FTG Prime Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 Hello everyone !! I've been a huge fan of the Tumbler most of my life, it's my favorite Batmobile... mainly because this is the one i grew up with, i remember having set 7888 back when i had 8 and being blown away by how "accurate" it was (man i was soooo wrong). I eventually realized this and tried several times to make a Tumbler that was accurate and minifig scale specially after i saw the real thing back on 2012 this wish became more intense but i ultimatelly failed almost every time (You can actually see most of those in my Flickr page...please don't) something was missing... while i was on my free time (this is last year btw) i popped on the BTS disk of Batman Begins for the 100th time lol, the making of the tumbler featurette always inspires me, the whole process of how Nolan planned and how the made it work is just so amazing to me, so i gave it a last try.... fortunally for my own mental sanity... i did it. Here's my Tumbler, i tried to recreate every little thing i could while keeping it down in scale, unfortunally this is waaay too big for 100% minifig scale but i don't care lol. I know it's missing the gold bits near the nose, i re-created those with some levers which i actually painted gold i just switched them back to some black ones so it wouldn't hurt you purist guys concience Needless to say that all the angles were a nightmare to re-create, a fun nightmare non the less, all of them had to look perfect otherwise my perfectionist mind would constantly have an issue with it lol, that's why i call this the "Ultimate Tumbler" because for me it is what i would consider Ultimate within my own standards... now that i think of it, the title does sound a bit too clickbaitty for my taste,,,, ah screw it i'm sticking with it. Here's a side view of the thing. By far one of the parts i'm the happiest with is the back, sure the springs are waay to big and are not in an angle & the handle isn't as big as it should but i think it looks fairly well compared with the real vehicle. Now i hear you say..."Looks neat and all Prime but does it fit a fig?" and the answer is: Yes ! it fits two minifigs as a matter of fact. And that's about it, this has to be my favorite MOC i've done, it was such a fun ride to do and i'm really happy with the result, i actually uploaded this to the Rebrick contest Best of Batman so if you wanna check the page and leave a like and what not over there here's the link: https://www.lego.com/en-us/rebrick/view-entry?c_id={DE2F0F7A-957B-44D3-86D1-F329CD6323C8}&a_id=7f0150b1-5235-49de-a3f8-ac949f8f6739&sortEntry=true Now that the plug is over, thank you guys so much for taking the time to read this, so if you could go trought my usual horrible grammar and spelling well congrats ! Hope you have a great day ! -Prime Quote
LiLmeFromDaFuture Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Prime, The black and very, very dark gray bat on wheels blends too well with that spiffy looking background; it proves difficult to make out a good deal of the details and techniques you implemented into the MOC… Though I am not much a fan of this Batmobile (if it even counts as one :D), or any Batmobiles after '89, I really appreciate that you added glass fixtures to the vehicle, perfectly shaped the roof, and added that the golden ring around the thruster; certainly the best highlights! Edited February 23, 2017 by LiLmeFromDaFuture Quote
FTG Prime Posted February 23, 2017 Author Posted February 23, 2017 37 minutes ago, LiLmeFromDaFuture said: Prime, The black and very, very dark gray bat on wheels blends too well with that spiffy looking background; it proves difficult to make out a good deal of the details and techniques you implemented into the MOC… Though I am not much a fan of this Batmobile (if it even counts as one :D), or any Batmobiles after '89, I really appreciate that you added glass fixtures to the vehicle, perfectly shaped the roof, and added that the golden ring around the thruster; certainly the best highlights! Oh well what can i say my dear Lil... you know i only work in black ;) Seriously tho, thanks for pointing that out ! I'll keep that in mind next time i post pictures, aparently the judges of the contest are ok with it since it got aproved so yeah... I'm also glad that you liked the build ! :D Take care ! -Prime Quote
FishW Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Nice looks very close to the actual thing! I love how you kept it minifig scale but still included tons of detail! The fact that it fits two minifigs is awesome! About the only thing I can think of to make it more accurate would be a shooting motorcycle out of the front but that would be near impossible even more so at minifig scale. Overall I'm super impressed Quote
FTG Prime Posted February 27, 2017 Author Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) On 24/2/2017 at 9:07 AM, FishW said: Nice looks very close to the actual thing! I love how you kept it minifig scale but still included tons of detail! The fact that it fits two minifigs is awesome! About the only thing I can think of to make it more accurate would be a shooting motorcycle out of the front but that would be near impossible even more so at minifig scale. Overall I'm super impressed Thanks ! Glad you liked it :D, I actually tried to incorporate the Batpod in this but ultimatelly failed but oh well.. Edited March 5, 2017 by FTG Prime Quote
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