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by andy-kitt
Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wheel/tyre swap
Replies: 4
Views: 6141

Re: Wheel/tyre swap

I just swapped the tyres, you have to peel the tyre off and rotate the wheel as you apply the tyre to the wheel again.
by andy-kitt
Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wheel/tyre swap
Replies: 4
Views: 6141

Re: Wheel/tyre swap

In case any one was curious (I guess by no replies no one else has done this), you can swap the tyres as I have now done this.
by andy-kitt
Fri Feb 19, 2016 1:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wheel/tyre swap
Replies: 4
Views: 6141

Wheel/tyre swap

I see the base version of the Hot Wheels 1:18 Knight Rider has improved tyres, does anyone know if these better tyres can be swapped with the square tyres on the Elite version as that is the only thing that spoils the Elite version?
by andy-kitt
Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!
Replies: 69
Views: 78993

Re: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!

When I got mine the T-tops wouldn't sit flush, but by wiggling it about, and holding it down for a while, mine now sit better.
by andy-kitt
Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So what's the verdict...who makes the best diecast KITT?
Replies: 24
Views: 26273

Re: So what's the verdict...who makes the best diecast KITT?

Do you meen the catches that were used to secure the bonnet and tailgate during initial transit?

The only thing that disappoints is the hole that is left in the boot floor due to this design to hold the tailgate down during initial transit.
by andy-kitt
Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hot Wheels Elite modifications
Replies: 12
Views: 15079

Re: Hot Wheels Elite modifications

@andy Nice work - looks much more realistic. Have you also seen any option to push up the red scanner plastic element more up to the bonnet, to let the upper edge of the scanner disapear or is it glued? The whole red scanner lense is fixed to the body. If you look at the first picture of my previou...
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hot Wheels Elite modifications
Replies: 12
Views: 15079

Re: Hot Wheels Elite modifications

It is a shame the LEDs point upwards instead of forwards, but I think its like this due to the limited space as the headlamp cross-bar runs across the front also. Perhaps micro LEDs will be a better option? As someone on here suggested I did at some tin foil to act as a reflector along the back edge...
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1:43 KITT
Replies: 24
Views: 23100

Re: 1:43 KITT

I would have preferred it if they had faded out the red front scanner light to make it look like it was working, and I don't get the big black lower side window lines, would have looked better if they didn't bother with it. Tyres look better than those on the 1:18, and for those on a budget, 1 match...
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 13, 2013 4:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So what's the verdict...who makes the best diecast KITT?
Replies: 24
Views: 26273

Re: So what's the verdict...who makes the best diecast KITT?

Collector Diecast; 1. Hot Wheels Elite KITT (1:18) - Most accurate cast and detail of them all. 2. Skynet (1:43), and still the only official diecast Season 3/4 car. Toys; 1. Kenner talking KITT - For its time it is a proper KITT that talks and comes with Michael figure (when most toys were just Fir...
by andy-kitt
Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!
Replies: 69
Views: 78993

Re: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!

Yeah I have the A-team van as well, both the Elite and Heritage models, Super Elite Batmobile, Elite ECTO, I have absolutely no issues with any of them, I have also a lot of the smaller, 1:43 scale cars, Back to the Future, KITT, A-Team, etc...etc.. all fine My lingering concern is what is the Supe...
by andy-kitt
Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hot Wheels Elite modifications
Replies: 12
Views: 15079

Re: Hot Wheels Elite modifications

It is the easiest model to take apart I have worked on because the steering coloum stays with the base, this means you don't have to mess about with getting the steering column back into the rack for the working steering unless you remove the interior/seat assembly. All you need to do is remove 8 sm...
by andy-kitt
Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!
Replies: 69
Views: 78993

Re: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!

I am happy for you that you have received your model. I was thinking, it is really only because of all the working features that KITT has that we are talking about them, if it was like the other Elite models that don't do much except open some doors, what would we have to write about on all these pa...
by andy-kitt
Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hot Wheels Elite modifications
Replies: 12
Views: 15079

Re: Hot Wheels Elite modifications

I have now put my model back together, but here are some pictures of it seperated for you.

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I didn't release the roof lining was two-tone until I took it apart
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by andy-kitt
Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ERTL AND HOT WHEELS ELITE KITT COMPARISON PHOTOS
Replies: 44
Views: 83941

Re: ERTL AND HOT WHEELS ELITE KITT COMPARISON PHOTOS

Agreed.. Unless a real KR fan works at Mattel/Hot Wheels, we will probably never get a 99.9% accurate and perfect KITT model.. Exactly, I hate that they have painted the top half of the A-team flat grey, where as it should be a darker gunmetal grey, and when I researched into the Elite Magnum Ferra...
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hot Wheels Elite modifications
Replies: 12
Views: 15079

Hot Wheels Elite modifications

One of the seats on my model would not latch in place, so I decided to strip the model to investigate. As you can see the catch was not even hooking over. http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z167/andy-kitt/007.jpg To rectify this I trimmed off the inside ledge of the slider/release handle so that it ...
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 06, 2013 3:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are we crazy?
Replies: 9
Views: 7693

Re: Are we crazy?

It wouldn't surprise me if the price of the ERTL KITT falls as people will be selling theirs to fund the purchase of the Hot Wheels Elite version (this is what I did).

My partner thinks i'm crazy spending the money I do on models, but atleast some are investments that will go up in value.
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WILL HOT WHEELS MAKE AN ELITE 2.0 KITT AND SUPER ELITE KARR?
Replies: 3
Views: 3663

Re: WILL HOT WHEELS MAKE AN ELITE 2.0 KITT AND SUPER ELITE K

I doubt there will be a 2.0 version of KITT. They may do a standard version with less detail and smaller price like they have with the A-Team van, but that is only a guess as I haven't noticed them do that with the Ghostbusters. The model is based on the pilot version, so apart from green lights on ...
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ERTL AND HOT WHEELS ELITE KITT COMPARISON PHOTOS
Replies: 44
Views: 83941

Re: ERTL AND HOT WHEELS ELITE KITT COMPARISON PHOTOS

Having compared you pictures with my car, I can now see what you mean about the tail lamp panel having a wave in it, and the front nose intakes/lamp grilles. Mine are OK and in the real show these parts were never perfect anyway. I can't see what you mean about headlamps uneven? Mine when you shut w...
by andy-kitt
Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!
Replies: 69
Views: 78993

Re: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!

I brought mine from Modelautocenter-Berlin on eBay, they had two models at 119 Euros, 1 had sold within hours and I just couldn't wait any longer so brought mine. I noticed the following week he had some more at 129 Euros, this worried me as I thought there were something wrong with mine, the outer ...
by andy-kitt
Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sneak Peek of New Hot Wheels 1/18 KITT!!
Replies: 508
Views: 490196

Re: Sneak Peek of New Hot Wheels 1/18 KITT!!

I have received my 1:18 today and love it except the passenger seat won't enguage and stay down (the drivers one does, but even that is sensitive) and the T-Tops don't stay down, at the outer ends they pop up out of line, otherwise a great model. I couldn't work out why I couldn't get the headlamps ...
by andy-kitt
Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!
Replies: 69
Views: 78993

Re: Got my Hotwheels Elite KITT!

Everybody is moaning about the wheels on the H/W version, but in that comparison shot you can see the ERTL was low profile tyres which weren't around back in 1982. Even things like the side marker lamps, door mirrors, high rear spoiler are all things I didn't notice were wrong on the ERTL until I sa...
by andy-kitt
Wed Nov 28, 2012 1:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Die Cast K.A.R.R Value
Replies: 6
Views: 9640

Re: Die Cast K.A.R.R Value

This is how KARR should be, unfortunately selling him and KITT to pay for the Elite version of KITT when its released.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MESE:IT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by andy-kitt
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sneak Peek of New Hot Wheels 1/18 KITT!!
Replies: 508
Views: 490196

Re: Sneak Peek of New Hot Wheels 1/18 KITT!!

What is the Super Elite version at £379! http://www.diecastlegends.com/new-annou ... -1-18.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by andy-kitt
Sat May 05, 2012 7:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sneak Peek of New Hot Wheels 1/18 KITT!!
Replies: 508
Views: 490196

Re: Sneak Peek of New Hot Wheels 1/18 KITT!!

hey everyone! we've gotten some direct contact with Hot Wheels Elite - and they've provided us with updated tooling images, a video of the scanner in action and a COMPLETE list of all features. Check it out. :) http://knightrideronline.com/news/assets_c/2012/04/hotwheelselite_kitt_9-thumb-500xauto-...
by andy-kitt
Tue Mar 02, 2010 12:45 pm
Forum: General Archive 2010
Topic: Kinght Rider SPM for sale
Replies: 4
Views: 5040

Re: Kinght Rider SPM for sale

Dave Knight wrote:curious, I do not live in UK, what is the most you want for it in US dollars and would you ship to USA?
Auction has started so I won't take offers, happy to post to the US, if you click on the postage tab it should give you a price if you select USA.