Melissa Kappes
Batavia, Illinois
The Batmobile is most at home on the gritty streets of Gotham at night, so junior modeler Melissa built such a base for an AMT 1/25 scale kit of the Caped Crusader’s ride from the 1989 Batman movie. She used foam board for the street and building, applied washes and graffiti to the walls, and even lit the streetlamps.