Does anybody know anything about this

[weezeemule]

I ve been looking for a good version of a 66 bamobile, I would have loved to get the one scooter has but oh well , what about this one
cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6011629160&fromMakeTrack=true

[radioscooter]

That is a 1:25 scale model that David Echtler (Giink) worked with Siderio from Italy on to release. It is the basic Siderio kit with the addition of opening doors, hood and trunk. A great 1:25 scale kit and a lot of work.

Do NOT pay more than $100 for it.

I thought you were a board member on the 1966 Batmobile Board.? If you contact him through there or mention that you are on there, I think you can buy it directly from him.

-S

[Wild Willy]

I would rate Siderio's Batmobile as the best 1:25 ever produced, and with the involvement of Gink, it is a real masterpiece.
Expect this auction to exceed $200 and if you want one, take Scot's advice and look at Eric's board.

Will

[radioscooter]

I will cautiously agree that Siderio's 1:25 is the "best" 1:25 Batmobile out there with these disclaimers: IF you are not a super-stickler for small parts detail accuracy and IF you just want the best complete turnkey kit and IF you don't want a remotely realistic undercarriage.

If you just want a great looking Batmobile - it's the best for sure. But I would discard 95% of the detail parts for mine and use other parts to make all the details so really - to me it's just a pretty good, but 'softly' cast body along with a toy-like turning wheel apparatus on the bottom. (I sold mine after examining all the parts. Both my Siderio kit AND the Gink version)

I don't really think Gink's involvement improved it any.

To make the opening doors, hood and trunk, he just cast them as separate pieces and they don't line up perfectly. Plus he didn't add any hinge system at all - he just read the same "Add opening doors to your models!" article in Fine Scale Modeler as everyone else did that year and threw in some pre-bent metal tubing and said - "Here give it your best shot." That method is really, really hard to do. I had thought he had fabricated model car hinges so they would line up as part of the kit, which would have been easy to do if you're going to all the trouble to cast new doors - but he did not.

For accuracy nuts, or people that want a real chassis/undercarriage or a real motor, or chrome wheels, or in-scale canopy trim - then I would get the Caped Custom by David Creigh and add a few of your own parts like chromed Radirs from the Fireball kit etc. It's a cleaner, more accurate body, and the hood opens and lines up perfectly if you want something to open. You can also cut out your own doors and trunk on it like I am doing and it's lighter and easier to manipulate. NOT for the casual Batmobile modeler though.
-S

[radioscooter]

By the way, I have at least 4 complete 1:25 Batmobile kits here of different pedigrees just sitting in boxes. If you're not looking to spend $200 - email me and maybe I can help you out.
-S

[customslab]

thanks for the info i didn't know eather