Batmobile 1989 3D Printing Model | Assembly + Action

ABOUT THIS 3D MODEL

“Batman has two primary modes of transportation: swinging from Gothic clock towers on his Batline, and cruising around Gotham in the Batmobile.”

The sleek, long and low Batmobile featured in the 1989 Tim Burton’s Batman movie struck down the superhero fans all over the world with its breathtaking design. Affectionately nicknamed the "Keaton Mobile" after the actor who played 1989 Bruce Wayne, the Batmobile is jet black, impossibly fast, and so very intimidating! Inspired by the iconic mode of transportation, one of our contributing 3D artists made up his mind to recreate the elegant vehicle and spent around 200 hours in order to make a 3D printing reality of the legendary car of the Gotham City. Thus, the 3D printing Batmobile 1989 is a beautiful embodiment of Batman’s trademark car that features all the coolest characteristics possible. The front of the vehicle has a large intimidating jet turbine engine in the middle, flanked by sweeping fenders. A pair of M1919 Browning machine guns are hidden behind flaps in each of these fenders, making the Batmobile a truly dangerous weapon in Batman’s arsenal. The rear of the car has a rounded, heavy look with its unmistakable majestic wings and a massive thruster that prompts the surprising speed of the Batmobile. The 3D printing vehicle also comes with a side-mounted grappling hook launcher, a Batdisc ejector and a central cylinder underneath the car that swiftly rotates the Batmobile 180 degrees. The two-seat cockpit of the legendary vehicle is concealed by a sleek canopy with double blast-proof windshield. Finally, the 3D artist decided to prepare a special platform to showcase your 3D printed Batmobile stylised as a fragment of the Gotham City street littered with boxes, cans and cigarette stubs. A smashing success at the time, Tim Burton’s Batmobile upholds the status of the most popular or even the best representation of Batman’s car ever to this very day. One would unlikely find a DC fan who hadn’t dreamed of getting behind the wheel of Batmobile. Fortunately, thanks to the opportunities that offers 3D printing technology you can now obtain your very own Keaton Mobile!

ADAPTATION FOR 3D PRINTING

Batmobile 3D printing model is a highly-detailed action assembly model and its moderation and adaptation for different types of 3D printers took Gambody team 100 hours in total. In order to preserve the accurate likeness of the original 1989 movie Batmobile, the model was divided into many parts that are to be assembled as if a real vehicle. Taking into account the willingness of our customers to make their 3D printing projects as true to life as possible, Gambody team worked on the highly-articulated assembly of the vehicle that presupposes active suspension and a variety of movable elements. Thus, various special mechanisms were introduced into the model to make sure that the parts comprising the suspensions, as well as the details of the frame and the car body, are both authentic and highly functional (please, see "Versions' specifications", "Assembly video" and photo preview slider). Moreover, the model was divided into as many assembly parts as needed to ensure that it will fit any 3D printer's build plate. The cutting of the model was chosen to ensure the cleanest 3D printing result possible and to minimize the amount of material needed to print the generated support, e.g. vehicle’s canopy, seats, steering wheel, gearstick, Batdiscs, machine guns, wings, exhaust ports, and many many more parts come as separate STL files. All assembly parts are provided in STL files in recommended positions that were worked out in order to ensure the smoothness of the details’ surfaces after printing and so that the 3D printing beginners won't face difficulties when placing the parts on a build plate. The model's assembly requires additional "pins" to secure the parts of the 3D printed Batmobile. These pins do not come in STL files but can be made out of short pieces of regular 1.75mm filament. We highly recommend that you watch "Assembly video" in the photo preview section before assembling the iconic Batmobile. 

The model is saved in STL files, a format supported by most 3D printers. All STL files for 3D printing have been checked in Netfabb and no errors were shown.

The model's scale was calculated from the actual length of the Batmobile that is 6440 mm. The 3D printing model's chosen scale is 1/16 for the FFF/FDM version.

VERSION'S SPECIFICATIONS

FFF/FDM 1.0 version features:

• When printed the Batmobile alone stands 104 mm tall, 305 mm wide, 408 mm deep;
• Batmobile on its Gotham-inspired platform stands 202 mm tall, 600 mm wide, 600 mm deep;
• Assembly kit includes lock 169_Ge_lock_x104 to attach the model's parts securely without glue that needs to be printed 104 times;
• The model's assembly requires additional "pins" to secure the parts of the 3D printed vehicle. These pins do not come in STL files but can be made out of short pieces of regular 1.75mm filament;
• Batmobile can be mounted on a cylinder for smooth and quick rotation or assembled with a cap;

Suspension:

• The active suspension of the model's front and rear axles can be equipped with shock-absorbers that can be made of 4 regular ball pen springs;
• The mechanism of the steering rack allows the simultaneous movement of front wheels;

Engine:

• The model is equipped with an authentic turboshaft engine; 

Wheels:

• There are rotating gear bearings in all Batmobile's wheels;
• Wheel tyres can be printed either with plastic filament or with flexible material;

Arsenal:

• Batmobile is armed with authentic retractable machine guns;
• The machine gun housing flaps come off once you push a button on the side of the vehicle and the machine guns spring out;
• The mechanism that pushes the machine guns out of the flaps in each fender requires 4 regular ball pen springs;
• Once you push the guns down they will automatically snap into place;
• The side-mounted grappling hook can be fixed with a regular thread or replaced with a cap;
• The side-mounted Batdisc ejectors can be replaced with wings;

Car Body:

• The model's canopy opens by sliding towards the nose in order to access the highly-detailed interior of the Batmobile;
• The gearstick is movable, as well as the steering wheel that can also turn the front wheels (via the functioning steering rack);
• The car's double windshield, headlights, taillights and the glass part of the main thruster are provided separately to be printed with the transparent filament;
• LED wiring can be easily installed throughout the body of the Batmobile, while the battery can be hidden under the luggage compartment;
• It is highly recommended that you watch "Assembly video" in the photo preview section and read "Assembly Manual" in PDF before assembling the Batmobile model;
• All parts are divided in such a way that you will print them with the smallest number of support structures.

You can get the model of Batmobile 1989 for 3D Printing immediately after the purchase! Just click the green Buy button in the top-right corner of the model’s page. You can pay with PayPal or your credit card.

Watch the tutorial on how to assemble Batmobile 1989 3D Printing Model at Gambody YouTube channel.

Also, you may like other Vehicle 3D Printing Models, as well as other DC Comics 3D Printing Models.

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Below you can find printing recommendations for Cura, Bambu Lab, Simplify3D, Slic3r and PrusaSlicer software.

Disclaimer: The following printing settings are a recommendation, not an obligation. The parameters can vary depending on the peculiarities of your 3D printer, the material you use, and especially the particular assembly part you are working with. Each part that any model comprises often needs preliminary review, and you are free to tweak the settings the way you find suitable.

Note:

You can scale up the model (downscaling for FFF/FDM 3D printers is not recommended!);

All connectors should be printed at 100% Infill.

Bambu Lab printing recommendations:

These basic 3D printing settings recommendations for beginners were tested in Bambu Studio 1.9.5. Test models were printed on the Bambu Lab A1, Bambu Lab A1 Mini, Creality Ender 3 S1, Anycubic Kobra 2, and Anycubic Vyper using PLA and PETG filaments.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download

Cura printing recommendations:

These are averaged settings which were tested in the Cura 5.8.1 slicer. Test models were printed on Anycubic Vyper, Creality Ender 3 Pro with PLA filament.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download

Simplify3D printing recommendations:

These are averaged settings which were tested in the Simplify3D 5.0.0 slicer. Test models were printed on Anycubic Vyper, FLSUN v400, Ender3 S1 with PLA filament.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download

Slic3r printing recommendations:

These basic 3D printing settings recommendations for beginners were tested in Slic3r 1.3.0 software. Test models were printed on Ultimaker 2, Creality Ender 3, Creality Cr-10S pro v2, Anycubic I3 Mega, Anycubic I3 MegaS, Anycubic Vyper with PLA and PetG filaments.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download

PrusaSlicer printing recommendations:

These basic 3D printing settings recommendations for beginners were tested in PrusaSlicer 2.3.1. Test models were printed on Ultimaker 2, Creality Ender 3, Creality Cr-10S pro v2, Anycubic I3 Mega, Anycubic I3 MegaS, Anycubic Vyper with PLA and PETG filaments.

To avoid printing problems, we recommend the following settings: download