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this is a 1/25 scale model of KITT from the knight rider pilot knight of the phoenix with the jon ward designed nose that was put on two of the 3 trans ams used for the 20 minute pilot presentation that would be expanded into the two part series pilot the rest was filmed later after they had filmed season 1 so that's why KITT's design kept switching from this version to the main first 2 season version and why the hoffs sideburns kept switching from less fuller to more fuller and why twards the end michael's gun shot wombed in his shoulder kept switching sides i decided to base KITT's turbine engine on the one that fanhome uses for their 1/8 scale subscription based model kit

Thank you Dukes as well as all other shows at the time had all the interior shots of the actors in the vehicles driving done on a sound stage in front of a blue screen only knight rider had the actors filmed in the car while actually on the road driving and those cars had tow bar receivers attached to the bottom of the front end so they could be attached to a camera truck they also attached cameras to the side windows to film the inside shots with the actors from those angles if they did remake it they best set in the late 70’s early 80’s instead of trying to set it in the current time mainly cause it did not work so well last time they tried it on the big screen movie of the mid 2000’s and it did not work to well with the A-team movie or the 08/09 Knight Raider series which also had other contributing factors to why it did not succeed the only 3 classic series that did work well bringing it into the current times was the 2010-2020 Hawaii Five-0 and 2018-current magnum pi and the 2016-2021 macgyver but to do it they had to do a full reboot remake on all 3 from the characters to the way the series was set up and way it was written compared to the original versions

I made 2 custom photo edits of this model

My most recent charger I built

I did 2 custom picture edits of this model

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i made this using a amt/ertl 69 charger 500 i scratch made the walkie talkie i made the duke cousin figures using different 1/25 & 1/24 scale figures i included my making the dukes of hazzard make sense list after the model build in the video I have also added a copy of the list in the images below I have a amazing dukes theme rock cover playing in the background of the video

awesome work i wish revell would reissue this kit or the foose version as both the pre decorated kit and foose kit are next to impossible to find same with their factory stock 70 charger kit

thanks though it no longer looks like this thanks it looks different now thanks i have redid this model since this video

very nice work looks great

awesome work on a side note this is the only batmobile i even like cause it looks kinda like a muscle car and something dom might drive in a fast movie

Very nice work and congrats on the award

He only built them for the final season a vfx and production designer named Michael Schaffe designed the interior dash and over head console and the custom nose for season 1 and was brought back in to redesign those for season 3

Thank you I am starting to work on the Jon ward hero car KITT from the series pilot which had a different front end I still need to find another mpc knight rider kitt to do the season 1/2 version hero car KITT and then find a couple aoshima season 3 and season 4 KITT model kits and a couple amt/ertl knight rider 2000 knight 4000 model kits

Thank you it is a very fun series and holds up very very well today since they used more practical effects and they also filmed the actors in the car while driving on the actual roads unlike most other shows of the time which those scenes were filmed in front of blue screen on a sound stage knight rider was one of the most expensive series nbc made it also was part of reason it was canceled after season 4 also George barris built 4 cars for the show the full time convertible roadster from his personal 82 firebird hardtop the full time drivable super pursuit mode KITT ,the convertible buck insert trailer car with working convertible roof and the hydraulic transforming super pursuit mode car and he redesigned and made the custom noses for KITT for season 4 also only 5 screen used knight rider cars exist the full time convertible KITT is in the dezer museum in orlando a hero car is in the cars of the stars museum in England and one of the stunt cars is on loan from the knight rider historians at the Peterson museum in California one is in a personal collection and another stunt car is owned by the knight rider historians they also own the screen used semi that KITT would drive up into in the show which they are currently restoring

I made this using another original mpc 82 firebird kit that was partly built and painted I popped it apart and redid it as one of the three general purpose hardtop stunt car KITTs they used during all 4 seasons of the show the car I made I replica of here had a pretty much factory stock nose except for the fog lights in the lower front end the the scanner light that this car also had a skid plate under the car to protect the easily damaged parts like the transmission and suspension and oil pan it was also one of the 3 cars that had high traction drop downs on the front and rear suspension that when engaged would raise either the back of body or front of the body or both front and back of the body of the car up so it would sit higher off the ground and give the stock tires more traction in sand or dirt This car was in the several episodes across all 4 seasons but only a total of 77 seconds of footage of it in total across all those episodes most of this footage is from season 3 two part season opener knight of the drones i have a actual piece of music from the actual show playing in the background of the video

Thank you high gloss black paint is hard to keep clean it is a finger print and dust magnet I even washed my hands before handling the model and very lightly touched it to try and minimize it but it still picked them up

that is not me singing that is gabriela bee i had one of her songs called sound in color playing in the background of the video

thanks i have recently redid this in a completely different way

thank you this is a replica of one of the 3 general purpose hardtop stunt cars with fake t-tops that was used in all 4 seasons of the original show

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thank you i have another different knight rider hardtop general purpose stunt car kitt that i will be posting tomorrow

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I made this model using the front nose and back bumper from a mpc knight rider Kitt model kit and a original mpc 82 firebird kit I wanted to make one of the general purpose hard top stunt car KITTs they used on the show they would make it look like the car had t-tops via strips of metal or plastic either riveted or glued to the hard tops roof I mimic it using some wires from a old pair of earbuds I also made a skid plate that all these stunt cars had to cover the oil pan and transmission and some of the front suspension also the stunt cars would either have a pretty much factory stock dash with a cut out plastic of cardboard outline of the top of knight rider dash on top of the factory stock dash pad or a the hollow knight rider dash frame work I have a piece of music from the show called KITT to the rescue playing in the background

Amazing work looks great