Brickmasta

Yes :) Although since Vitruvius doesn't come with moving legs... I'll exchange them to sit him down in there :) But it is nearly 1:1 out of the movie, only minor changes and stability fixes... the length and size in studs is exactly the same!! Minifigure compatible :)

The Batwing - WIP #11 by Brickmasta at Flickr Currently on the finish line, putting together my (hopefully) last Bricklink Order so I can get this baby done. Put all together now for a test fitting to see if my idea for a base showing a hovering Batwing can work... and it does! Boy, this baby is huge, as you can see I would even need 4 big base plates to cover all up :-) The Batwing - WIP #11 by Brickmasta at Flickr The Batwing - WIP #11 by Brickmasta at Flickr Batman is getting really excited! Hope you guys are also excited

Looking forward to the LDD file I would love to build this for my collection... you have done a terrific job!

Thx ... need to fix up another bricklink order to get the last parts and start with putting everything together :)

Test fitting of a lot of parts to see if I am at the right height and all fits together as it should... looking promising. The hopefully last Bricklink order is coming up soon as I know which parts are missing to finish it up, and then the work on the huge display base will start... dun dun duuuuuuuun!! The Batwing - WIP #010 by Brickmasta at Flickr

Batman is so excited, the cockpit is progressing well and the seats with the steering instrument is finished... Another discovery I made was that this seating unit is place "centrally" between the studs in the cockpit section... to allow room for the minifigs at the sides so they can sit in there. Truly fascinating as I get closer to the finish line! The Batwing - WIP #009 by Brickmasta at Flickr

Coming along nicely I had to improvise on the red rockets in the front since the part is not available in red... the inner structure of the main cockpit is now more guessing and I had to make more improvements to make this more structured and stable. I now have a finished idea in my head on how to get this Batwing set up and displayed safe and stable...! The Batwing - WIP #008 by Brickmasta at Flickr

I think it is OK to create your own topic, but maybe we could link to each others topic and tell people we are kind of working on it at the same time Can you give me your FLICKr I am really interested in taking a look

I really prefer building with my hands and real bricks... it takes longer but I can experiment better and see how it is holding together in reality. And this is crucial with this huge project since I already had the stability issue with the wings...! Now I am starting to think about incorporating parts for a kind of podium stand / arm that will hold the Batwing in the air and also help with holding up the wings... lets find out if that is a good idea

A real challenge is working on the main part, and I am running out of bricks... The Batwing - WIP #007 by Brickmasta on Flickr

Well the main part with cockpit is giving me headaches... @billyneon Looking forward to your solution and build

UPDATE - March 2023 - INSTRUCTIONS are still available via PayPal donation - just let me know or write me a mail to boonatix@gmail.com :) Prevously: Working on the instructions is close to the finish... WIP - Instructions by Brickmasta on Flickr UPDATE - FINISHED on 22nd of April The Batwing - Front by Brickmasta on Flickr See the Album with details and more: https://www.flickr.c...th/13973416094/ ----------------------------------- I would like to present my current WIP to you all and love to get some feedback on it As soon as I saw the first Trailer for "The Lego Movie" I was in shock... a childhood dream coming true. With so many awesome creations in it. And one was standing out the first time I saw it: "The Batwing". I immediately knew that I needed to build this asap. Even though I just came back out of the dark ages by end of last year and was very fresh to all the building processes, parts and stuff... I thought It can't be that hard with having the model right in front of me on the screen. But it wouldn't be as easy as I thought... I researched all the internet for more pictures / trailers, fortunately there was more released with special scenes and stuff for this Batwing. I did frame by frame analysis and took a whole lot of screenshots, scratching my head how and where to start. I had the best material of one of the turbines, so I just got to work on one of those! But then I was kind of lost... not enough details, not enough shots of the Batwing. And then somebody on Flickr linked me a video to the Lego Movie Videogame. Woah! There was actually a building process you could unlock in there for it. I had to get the game, started gaming until I was able to unlock this plan and rebuild it over and over to see how they did it. And got to the point where I finally started with one of the wings! The Batwing - WIP #003 by Brickmasta at Flickr And the first challenge occured and I knew it would not be that simple / as easy as I hoped. The wing consists of 4 sections. And each section basically just featured 1 connector, making the whole wing completely unstable, bending and nearly breaking apart. That did not look good. So I got to understand that I won't be able to do a 1:1 true copy of it. The physics in the movie and the videogame are just easier / different because there is no real physics So I got to work again and tried and tried and thought and planned... and found a solution! First step was to double and exchange the connections for each section: The Batwing - WIP #004 by Brickmasta at Flickr But that was not quite enough and after some more thinking I had another idea, so I took the shot and gave the second wing a try with new elements in it and a stabilizer under the wing, connecting the sections and holding them together... and it worked out! "The Batwing" is going to be huge...! That is my progress so far. I am now starting to work on the cockpit and will try out the connections from wing to cockpit asap because I have a feeling they also won't hold up that good... each wing weighs around 260gr wich is around 0,6 pounds. That is quite a lot to be held together by slim Lego connectors. Lets see how this will work out then Let me know what you think! Appreciate every comment and input

A-W-E-S-O-M-E I am so gonna get this set, incredible!!

Awesome! But the Movie sets where next to it, no pictures ... ? In one photo you can see the right rear tire of the new turtle bus :)

Question is why no press release or any info is going out to us VIP customers... here in Austria no one knows anything :(

Any news on the SeaCow exclusive set? It should be released on Monday... as exclusive for VIPs in the stores?

Will get it no matter what, this ship is A-W-E-S-O-M-E

I am a fan of Ghostbusters since I was a little kid... I was born a year before the movie came to cinemas, what a shame that I was not able to see it there ;) I am so looking forward to this set, a dream comes true! As a kid I always built myself proton packs and traps out of Lego and mounted those on my back... !!

Thx guys! The grill is something I also don't like... still thinking about how to improve it

I love them, when they manage to get those animations going realistically they sold me it ^^ The new Turtles look great, way more realistic and up to date, love them. I think this is going to be an AWESOME movie!!

It sure would be more detailed in minifigure scale but get a lot bigger since 2 figs should fit in the cockpit... hmmmmmmm I need more bricks

Thx Bricktimus

My next MOC is another Batmobile - this time the one from the classic Animated Series of the 90s I watched as a kid. Was truly interesting coming up with a build for this as it is completely different to the 1966 Batmobile I did before... and I had quite a hard time with it. I consider it as version 1.0 because I am not fully satisfied and my rework it. But I would be happy to receive some feedback and thoughts :) Animated Series Batmobile by Brickmasta on Flickr

We should get it build all together... everyone spend some bricks and lets go :D

It is hanging from the nose with one of those black pillars, who usually support him when standing, left, to push him back from the wall. I saw no way to get the small steel cable through all the stuff at the rear side in a proper and safe way... so we fixed it at through the technic skeleton in the front