dynamic0311
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Re: Batman Begins Batsuit Armoire & Wayne Enterprises Equipment Case
Hurry up will you!!!! :up
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9/15/2016, 12:28 am
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gregday
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Re: Batman Begins Batsuit Armoire & Wayne Enterprises Equipment Case
Brass grilles are in, and after a little trimming are ready. I just started cutting the wood for the frames around them, so I expect a few more weekends before those are 100% done. This is where precision matters. The brass material, while not totally accurate, will work great. A little black canvas behind them adds a lot of depth. Really excited to get these done and the lower handles installed.
Gears! These I'm most excited about. Except I misjudged the spacing between the handles a little, and I'll have to rebuild the handle arches and move the handles about 1" farther apart to make these work. Still, the action on these is perfect and will really sell the whole thing. If I push I may have the whole handle system rebuilt and ready by the end of the weekend.
And with that, I have all the pieces I need to complete this (armoire) build in hand, and it's only a matter of my time and skill to finish it. Undersuit is still pending.
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9/23/2016, 2:06 pm
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mikelh83
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Re: Batman Begins Batsuit Armoire & Wayne Enterprises Equipment Case
looks awesome!
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10/7/2016, 1:58 pm
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Re: Batman Begins Batsuit Armoire & Wayne Enterprises Equipment Case
Love!!! Love!!! Love!!!
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10/8/2016, 9:01 pm
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gregday
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Re: Batman Begins Batsuit Armoire & Wayne Enterprises Equipment Case
Got back to work this weekend. Things don't look dramatically different yet, but the handle arches have been completely rebuilt to accommodate wider spacing between the handles, the gears on the reverse side can function.
Also attached the mesh grilles to the backing and staged to see how that's going to work out. Next up: the grille frames. Those shouldn't take too long to cut and stain, and my idea is to plane out a bit on the reverse side for the grilles to inlay.
Other little things to do: stain and attach the crown molding on the outside around the whole closet, apply some lacquer, finalize the lighting wiring.
And here's the gears on the insides of the doors:
Still need to stain the insides and figure out where to mount the batarang hangers. One unforeseen issue I'm running into now: the vertical bars for the gears are so heavy that their weight is enough to pull them down, even rotating the handles on the front. I don't know yet how to solve this. Maybe there is some sweet spot of tightness where the posts won't fall on their own, but can still be moved when the handles are turned.
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2/13/2017, 2:18 pm
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Re: Batman Begins Batsuit Armoire & Wayne Enterprises Equipment Case
Everything looks absolutely fabulous Greg. Thanks for sharing it.
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fox2814
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Re: Batman Begins Batsuit Armoire & Wayne Enterprises Equipment Case
Everytime I log in and see there is an update on this I get a little twinge of jealousy because I know the update makes this even more awesome than it already is. Great work man!
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2/14/2017, 2:31 pm
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