1/18 Die Cast Ertl KARR Coming This Summer
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I like yours better than mine, andy-kitt! I wanted to cut out spaces for the fog lights as you have, but I don't know how to do that with the car being metal. How did you do it?
I didn't think that I could remove the LED board from its position, so I didn't want to try and break it. I've also been looking for a yellow lens to place over the scanner like on the show. I also suspected that the silver paint was never supposed to go over the top of the rear bumper but I could never get a good look in the episode to make sure.
I would recommend painting over the front orange reflectors with Insignia Yellow paint. I find the orange paint makes it look more like a toy.
I didn't think that I could remove the LED board from its position, so I didn't want to try and break it. I've also been looking for a yellow lens to place over the scanner like on the show. I also suspected that the silver paint was never supposed to go over the top of the rear bumper but I could never get a good look in the episode to make sure.
I would recommend painting over the front orange reflectors with Insignia Yellow paint. I find the orange paint makes it look more like a toy.
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Use a multi-tool to drill out & sand off the centre supports.Lost Knight wrote:I like yours better than mine, andy-kitt! I wanted to cut out spaces for the fog lights as you have, but I don't know how to do that with the car being metal. How did you do it?
I didn't think that I could remove the LED board from its position, so I didn't want to try and break it. I've also been looking for a yellow lens to place over the scanner like on the show. I also suspected that the silver paint was never supposed to go over the top of the rear bumper but I could never get a good look in the episode to make sure.
I would recommend painting over the front orange reflectors with Insignia Yellow paint. I find the orange paint makes it look more like a toy.
The LED board is very well stuck down, have to slice it off. Yes i've been collecting many pictures from the episode before carrying out this project.
I only had orange in my paint tin collection, is the yellow you say metallic?
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Thanks, I might try that somewhere down the line. But since the center supports will be drilled out, what did you use to get your fog lights to stay in place?andy-kitt wrote:Use a multi-tool to drill out & sand off the centre supports.
The paint I used was not metallic. Do you think metallic would be more accurate for the model?andy-kitt wrote:I only had orange in my paint tin collection, is the yellow you say metallic?
Here's some pictures of what the yellow paint looks like on my K.I.T.T. & K.A.R.R. in case you didn't happen to see them:
K.A.R.R.:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/solid_sna ... pg&.src=ph
K.I.T.T.:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/solid_sna ... pg&.src=ph
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Clutch pedal
This may have been brought up before, but why does the Ertl car have a clutch pedal?
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Based on this website, the ERTL Recaro Trans Am slated for August of this year has been cancelled! What gives? Any of you guys heard of more news about this so-called cancellation?
Link: http://diecastmusclecars.com/transam.htm
Link: http://diecastmusclecars.com/transam.htm
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Re: Clutch pedal
66batmobile wrote:This may have been brought up before, but why does the Ertl car have a clutch pedal?
KITT, Go to manual!!!!
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Maybe they're worried that it won't sell? I can't imagine that the sales for K.I.T.T. have been all that impressive here in the states, but probably because of its availability. I don't know...just guessing, though. Whatever the case, it seems pretty shady to me.HondaSiR wrote:Based on this website, the ERTL Recaro Trans Am slated for August of this year has been cancelled! What gives? Any of you guys heard of more news about this so-called cancellation?
Link: http://diecastmusclecars.com/transam.htm
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I'd think the regular 3rd gen TA 1:18 diecast model would sell more than KITT & KARR models. Not everyone is KR fan but the 3rd gen Trans-Am is very good looking car and probably many people would want it to their collections.
This is just wishful thinking but I hope it's releasedate would be just postponed to redesign the trunklid & some other things more accurate. Or even better, giving the modelling job for AutoART or some other high quality maker
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This is just wishful thinking but I hope it's releasedate would be just postponed to redesign the trunklid & some other things more accurate. Or even better, giving the modelling job for AutoART or some other high quality maker
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They canceled the Trans-Am diecast? I was thinking of getting one when it came out. The way the website puts it (ERTL has cancelled this model for now) makes it sound like it might be issued at some point, just not in August.
As for KARR, I don't think I'll be buying him. I can't bring myself to spend another $30 to essentially hunt for a diecast KITT I already have with a different color scanner. Maybe if it was cheaper, I'd ad him to my collection, but not at $30. (Sorry KARR. Bested by your 'little brother' yet again.) Even if the diecast Trans Am ended up as a reworking of the KITT model, it'd at least be different enough to tell the two apart at first glance.
As for KARR, I don't think I'll be buying him. I can't bring myself to spend another $30 to essentially hunt for a diecast KITT I already have with a different color scanner. Maybe if it was cheaper, I'd ad him to my collection, but not at $30. (Sorry KARR. Bested by your 'little brother' yet again.) Even if the diecast Trans Am ended up as a reworking of the KITT model, it'd at least be different enough to tell the two apart at first glance.
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Where did you pay $30 for you KITT? Amazon? eBay has them cheaper.
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