mcfarlane batmobile custom. new canopy,retractable guns,removable custom turbine.

[@JeremiahJS1984]

Great job man! You really need to make castings of that canopy and sell them.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Thanks! I have givin thought to trying it. The only way i could figure is makeing a solid piece that would have to be hollowed out. May prove to be tricky. Ive made up my mind my next project will be a batcave in close scale to the batmobile.

[@eddietorres4157]

​@charlesalexanderjr2247 please do, this is the best custom I've seen. I've watched so many vids and this one knocks it out of the park, good job man!

[@Madmaxxxx1984]

Have it scanned and 3d print it .

[@tyler_tesch]

You did a phenomenal job revising the canopy and improving the other aspects of the car, well done!

[@diegojuri1964]

Great Work!!! congratulations, very clean finish of the canopy.

[@marcbelo7301]

How did you do the two jokers and the catwoman awesome

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

For catwoman,i used a mcfarlane knightfall catwoman as a base. I sculpted the corset and redid the head,ears.for the museum joker i used a dc multiverse joker body. I custom scuplted the head and hat and gave the makeup running paint job.for the traditional suit joker i used a mcfarlane three jokers the comedian body. I sculpted a new shirt and scarf and repainted.i also had to shorten the legs a bit.i cut him just below the knee and took out a 1/4 inch of shin and resculpted the pants wrinkles to match.

[@Topmotorcycles9079]

WoW the best modification ever 👏 phenomenal job

[@FigureManiaShow]

Insanely creative! Great job. I wish I could custom my canopy.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Thank you! The thought of it is scarier than it really is. I have actually modified it twice...my first time i chopped it down but left the front the same swept back angle...i hated it and it just didnt look right so with alot of care i cut out the windows completely.and 2/3rds of the top. Then useing bondo i built it up and gave it the proper front angle. Then i had to go back and make new windows. Sounds complicated but really wasnt to bad. The worst part is in sanding lol. Check out my instagram...80srock78 to see closer looks.

[@thetrasharoundmyplastic6342]

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[@Choom2077]

Oh my goodness, that looks amazing! I would love to purchase a set of canopy, guns and turbine for mine. It looks so good. 😥

[@tristoys6450]

Amazing work! Yeah I couldn't figure out a way to retract the guns, so I just plugged and played. Love what you did with the turbine. I 3d printed mine, but man that extended version looks awesome! Well done!

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Thanks! I thought forever about how to do it. I was going to atempt a mechanism with some kind of spring loaded feature but decided it would be extremly hard. Then i had built a slide tube that went up and down but didnt look quite right So i studied the hot toys and made the same king of hinge the did. To make it work right the arms have to go back and under. The gigantic stock turbine just annoyed me so much i couldnt leave it lol.

[@FrankW1029]

leveled-up one after the other. amazing stuff to both of you. Also, how did you guys cut away the trap door for the machine guns? I used a dremmel rotary saw, but there's no way I could make the cuts that thin without destroying the trap door.

[@tristoys6450]

@@FrankW1029 hobby saw. And a whooooooole lot of patience. Work slow. I used one hand to guide the saw and the other to cut.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

@@FrankW1029 ,it was very slow. I used a exacto knife and just slowly traced around it over and over until i cut threw. About 3 hours or so for both.

[@hoodkage416]

Definitely more that pretty good man well done

[@schrikeiv]

Nice 👍.......would love some build video.......still have not been able to find one of these 😢

[@jpdmb920]

Nice job! I wish we had some Nicholson Joker figures released by McFarlane

[@Rivera2099]

Amazing brother I wish I had the guts to do the canopy 👍🏼🔥

[@jameswilson6016]

Love that canopy. Im sure this has been asked but is their any way chance you could be commisioned to make a canopy top? If not no worries I do not trust myself to produce that kind of quality

[@toysncollectables7]

Looks great. The turbine is awesome.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Thank you!

[@ChangoCustomCollection]

@mcfarlanetoys take notice!!! Great job 👏

[@martyh5127]

Wish i could customise the canopy and do the guns, im fairly new to customising, that looks really awesome.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Its not as scary as it looks.. just have to work really slow and careful.but that being said,i had bought 2 just in case i messed up lol.

[@martyh5127]

@charlesalexanderjr2247 well its safe to say you deffo didn't mess up mate 👍, I don't think I'm gonna chance it as much I hate the canopy lol

[@StarmanSkywalker]

Excellent work on the canopy, retractable machine guns and the turbine. Did you document the process in any way? Would love to see how you went about these changes.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

I didnt make a video...but i did post lots of pics on instagram. Check them out at ...80srock78

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

I just put up a video talking about all i did if you would like to check it out.

[@vspectra]

Looks so much better!

[@admiraljames7691]

friggin awesome!

[@allhell138]

Came out awesome

[@CagedSUPERMAN]

You need more views on this!

[@richardcamacho904]

Amazing job Charles that’s sweet. Where can I get a set of those guns I can’t seem too find any like yours . There’s a guy who customized Batman stuff and offers to sell what he makes but he’s unreliable and slow doesn’t redponce to messages until a week later.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Thanks man! The real gun is a browning 1919.... i remembered that i had a mcfarlane terminator 3 arnold( the one where hes carrying the coffin on his shoulder) he came with a browning 1919. I dug it out and it was perfect. The only problem was i only had one.so i made a mold of it and it came out great.to mount them in i loomed closely at hot toys and made mine similar so they would be self contained and not have to plug on

[@richardcamacho904]

@@charlesalexanderjr2247 wow that’s so cool Charles I need set for my Batmobile and the spin master batwing I’m working if you still have the molding make me a set and I’ll buy 8 from you

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

@@richardcamacho904 ,if you have instagram ,send me a message and ill see what we can do. My instagram is 80srock78

[@mjcivilcowboy08]

Were did you get the guns and how did you build the retractable mechanism

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

I dug out and old mcfarlane trrminator 3 t-800 figure i had from 2003.the one that came with a coffin he carrys.i remembered he came with a browning 1919. It was perfect. I just had to remove the handle and round ammo feed. I only had one so i had to make a mold of it and casta few in resin. For the mechanism to raise and lower, with the car disasembled i had to remove the screw post in the middle to make room for the box that holds the machine gun.(getting rid of the 2 center screw post has no affect on the car holding together) i looked at how hot toys had made theres. It was simple but worked great. Old amt models had the little machine guns on a scissor looking mount....this isnt accurate at all. I had to build little tiny brackets to go on the guns and made arms that extended back into the car. .took a bit of trial and error to figure out the right angle,proportion to allow it to raise just enough and still retract right.

[@michaelmilstead1304]

WoW! Just WoW.

[@arliceyoung1043]

Are you seeing canopies?

[@jaredpritchard4991]

Man is there any way I could pay for you to make one of those Jack nicholson joker heads for my mattel dc multiverse joker

[@gmon78]

Looks excellent man! Very well done😁 How did you do the canopy?

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Thanks! I started by cutting the windows completly out. They had to go to be able to fix the angle of the front to not be swept back. Then i chopped a chunk out of the top front and built it all up with bondo. And slowly sanded and dremeled the windows. I had to make a new channel on the inside to allow for placement of the new windows i made

[@gmon78]

@@charlesalexanderjr2247 It looks great. Actually looks like it came out of the box like that. You're very talented! Subscribed 😁

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

@@gmon78 ,thank you so much! I am uoloading a short of what it looked like thru out the process.

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

I am also makeing a in scale batcave to go with it. ...stay tuned

[@gmon78]

@@charlesalexanderjr2247 I look forward to seeing that😁

[@Mr767267]

Fantastic job! Any chance you'll cast those parts to print it? :) Also, the turbine nozzle does it slightly droop down as the actual movie replica? Insignificant details but still want to ask. :)

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

Thank you!. It sure does. I have another video up with more detail on it being made. Also Check out my instagram for more detailed photos( 80srock78

[@Mr767267]

@@charlesalexanderjr2247 Awesome...I'll check it. Any plans to cast it?

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

@@Mr767267 i did make a mold of just the front of the turbine.just in case i might mess up.but dont think i will of the whole assembly.

[@ramsesosirus]

Looks like you repainted it as well, a satin black?

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

@@ramsesosirus ,rustoleum ultra matte black. Its has a really good sheen without being just flat. Under light its very close to the movie.( except for there mixture of blues and greens used on the real car) that doesnt translate to good to smaller scale

[@ramsesosirus]

@@charlesalexanderjr2247 Agree on the beetle paint job not working for most collectibles, I have some Krylon Fusion satin black I planned to paint mine with as I've used it before but it's good to know the Rustoleum has some sheen to it. My stock matte one is just too flat for my liking. Overall, I think this is a super cool Batmobile for the price especially considering the other ones near this size are hundreds of dollars- and I like to customize stuff myself anyways

[@thetrasharoundmyplastic6342]

Come on guy what are you doing? Please tell me I can send my Batmobile to you so I can get the retractable guns and turbine PLEASE!!!!!

[@garnetnelson1419]

Get over yourself 😂😂😂

[@charlesalexanderjr2247]

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