89 Batmobile colour question

I want to say it was a flat gunmetal black, but depending on lighting it has more or less shine to the paint. The turbine cone was steel.
I think this maybe due to more than one copy made for different stunts during filming.
 
So....matte/flat black. ;)

I believe the first image is screen used and the rest are replicas:





 
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I never saw the iridescent coating. And I'm not sure why there would be such a color like that on someting that's suppose to reflect the image of the Dark Knight, blending into shadows and what not. Not that the Batmobile could really hide....
 
Funny how they talk about this beetle colouration, and yet it's completely lost on flim.

No it isn't, you just have to look harder. It's there.

I think they used some clear coats with a metallic fleck, it would be easy to replicate...but builders after spending 100,000 on the thing can't be stuffed to make it accurate. Just ridiculous.

Much like replicating the DeLorean Time Machine, it's not okay to leave stuff out and do things improperly..it just looks povo.
 
I never saw the iridescent coating. And I'm not sure why there would be such a color like that on someting that's suppose to reflect the image of the Dark Knight, blending into shadows and what not. Not that the Batmobile could really hide....

The '89 Batmobile hiding, no. However, I did like the idea of the Tumbler having Stealth Mode, that was cool.
 
Granted the car is not as shiny as the metallic-ish paint suggests, but a flat finish seems way to dull.

On the making of dvd one of the guys who actually worked on the car said it had a satin finish, and the paint job took around 10 or 11 days to complete.
 
I'm guessing it was a satin black to not have relflections of the film crew and stuff refecting off the car.
 
Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. Now more qns I hope you can help with.

- Would satin black be very similar to semi-gloss black?
- For those of you who use tamiya paints for airbrushing, would a pearlescent top coat be the same as a pearlescent metallic scheme?

I was thinking of going about the layers like this (in order)

- Grey primer
- Flat Black
- Semi-gloss black
- Pearlescent topcoat.

The wheel hubs would be tamiya gun metal and the turbine hub would be mr.hobby steel paint.

What do you guys think?
 
Hey guys, thanks for all the replies. Now more qns I hope you can help with.

- Would satin black be very similar to semi-gloss black?
- For those of you who use tamiya paints for airbrushing, would a pearlescent top coat be the same as a pearlescent metallic scheme?

I was thinking of going about the layers like this (in order)

- Grey primer
- Flat Black
- Semi-gloss black
- Pearlescent topcoat.

The wheel hubs would be tamiya gun metal and the turbine hub would be mr.hobby steel paint.

What do you guys think?

Hey, I live in Queensland too. lol.

Satin Black is very similar to Semi-gloss, so it should be alright. Pearlescent isn't metallic, I believe its quite glossy.

As for your wheels, I'd go with a gloss black basecoat, spray a few light coats of Alclad Chrome and maybe some smoke clear over that. Same deal for the turbine.

What model are you making? I am thinking of repainting my grey Hotwheels elite 89 Batmobile to be more accurate.
 
Hey mate!, actually I'm repainting a studio scale(I think) 89 batmobile. Similar in size to the toynami one soon to be released. It's a beautiful piece but it's paintjob has deteriorated due to age so I am repainting it to bring it up to speed.
 
Look into other metallic powders for something a little more subtle. It definitely looks like the original has more dimension than just a flat/clear.
 
The paint reflection reminds me of the sheen that a gun painted black would do. Maybe a silver metallic base with a couple thinned out coats of black and a semi gloss to seal it up.
 
I think with enough research, you'll find it was the same color as the full size Firefox was, but finding the paint is impossible since they stopped the formulation due to true laquers in late 1990... Dupont non sanding finish primer, kind of a a blackish blue and because of it's coloring gives off the colors mentioned with the greens, blues, yellows and reds...this is why everyone thought the Firefox was metallic, it was just this gray primer. I had this discussion with Grant Mc Cune years ago

Will
 
Interesting suggestions, Although in my opinion it's been way overthought..I believe its as simple as subtle shading and VERY subtle highlighting over a Semi Gloss Black base.

For this, to match the original I would use Alclad II Prismatic Scarebus. Depending on the light it can look Green or blue. Just like the original paint job.

Here is a model with the Scarebus paintjob-

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Seeing as your painting a Studio Scale Batmobile, the metal flakes should look well in scale.

Now, here are a few references to illustrate my point.

Real 89' -

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Screencap from Batman -

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You can see how subtle it is in the film but, it's there. I'd recommend VERY lightly shading it over the base, don't make it obvious. There are many more photo's on Chickslovethecar.com that show that multi-colour shading.

I'd recommend going over and saving some pics to use as reference to get the locations on the paint right. Be sure not to mix up replica pics with screen used ones.

I hope this works, if you need any help let me know. :)
 
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