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Hot Dog, it's a Hot Wheels car.

This dragster is a real funny car.

It's a fun car and I liked it so I bought it, even without a clear reason for it.

It has a little barbecue on the back and the lid closes.

The front red part is a spatula!

The lid closes on the barbecue on the back.

The bottom is not as exciting as the top!

Closed grill.  I suspect this will end up as a Joker, or Riddler car since it is humorous.

With Batman!
 

Coffee Cup

This is the set I got at Dollar General for the tea pot.

These are the cups, a bit tall.

More like coffee mugs.

There is a Catwoman episode of the Batman TV show where he and Robin are put in a coffee cup.

So I cut down a coffee mug to make a coffee cup.

Batman standing behind the cup to give a size idea.  I will probably make a 1/2 Batman and Robin to fit in the cup.
 

Little Car

Instant Boost from Hot Wheels.

A little race car.

Shown here with Batman in 1/72 nd scale.

The head of the driver is huge so this is supposed to be a sort of go-cart and a driver of about 1/48th scale.

The engine is very cool.

Interesting clear parts.

Bottom is pretty plain.

Not sure what I will do with this figure but we shall see.
 

Batman Mad Hatter Hats

In the Batman 66 comic book series one of the first ones was a Mad Hatter story.

In that story there are flying platforms in the shape of top hats that Mad Hatter uses as a form of transportation.

I got these hats in a little set at the dollar store.  The hat is too deep for 1/72nd scale figures to fit inside and look over the rim, so I used an old auto club card, cut up, to increase the height of the interior.

Robin inside the gray hat testing for size.

I used a bit of a dollar store toy electrical generator to hold the bit of auto club card off the bottom of the hat.

They turned out pretty good, but there is more to come!
 

Painting the Samovar

I had to paint this two colors, after using white primer.  I used Scotch Blue Tape.  High quality, good stuff.

After the white primer I painted the silver color.

The masking tape worked perfectly.

The I had to use this Extreme Lacquer to paint the rest of the model.

Rust-Oleum is a great product.

Here is an unpainted next to a partial painted version.

The brass one is painted except for the touch up.

It turned out pretty well I think.
 

The Brass Samovar of Genghis Khan

The Brass Samovar of Genghis Khan is an object of veneration in Batman 66 by Bessarovian Cassocks.

So I got a coffee pot from the dollar store to work as a stand in for it.

The colors need work.

But I will repaint it and live with the fact that a coffee pot is not a samovar.

But close enough for this purpose.

Batman for size.

The one on the right has been primer painted and now is masked off so it can be painted a silver tone color on the base, handle spout and top.
 

Deora II and Pink Cars

The Dodge Deora was a custom car built by Dodge in 1965.

It was also one of the first few Hot Wheels ever made.

This is an updated version.

The original was very angular and the surfboards were separate plastic pieces that could be removed.

The silver one is one from a couple years and the surfboards were still removable.  Later we got the white one and the surfboards were molded onto the model, sadly.

Pinkie Pinkston with her dog Apricot and her pink Deora.

They make a nice little collection of cars, enough difference in the paint jobs to make them look good.

Pinkie drives the small sports car on the end.

The Pinkie Pinkston fleet of pink cars.

Holy pink cars, Batman!