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Post by radioscooter on Oct 31, 2005 2:59:47 GMT -5
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Post by Wild Willy on Oct 31, 2005 8:09:07 GMT -5
Very nice work Scot, although I am a little curious on the color choice.
Any pics of the TV boat Ive seen it's blue, this color looks aqua greyish.
Beutiful lines and a great looking Bat-boat.
Will
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Post by radioscooter on Oct 31, 2005 13:45:39 GMT -5
That's an interesting story Will.
When I did this model I had been talking to many people who either owned a Glastron boat the batboat came from or some bat-vehicle experts. Couple things I found out were:
1) First off - I found out that almost every pub. photo of the batboat from the era had been color adjusted to pop the blue more than the boat really is.
2) There are at least 2 distinct tones of blue on the boat aside from the seats which would make 3. - one from the fiberglass hull and deck and one from the marine vinyl that lines the interior and the front sunbathing deck strip. This material has been the same on boats for years and you can see it at any marine supply store. It is a blue sparkle vinyl that was used a lot in the day. They also covered Kustom amps with it in the 70's. Anyway that's the color most people associate with the boat but the rest of the fiberglass (full, deck) was a gelcoat and looked more aqua. At the time I made a best guess on the aqua shade and this is what I got. Though I have to say this photo is dulling it down a bit.
Now since 1992, I have talked to more people and seen behind the scenes pictures and realized that while the hull and deck were indeed more aqua - they were still sparkleflake and they were less aqua than my choice was. The boat is definitely not the sapphire blue that people always paint it - but it is not the opaque aqua that I painted it either. The truth lies in the middle and maybe I'll do another sometime.
Meanwhile I think I'll go adjust this photo to look more like the model does in real life...
-S
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