DARTHTODD Posted February 15, 2004 Posted February 15, 2004 Hey, looking for some cool Knight Rider kits/models, anyone have any suggestions? I found a few from HLJ but they're Remote Controlled and I'm not really interested in RC's. Does anyone know if some of the models have the panels that fly out (used as brakes)? Thanks. Quote
bsu legato Posted February 15, 2004 Posted February 15, 2004 I think AMT may have recently reissued the old kits from the 80's. Quote
Hikuro Posted February 15, 2004 Posted February 15, 2004 I remember seeing some Knight Rider kits at a beaverton model shop 2 years ago, course it wasn't the original knight rider, it was more knight rider 2000 Quote
MSW Posted February 15, 2004 Posted February 15, 2004 Knight Rider 2000 - the actual car used in that TV movie was a Mitsubishi 3000 GT with modified fiberglass body work to make it sorta resemble a Pontiac concept car named the Banshee ... One of the model companies actually made kits of the Banshee concept car, which forms a good basis for modifying it into K.I.T.T. as seen in that movie... course a model of the third generation Pontiac Firebird/ Trans Am can be modified into K.I.T.T. rather easily...there may be some resin detail kits out there you can purchase for this purpose, check general sci-fi and automobile specific modeling web sites and web boards and you could find those (if they exist, I assume some enterpriseing modelers are produceing them)... Quote
Solscud007 Posted February 15, 2004 Posted February 15, 2004 You could go all out and get the knight trailer too Quote
Valkyrie Posted February 15, 2004 Posted February 15, 2004 I built AMT's 1/24 KITT about a year ago. It's an awful kit. Quote
Hikuro Posted February 15, 2004 Posted February 15, 2004 I never thought the kits would be actually good, after all the show was very low budget I think, and there are so many scenes where I can see the driver of KITT when he's suppose to be moving around. Quote
DARTHTODD Posted February 25, 2004 Author Posted February 25, 2004 Thanks, I'm curious as to what makes the AMT model so bad, cause I am thinking about getting these. Quote
bsu legato Posted February 25, 2004 Posted February 25, 2004 Thanks, I'm curious as to what makes the AMT model so bad, cause I am thinking about getting these. I can't speak for the KITT model, but many of the AMT Ertl kits are former MPC kits. They weren't bad in their day, but by today's standards they're getting pretty dated. Quote
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