lit up



Finally, since it's wired, it needed a case. I designed the case graphics after the Batcave

[rustyrat1960]

Where do You get your LED's?

[scottg]

I bought a strand of LED Christmas lights, then took it apart. It was only about $8 for 100 white LEDs. I then used transparent paint and dipped the LEDs in to color them. In this way, I could use the same voltage for all of the lights instead of having to drop voltage depending on the color.

[chromecop]

Awesome build!!!