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Michael Longs Trans am is Ready (Another Ertl Steel Update)
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:30 am
by Josch Schulz
Hi Friends
Here it is, Michael Longs Trans Am from the Pilot Movie Enjoy my new Modelcreation:
Josch
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:31 pm
by pdennis93
cool...
isnt ertl supposed to be making a 1982 trans am die cast in 1:18?
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:51 pm
by sheltonw3
they were suppose to do that last winter ,but they was some stupid delay and it never happend!...I did send a email to them asking that they do a veriable line of trans ams from 1982 to 1992!....there was no reply!
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:52 am
by ReddawgKnight
looks superb
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:09 am
by FuzzieDice
Very nice job on this! Excellent!
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:41 am
by Josch Schulz
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:51 am
by andy-kitt
Cool, wheres your KITT you created & painted inside??
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:37 am
by Josch Schulz
Hi Andy
Its in Work
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:50 pm
by GWADA.TYS
So nice 
Its done
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:22 am
by Josch Schulz
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:10 pm
by Akaihiryuu
I used to think that Wilton took Michael's Trans Am and built KITT out of it...but actually not! KITT was already in the planning (and KARR had already been built out of a similar car). In one of the season 2 episodes (the one where Michael loses his memory and goes back to being Michael Long), April shows a newspaper clipping from when Michael was "killed", and the title was "Michael Long's Car Found". So that leads me to believe that the Trans Am was just left in the desert, along with a body for the cops to find. I believe that the fact that Michael had a Trans Am in the pilot was intended as foreshadowing, not that that car actually became KITT. Michael originally thought they took his car and made KITT out of it too, but Devon corrected him.
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:31 pm
by jup
Very nice looking model.
And, yea...while the fact was barely glanced over beyond several paragraphs in the pilot, it is written that K.I.T.T. is not Michael's Trans-Am. And, as in so many things about the show, facts are both too often sketchy and/or left to interpretation.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:53 am
by PBH
pdennis93 wrote:cool...
isnt ertl supposed to be making a 1982 trans am die cast in 1:18?
Unfortunately, not any more.
http://knightrideronline.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8574
E-MAIL TO faq@racn.com:
"To whom it may concern.
Originally, collectors were made aware of RC2's plans to produce a 1:18 scale model of the 1982 Trans Am Recaro edition in 2005, but since then there has been no word on the project.
Are there still plans to release this model or any Trans Am variable from 1982 to 1992?
Thank you for your time."
THEIR REPLY:
"Phil-
Right now there are no plans to introduce a 1982 Trans Am Recaro edition in the coming months.
Tim Kubicek "
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:13 am
by J-Knight
Very cool Model
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:25 pm
by Major Ursa
Nice job there.
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:35 am
by andy-kitt
Great model Josch. Is that the original metal Pontiac Firebird they used for KITT??
I love the detailing you put on there.
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 10:30 am
by Josch Schulz
@Andy KITT
Jep that was the Metallic Trans Am they used for KITT
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:19 am
by black knight2000
do you that would be in oz?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:34 am
by loneknight4000
Deveon actualy says KITT is not Michael's Trans Am in the pilot ep by saying "The similarities between this car and you own are purely circumstantial i can asure you"
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:48 am
by J-Knight
i think you may have gotten the wrong end of the stick, I think there reffering to the Model Josch Modified its self, not the show.
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:09 am
by AusKnight2K
The openings on the front of the models (where the turn signals are) seem to be larger than real Trans Am's they are based on
Looks a bit weird ...
