Made it to a winter car boot sale this morning. Yay! Just what Doctor Die-Cast ordered as I was getting withdrawal symptoms!
Today's catch - minus the Batmobile from last time - was a 1979 Hot Wheels Peterbilt truck, a Superfast cab and trailer, a Corgi GT 70, a Rolamatics tank and a Speed King Shovel Nose.
Back home I'd promised myself some me time to mess with my second battered batmobile you can see above.
This one gave up its dash and steering wheel when I tipped it up!
I painted the dash silver and made a scratch missile launcher out of a straw and a biro tube.
I then had fun scratching together a red plastic flame for the rear exhaust using bits of a plastic tie fastener.
I'm waiting for the model paint to arrive in the post before attempting the body. It'll be a brave new look for Bats I hope!
Zap! Kapow!
I love it when a project starts coming together!
ReplyDeleteJust as long as the Penguin and his pals don't mess things up!
DeleteAs you're going to the trouble of ordering new paint, are you going to do any prep work on the existing paint before repainting? The edges of chipped paint can really mess up a new coat. Stripping the entire thing back to bare metal can be a real pain, thanks to Corgi rivets!
ReplyDeleteBut some fine steel wool soap pads can really take the edges off those paint chips...
Tally Ho!
Bodger is my middle name Looey. What I turn out is never perfect.
DeleteI thought I was through collecting Batmobile's until some months back when Target had several different ones for sale at decent prices. Now they'e waiting in the queue to get photographed.
ReplyDeleteThere's so many new Batman toys and vehicles around Ed its mind-boggling. Bats is as big as ever, which is amazing in itself! Bob Kane would be gobsmacked!
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