Hi all, A lot of comments about the scale. The original production drawings showed the Batwing vehicle was to be 27' in width. This model is about 6.25' wide, so its intended to be 1/4 scale. It's true that the Batwing figure is smaller. If you look at the sequence in the film when you see the 2' wide model (wider shots, shots where the Batwing is moving a lot), the Batman figure is noticeably larger within the cockpit -- probably more like the proportions the construction drawings intended. Regarding the mechanisms, nothing was removed. The original pneumatic cylinders are still present (but disconnected), and the original tracks, slides etc are still used. We just added linear actuators as "helpers" to act in place of those cylinders. As for my shirt I have no idea what happened there (something to do with the mic?!) and no defense. My collar is the next restoration project....
Stiff collar like Batman, denim Batman. Either way, great stuff, i'd love to rummage around in the propstore and just get overwhelmed with nostalgia. I've been to Pinewood Studio's before and saw some Alien(s) props, suits and weapons, which were great, but i would love to see an original Xenomorph some day.
Its such a cool model! I remember wanting the Batwing toy as a kid, along with the Batmobile. Those two vehicles were just so awesome! What a great time to be a kid, in the late 80s!
Maybe you need to go back and watch the museum scene again when he grabs Vicki. He was certainly capable of that range of movement. The words "never" and "impossible" do not apply
@@CyborgHorse you might be right but probably not. he has his head turned but we don't see how he turns it or that he turns it back. so it might be a different cowl for that scene
The wing and car have not been beaten in any design since, such beautiful design, if I won the lottery I'd buy the shit out of this and have it on display
Honestly if we include animation too there are some really good designs but if were talking just live action the batman forever batwing and bvs batwing are close ties and also the bvs batmobile is really good to but it ultimately comes down to preference
@@davantebarbain3216 now I really want to know what it would cost to get a ¼ scale replica of the BTAS batmobile made. That’s always been “the” batmobile to me.
I had some batman cards that mentioned that second line and it ticks me off too that they cut it, its such an awesome and funny thing thats so Joker like. Whoever cut it was indeed an idiot.
Adam, it is genuinely refreshing and heartwarming to see you geek out over stuff like this. Never change, man! Thanks for showing this restoration- they did an *awesome* job on it!
or why have the whole gun move out with doors when you could just do a gun port like all fighter jets do ...and then carry missiles internally in individual missile ports XD
Honestly, I forgot that this plane was so heavily armed. Two miniguns, four missiles and two machine guns! For someone so opposed to guns and killing, he's got enough firepower to destroy a small town!
This is still one of my fave designed crafts ever, absolutely loved the batwing back then and had a bunch of batwing toys. this prop is beyond incredible : D
OMG one of the coolest designs in cinema, and certainly the definitive Batwing. So cool! I was jumping up and down with Adam as they demoed the mechanical features :)
@@arcturionblade1077 You are gonna love the little extra details they put in, had to keep an eye on my daughter otherwise she would have stolen some of the batman emblems.
That model is freaking awesome I was only 7 years old when the Batman movie came out. For me the movie was great but the bat mobile and the bat wing made the movie even better.
To this day, this is still my FAVORITE Batwing design!!! The design is a CLASSIC & still holds up to this day. Thx for posting/sharing this video!!! :-)
As a model maker still in training, the Batwing scene was always one of my favorite scenes in the movie. Honestly Derek Meddings was a real legend in the world of miniature effects, the guy has made the machines on Thunderbirds look super cool on scene. Great Video! Fun Fact: Tim Burton from what I read had chosen Meddings to supply the model effects for the movie because he really admired his work on Thunderbirds, honestly that must have been a huge honor.
This is GLORIOUS on like 47 different levels...such an iconic piece...model making like this is truly a lost art form...what a gorgeous piece of film history from one of the greatest comic book movies ever!!
This is amazing and brings back so many memories. I was 12. My very first "best friend" (like, really real best friend) that I met in 6th grade and I were SO hyped to see this movie. No big brothers or sisters, just us two guys getting to see THE Summer blockbuster of '89. The only disappointment we had was that the Batwing and Batmobile weren't featured more in the movie.
I grew up around helicopters and small airplanes, and I am blown away that the [refurbished] paint job even includes the "wind burn" on the wing edges just like on Helicopter rotors and airplane wings (i.e. where the wind making contact with the wing is so strong it removes the paint off the edge over time). Kudos whoever included that "small" detail
I’ve been watching Adam for a long time since I was kid in middle school. Watching myth busters. I just love how excited he still gets over this stuff :)
Truly an iconic piece of Batman movie history. The Joker’s Parade scene is one of the most memorable scenes in the ‘89 film. The BatWing is amazing in scope and character... Recall that “Keaton” gets shot down in the BatWing and crash-lands the thing on City Hall’s steps right after cutting the gas balloons away that are killing Gothamites in the streets and fires upon a defiant “Nicholson” with his crazy long pistol... Awesome scene, amazing prop! So cool to see it this close-up!
A large benefit to practical effect is the legacy they can hold years later, not as a pixel rendered file but something tactile and visceral. Something that can make you feel like a kid again and have you say _"I Want One!..."_
Heh, yeah, but now that you mention it, it makes me wonder if they'll save vector rendered model copies of CGI to visit in a VR museum someday. I'm still into a lot of old video games from decades ago, for example. Cheers.
I don't see a lot of comments about it and I'm sure many would agree; I freakin' love Brandon in all those videos. He knows a lot, but not everything. He's very familiar with the history of things, but not necessarily the methods that were taken to get there. Whereas Adam it's almost the opposite.... 'almost' since Adam sure does know a lot about the history of props too but again, not everything! I absolutely love that they both ask questions about different things. They both geek over the same stuff; screen props, but they're viewing them from different points of view. It's so cool, thanks for all of this!
My absolute favorite aircraft in fiction. It's just the perfect design. It's the actual symbol! The batman symbol turned into a terrifying fighter jet! Brilliant.
Gorgeous! But….I would take a chapter from scale RC aircraft detailing and make the weathering on vertical surfaces vertical, and flat surfaces, as well as the bottom, front to back.
It may likely follow the Flashpoint comic, where it’s Thomas Wayne as Batman, and he’s the Dark Knight because Bruce was killed in the alleyway instead.
@@beyondlimitationsvideo yes, and it was depressing. Besides he was only supposed to be like 50, right? Keaton's a few months away from 70. and no offense to the dude but he looks it. Casting him as Vulture was fucking inspired.
@@KairuHakubi 55 after a quick Google search. But that was a comic and old Bruce Wayne is a ripped machine of a man and of course kicked ass for decades and ruined his body. Yeah, you know, I am very sceptical of any remake or reboot these days. Most of them fail epically.
Derek Meddings was a genius. His earlier work was for Gerry Anderson, on shows such as 'Fireball XL-5', 'Stingray', 'Thunderbirds', 'Captain Scarlet', etc., which were TV shows made to the standard of small movies. A lot of the models on those shows had practical operating parts. The beautiful Batwing, is an extension of that.
Am I the only one that thinks these old models not only hold up, but look even better, AND better than models made today, filmed on these 4k cameras up close, you can see REAL artists built these things
@@thetombuck I imagine it would *fly* fine, but it would constantly spin out of control. Those swept-forward airfoils can't possibly maintain a nice angle of attack relative to the body, and as cool as the vertical stabilizers look, they wouldn't be sufficient to compensate for how much of a frisbee this thing is. I suppose a nice compromise might be to make it something like a B-52 with proper wings containing large engines and then shape THOSE like the curled-around bat wings. That's a wing on a wing! Someone call Xzibit.
This is one of the finest examples of why I will always be more impressed with practical effects and prop makers than with CG effects. Not that the process of creating computer graphics isn't impressive but I'm old-school, I like to see people crafting pieces like this with their hands, I like such things to actually exist in the same frame as the actors where they can see it and interact with it. CG is best used for the absolutely impossible, anything you just couldn't conceivably do in real life for whatever reason.
Adam touches everything when he is at PropStore. I'd say he is one of few people qualified to do so thought since he understands the fragility of these things. Still gets watched like a hawk though!.
I need this on the ceiling of my office ASAP LOL, imagine how cool it would be to have a giant Moon decal on a wall with this thing posed right in front of it😎 #TakeMyMoney
This video made me joygasm! '89 Batman is one of my all time favorites! I loved the Batwing, and am overjoyed that other people love it as much as I do.
wow vintage 1989 Movie batman fx rig of the bat wing. looks amazing, I'm surprised the materials held up this long, usually fx designers back then used basic quality molds and vacuum form castings that only last for 4 to 6 years tops before seeing it physically deteriorate, just knowing that is insane in itself!! wow.
OMG, its beautiful! I am all smiles when the rocket, gatling guns and wite cutter came out. I have the same reaction as Adam when the props started to move. it breaks my heart to see the back side was damaged. I would hear myself humming the Danny Elfman music score as the video played.
I agree with them. Tim Burtons Batman has the most iconic designs for vehicles. The Batman Forever Batmobile is ugly and the Dark Knight trilogy it's too realistic and militarised looking.
Very iconic - the way all the shapes in the vehicles are reminiscent of the bat symbol (this vehicle in particular, of course), and are very organic - like they're based on sharks, rays, and bats. That gives the suggestion that they are somehow more aerodynamic and may work better than the vehicles that normal people have at their disposal. I like the vehicles in The Dark Knight trilogy as well, though. The Tim Burton film is more like the fantastical comic book world. The Dark Knight trilogy aims for more of a 'this could be real' type of feel. So the vehicles are designed in a more practical 'real world' type of way. The 'military' type designs really sells that they could exist in real life. I will always have a soft spot for the turbine driven batmobiles, though :) . (As well as for bushes that move to the side, and a road block that flips down, as the batmobile emerges from a cave ;))
Don't forget, Morgan Freeman's Fox was designing and building everything for the US military in the first place. The Batmobile, or Tumbler, was built as a bridging vehicle for crossing rivers, and the Batsuit was originally intended as next-gen infantry protection.
It's wild the way people accept that the crap in that movie is "realistic" because the director said so. The Batmobile in Batman 89' was fully functional. It wasn't some model that they had umping from building to building. Everything in the Nolan Trilogy is stupid.
Oh man... This is awesome. The Batwing and Batmobile toys from the late 80s/early 90s were some of my favorites as a kid, and I have to agree with Brandon (and lots of my fellow commenters) that these are still my favorite versions of Bat-Vehicle designs. Close second - Animated Series.
I could listen to these two gush all day. The 89 Batwing and Batmobile were the absolute best Bat-designs of all time. Happy to learn about Julian Caldow from this video.
I don't know if Tested will allow me to post a link to the video with this thing in it, bust lets give it a try. ua-cam.com/video/ZJ1s-1eAoh8/v-deo.html
Hi all, A lot of comments about the scale. The original production drawings showed the Batwing vehicle was to be 27' in width. This model is about 6.25' wide, so its intended to be 1/4 scale. It's true that the Batwing figure is smaller. If you look at the sequence in the film when you see the 2' wide model (wider shots, shots where the Batwing is moving a lot), the Batman figure is noticeably larger within the cockpit -- probably more like the proportions the construction drawings intended.
Regarding the mechanisms, nothing was removed. The original pneumatic cylinders are still present (but disconnected), and the original tracks, slides etc are still used. We just added linear actuators as "helpers" to act in place of those cylinders.
As for my shirt I have no idea what happened there (something to do with the mic?!) and no defense. My collar is the next restoration project....
I enjoyed your enthusiasm about the model
Stiff collar like Batman, denim Batman.
Either way, great stuff, i'd love to rummage around in the propstore and just get overwhelmed with nostalgia.
I've been to Pinewood Studio's before and saw some Alien(s) props, suits and weapons, which were great, but i would love to see an original Xenomorph some day.
Great job on this video! You care and it shows! I hope you love your job. Also I didnt notice the collar until your comment!
Its such a cool model! I remember wanting the Batwing toy as a kid, along with the Batmobile. Those two vehicles were just so awesome! What a great time to be a kid, in the late 80s!
Totally agree, besides the Tumbler, the '89 batmobile and Batwing were and still are the best representation of Batman's gadgets.
I love how the Batman model can turn its head when Michael Keaton never could in the suit.
Maybe you need to go back and watch the museum scene again when he grabs Vicki. He was certainly capable of that range of movement. The words "never" and "impossible" do not apply
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I was thinking the same thing!
@@CyborgHorse you might be right but probably not. he has his head turned but we don't see how he turns it or that he turns it back. so it might be a different cowl for that scene
There is something more appealing watching scaled models from the past instead of CGI models in films and series today.
STILL THE BEST BATWING IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF BATMAN MOVIES.
Batman 1989 has the best onscreen Batmobile/Batwing out of all the live action Batman movies
@@The_Blue_Otaku
100%
Yup even still better then the new batwing from the flash movie
Im glad im not only who thinks this
@@The_Blue_Otaku You are SO CORRECT! Have a great day!
The wing and car have not been beaten in any design since, such beautiful design, if I won the lottery I'd buy the shit out of this and have it on display
Honestly if we include animation too there are some really good designs but if were talking just live action the batman forever batwing and bvs batwing are close ties and also the bvs batmobile is really good to but it ultimately comes down to preference
Wonder what the price tag would be?
@@MrMaccaMcdonald I bet the plane will be at least 60k
Id buy the 66 Batmobile
@@davantebarbain3216 now I really want to know what it would cost to get a ¼ scale replica of the BTAS batmobile made. That’s always been “the” batmobile to me.
“Where does he got such wonderful toys?”. That is just awesome.
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Such a shame that some idiot cut the next line: "Well, don't just stand there, go ask him!"
Now we know.
I had some batman cards that mentioned that second line and it ticks me off too that they cut it, its such an awesome and funny thing thats so Joker like. Whoever cut it was indeed an idiot.
This or the '89 Batmobile might be my "Millennium Falcon." Such a perfect blend of gothic and maybe like dystopian Diesel Punk?
That Corvette Batmobile is SO cool
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Have you seen Casey Putch's UA-cam videos on his turbine powered batmobile replica?
It sucks by todays standards. It was cool when i was 11yrs old
The 89 Batmobile is my favorite.
This is amazing. So glad it has been preserved and restored.
I hope they use it for Michael Keaton’s return to the role.
It has not been restored to the original state. The original had no painted on panels and neither did id have visible rivets,...it was just black.
@@darthkurland Here’s a Batman 89 motion comic you might enjoy ua-cam.com/video/-ZZXsss9_JQ/v-deo.html
3:18 Batman is looking at Adam like, "bro I've been in here for 32 years! get me the hell out!"
I will always remember seeing this movie in the theaters back in '89...my favorite Batman movie, and my favorite Batman!
Keaton is your fave Batman ? WOW.
You looking forward too his return in The Flash next year?
@@edwardfletcher7790 yes he is and I'm allowed to have my own opinion
@@Owen-ub3fv Hell yeah! That will be awesome
@@breade He's my favourite Batman too :D
Adam, it is genuinely refreshing and heartwarming to see you geek out over stuff like this. Never change, man! Thanks for showing this restoration- they did an *awesome* job on it!
I like how the Gatling gun only comes out half way, since it's only one tube that actually fires, why expose the whole thing to the airstream
I was wondering about that -cheers!
Well, all the "tubes" fire, but they only fire when they get to the top, so you're correct, it wouldn't hit the Batwing
or why have the whole gun move out with doors when you could just do a gun port like all fighter jets do ...and then carry missiles internally in individual missile ports XD
@@sparrowlt It looks cooler on film.
Honestly, I forgot that this plane was so heavily armed. Two miniguns, four missiles and two machine guns! For someone so opposed to guns and killing, he's got enough firepower to destroy a small town!
I love how happy Adam gets seeing all the functional parts. You Rock Adam !
That’s what I love about Him. And, it’s safe to say I’d be just as excited...I’d also probably be quiet since I’d be in awe of the thing! ❤️
He's a kid in a hobbyshop.
So refreshing!
I could watch stuff like this all day. Imagine in 20 years if Adam got to restore one of the ILM models he originally worked on
Disney will have ritually burned it all by then .. Including all the actors ..
@@BennieBrunink Wokeness destroys the "inconvenient" past, kind of like the Taliban.
This is still one of my fave designed crafts ever, absolutely loved the batwing back then and had a bunch of batwing toys. this prop is beyond incredible : D
OMG one of the coolest designs in cinema, and certainly the definitive Batwing. So cool! I was jumping up and down with Adam as they demoed the mechanical features :)
That model is just jaw-droppingly beautiful. I really can't come up with the words.
I can still remember how the audience cheered when this beauty appeared on the screen.
I still have an actual 89 released model of this in my living room. Perfect. Thank you!
"Why didn't anyone tell me he had one of those... things?!"
“Bob?, gun...*BLAM*...”
Gonna need a moment or two alone, boys.
“Come on… you gruesome sob..”
He was his number one........ guy!
I love Joker's reaction. For once he is completely dumbfounded.
I am watching this beauty while occasionally looking up at the collectors Lego Batwing on my wall. I am in heaven.
Nice. I still need to build my Lego UCS 1989 Batmobile and Batwing!
@@arcturionblade1077 You are gonna love the little extra details they put in, had to keep an eye on my daughter otherwise she would have stolen some of the batman emblems.
That model is freaking awesome I was only 7 years old when the Batman movie came out. For me the movie was great but the bat mobile and the bat wing made the movie even better.
To this day, this is still my FAVORITE Batwing design!!! The design is a CLASSIC & still holds up to this day. Thx for posting/sharing this video!!! :-)
As a model maker still in training, the Batwing scene was always one of my favorite scenes in the movie. Honestly Derek Meddings was a real legend in the world of miniature effects, the guy has made the machines on Thunderbirds look super cool on scene. Great Video!
Fun Fact:
Tim Burton from what I read had chosen Meddings to supply the model effects for the movie because he really admired his work on Thunderbirds, honestly that must have been a huge honor.
I love how the music in the beginning was like a composition of both 60's theme and the Batman 1989 theme!
Definitely one of the best looking Bat vehicles ever. Beautiful restoration.
I love how excited Adam gets over the model. He know what it took. Thanks for sharing 👍.
This is GLORIOUS on like 47 different levels...such an iconic piece...model making like this is truly a lost art form...what a gorgeous piece of film history from one of the greatest comic book movies ever!!
This is amazing and brings back so many memories. I was 12. My very first "best friend" (like, really real best friend) that I met in 6th grade and I were SO hyped to see this movie. No big brothers or sisters, just us two guys getting to see THE Summer blockbuster of '89. The only disappointment we had was that the Batwing and Batmobile weren't featured more in the movie.
DC have just published Batman '89. A new six part mini series. Check it out.
I was 12 also. I sat in the theater all day & watched it 3 times.
Nothing will ever beat the '89 Batmobile and Batjet in terms of design and aesthetic. The very definition of iconic.
The Michael Keaton versions of the Batwing & Batmobile are my personal favorites.
Mine too stay original bat fans!
what a beauty. i can hear the music looking at it
My favorite part is that it had a balloon wire cutting gadget and could fly slow enough to capture them.
That movie blew me away when I saw it in theaters as a child.
Strange to say but I feel like I can appreciate the design even more in the light than on the film. That is unusual I think. Such a beautiful design!
I grew up around helicopters and small airplanes, and I am blown away that the [refurbished] paint job even includes the "wind burn" on the wing edges just like on Helicopter rotors and airplane wings (i.e. where the wind making contact with the wing is so strong it removes the paint off the edge over time). Kudos whoever included that "small" detail
Pretty common, most modellers will add weathering to airplanes, spaceships, ect..
That design is such a perfect blend of the fanciful and the believable.
I’ve been watching Adam for a long time since I was kid in middle school. Watching myth busters. I just love how excited he still gets over this stuff :)
This is beautiful! Thanks to Tested and the Prop Store for the walk-through.
Could watch these guys talk about films and props for hours
Wow. Absolutely a gorgeous piece. Tim’s Batman is amazing!!!
Truly an iconic piece of Batman movie history. The Joker’s Parade scene is one of the most memorable scenes in the ‘89 film. The BatWing is amazing in scope and character...
Recall that “Keaton” gets shot down in the BatWing and crash-lands the thing on City Hall’s steps right after cutting the gas balloons away that are killing Gothamites in the streets and fires upon a defiant “Nicholson” with his crazy long pistol...
Awesome scene, amazing prop! So cool to see it this close-up!
Tim Burton's Batman movies got me into Batman as a kid. Legendary stuff right here.
Tim burton is the reason I like the original batman only
A large benefit to practical effect is the legacy they can hold years later, not as a pixel rendered file but something tactile and visceral. Something that can make you feel like a kid again and have you say _"I Want One!..."_
Missed an opportunity to call them "Bat-ling guns"
Oh, snap. You're right.
Where does he get those wonderful toys??? ...Lucious Fox
This is still hands down the VERY BEST Batman vehicle ever designed. Still holds up 30+ years later…
That's the best batwing, it was great to see the original model!
One of those things you could only dream about as a kid. Gorgeous.
That is an absolutely outstanding model, I hope it will be displayed where it can be appreciated by the public.
The 12 year old in me is all giddy for this!!! What a time we live in. Good video Adam.
Soon as I seen it was something Batman related I clicked on it.
Same here, especially being from the original 1989 Batman
What's even more awesome, is it could be built into a full size aircraft. It has been tested and would actually fly very well.
I just love how that dude counter-interviews adam.
Prop Store guy is passionate and cares, and its really cool to see. He's a great guy to do his job, clearly.
One of the best videos I've seen on UA-cam in quite some time. Love this!
Thank you for watching!
The 1989, and Return Batvehicles ARE the best ones.
it's always great to see some old practical props rather than cgi mumble jumble
Heh, yeah, but now that you mention it, it makes me wonder if they'll save vector rendered model copies of CGI to visit in a VR museum someday. I'm still into a lot of old video games from decades ago, for example. Cheers.
I don't see a lot of comments about it and I'm sure many would agree;
I freakin' love Brandon in all those videos. He knows a lot, but not everything. He's very familiar with the history of things, but not necessarily the methods that were taken to get there. Whereas Adam it's almost the opposite.... 'almost' since Adam sure does know a lot about the history of props too but again, not everything!
I absolutely love that they both ask questions about different things. They both geek over the same stuff; screen props, but they're viewing them from different points of view.
It's so cool, thanks for all of this!
It never occurred to me that the model had a working grapple claw. Always assumed it was a close shot 2nd model.
My absolute favorite aircraft in fiction. It's just the perfect design. It's the actual symbol! The batman symbol turned into a terrifying fighter jet! Brilliant.
This movie when I was a kid, man. I almost teared up watching this video. Thanks for the upload it meant alot!!!
Truly an amazing time to got the theater 1989 Batman. An Iconic design
That is absolutely beautiful!
OMG!!!! THIS IS AWESOME PIECE!!! When I was a kid i was aloucinating in that iconic scene of batman 1989 movie this and the batmovil are iconic
Gorgeous! But….I would take a chapter from scale RC aircraft detailing and make the weathering on vertical surfaces vertical, and flat surfaces, as well as the bottom, front to back.
My goodness.. As a 7 year old kid when this movie came out the Batwing and Batmobile were such a huge thing for me and my buddies. So cool
Ok that is a lot cooler than I would've imagined
Right?!
89 Batman was an experience
Love this! Am excited to see how they use keaton's Batman in the Flash/Flashpoint movie!
It may likely follow the Flashpoint comic, where it’s Thomas Wayne as Batman, and he’s the Dark Knight because Bruce was killed in the alleyway instead.
@@Gundam79 that's kind of depressing. '89 Bruce should have retired by now.
Retired? One of the most famous Batman comics, The Dark Knight Returns, has an old Batman still kicking was.
@@beyondlimitationsvideo yes, and it was depressing. Besides he was only supposed to be like 50, right? Keaton's a few months away from 70. and no offense to the dude but he looks it. Casting him as Vulture was fucking inspired.
@@KairuHakubi 55 after a quick Google search. But that was a comic and old Bruce Wayne is a ripped machine of a man and of course kicked ass for decades and ruined his body. Yeah, you know, I am very sceptical of any remake or reboot these days. Most of them fail epically.
One of my favorite movie props of all time; thank you for showing us where it went, Adam and crew!
The batwing is so mesmerizing that no one told homie about his collar 😭
Derek Meddings was a genius. His earlier work was for Gerry Anderson, on shows such as 'Fireball XL-5', 'Stingray', 'Thunderbirds', 'Captain Scarlet', etc., which were TV shows made to the standard of small movies. A lot of the models on those shows had practical operating parts. The beautiful Batwing, is an extension of that.
Am I the only one that thinks these old models not only hold up, but look even better, AND better than models made today, filmed on these 4k cameras up close, you can see REAL artists built these things
If I was absurdly wealthy I would try to buy that in a heartbeat.
If have a full size one built and fly it.
So awesome. I would lose my mind seeing this in-person
Has anyone built a batwing that actually flies ? That would make a good build series for this channel
It's a beautiful aircraft but I'm gonna guess it would fly like a lead brick. I'd love to see someone try though!
I'm sure someone on UA-cam has converted a custom drone or RC plane into the Batwing.
@@arcturionblade1077 i suspect you're right ! Worth a search
@@thetombuck I imagine it would *fly* fine, but it would constantly spin out of control. Those swept-forward airfoils can't possibly maintain a nice angle of attack relative to the body, and as cool as the vertical stabilizers look, they wouldn't be sufficient to compensate for how much of a frisbee this thing is.
I suppose a nice compromise might be to make it something like a B-52 with proper wings containing large engines and then shape THOSE like the curled-around bat wings. That's a wing on a wing! Someone call Xzibit.
Yeah. Model Airplane hobbyists have been building these for years.
This is one of the finest examples of why I will always be more impressed with practical effects and prop makers than with CG effects. Not that the process of creating computer graphics isn't impressive but I'm old-school, I like to see people crafting pieces like this with their hands, I like such things to actually exist in the same frame as the actors where they can see it and interact with it. CG is best used for the absolutely impossible, anything you just couldn't conceivably do in real life for whatever reason.
dude was staring Adam down each time he touches it in the beginning lol
Adam touches everything when he is at PropStore. I'd say he is one of few people qualified to do so thought since he understands the fragility of these things. Still gets watched like a hawk though!.
Best Batman movie, how cool was that!. That model still amazes me today decades later!!
I need this on the ceiling of my office ASAP LOL, imagine how cool it would be to have a giant Moon decal on a wall with this thing posed right in front of it😎 #TakeMyMoney
Have a few clouds at the bottom too
This video made me joygasm! '89 Batman is one of my all time favorites! I loved the Batwing, and am overjoyed that other people love it as much as I do.
Holy Batwing! Batman! Yes I still have my plastic 1989 Batwing model kit that I put together and everything still moves and works on it!
1/4 scale? Hmmmmm maybe batman is TINY in real life... (based on how little the batman model is)
I agree. Probably a 1/8 or 1/10 scale.
wow vintage 1989 Movie batman fx rig of the bat wing. looks amazing, I'm surprised the materials held up this long, usually fx designers back then used basic quality molds and vacuum form castings that only last for 4 to 6 years tops before seeing it physically deteriorate, just knowing that is insane in itself!! wow.
OMG, what a iconic piece? I want that.
Absolutely the best bat vehicles ever, no question.
Since you guys will definitely go and watch the Batwing scenes after this one, here's a direct link: ua-cam.com/video/ZJ1s-1eAoh8/v-deo.html
Thank you’ you’re awesome!
Thank you!😁😁😁
Well thank you sir.
Not all heroes wear capes.
Nice find man. Well done. Cheers.
This is a beauty! I think the film did not capture enough the beautiful details of it.
Is that realy 1/4 scale?
I still love seeing history preserved.
Where does he get those wonderful toys?
Reuben Kittlemeier charges high, but Batman can afford it...
OMG, its beautiful! I am all smiles when the rocket, gatling guns and wite cutter came out. I have the same reaction as Adam when the props started to move. it breaks my heart to see the back side was damaged. I would hear myself humming the Danny Elfman music score as the video played.
I agree with them. Tim Burtons Batman has the most iconic designs for vehicles. The Batman Forever Batmobile is ugly and the Dark Knight trilogy it's too realistic and militarised looking.
Very iconic - the way all the shapes in the vehicles are reminiscent of the bat symbol (this vehicle in particular, of course), and are very organic - like they're based on sharks, rays, and bats.
That gives the suggestion that they are somehow more aerodynamic and may work better than the vehicles that normal people have at their disposal.
I like the vehicles in The Dark Knight trilogy as well, though.
The Tim Burton film is more like the fantastical comic book world.
The Dark Knight trilogy aims for more of a 'this could be real' type of feel. So the vehicles are designed in a more practical 'real world' type of way.
The 'military' type designs really sells that they could exist in real life.
I will always have a soft spot for the turbine driven batmobiles, though :)
. (As well as for bushes that move to the side, and a road block that flips down, as the batmobile emerges from a cave ;))
Don't forget, Morgan Freeman's Fox was designing and building everything for the US military in the first place. The Batmobile, or Tumbler, was built as a bridging vehicle for crossing rivers, and the Batsuit was originally intended as next-gen infantry protection.
It's wild the way people accept that the crap in that movie is "realistic" because the director said so. The Batmobile in Batman 89' was fully functional. It wasn't some model that they had umping from building to building. Everything in the Nolan Trilogy is stupid.
My favorite Batman film. It's awesome to see this.
Man I love cheese
Oh man... This is awesome. The Batwing and Batmobile toys from the late 80s/early 90s were some of my favorites as a kid, and I have to agree with Brandon (and lots of my fellow commenters) that these are still my favorite versions of Bat-Vehicle designs. Close second - Animated Series.
I just wanted Brandon to fix his collar throughout the whole video!
I could listen to these two gush all day. The 89 Batwing and Batmobile were the absolute best Bat-designs of all time. Happy to learn about Julian Caldow from this video.
I don't know if Tested will allow me to post a link to the video with this thing in it, bust lets give it a try.
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What amazing design Burton's two Batman movies were in literally everything.