matchbox KI3T

[Gadjet]

Just started customising a matchbox toy mustang into KI3T.

Its reminded me of being little and having to paint one of my brothers Matchbox cars black with my mums nail varnish to make my own KITT.

My brother had a KITT toy before me as girls shoudnt realy play with things like that.
So I swaped a toy for my brothers firebird trans am, which was white and silver.
I then set about painting it with my mums black nail varnish, I even took the car appart so I could cut the stering wheel down to look more like KITTs.
Corse I had no tools to put it back together so bluetack held the car back together.
I then found a small off cut of my dads reflective tape he had down the sides of his car (i should go into my dads cars dash back then but that could take a quite a while. I wasnt the only one who liked Knight rider)
any how this became KITTS scanna.
If you shined a tourch at it the scanna reflected back.
Ahh being young.

Any how the lacal supermarket had a toy matchbox car shelf, all cars one english pound!
Second car I got out was a white GT500 mustang.



So as im older and now have spray paint, painting the toy is gona be alot quicker,
So blue tak over wheels.



And spray.



Ok well thats the car just black, ive found some silver nail polish (tastefull yea I know) and am gona set about painting the headlights ect tonight.

I dont know what to use on the bonnet to give the rased effect where the scanna is, will have to have a think about it.
Also how to build the spoiler, I may go for the new attack kitt look, but I shall see how it goes.

Im also planing to do the insides of the car, but I always do things the wrong way around, make things more intresting

Strange how 20 years later and im doing exactly the same thing I did at 10.


Gadjet

[focus709]

Cool!! I'd like to see how you go on with that.

I, however, cheated. I found this on Ebay. Paid about 6GBP but it's got rubber tyres and fantastic detailing.

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[Sky_Blue_Civic]

I did somthing like that with my VW beetle toy,and turned it into a Herbie! I'll probably go look for a Cobra car and make a KI3T.

[trissybabes]

There's a perfect model of the ATTACK KI3T right there...

[Niggle Snoosh]

There's a perfect model of the ATTACK KI3T right there...

very good

[KITTfan]

Cool! I too found just the other day a Hotwheels Mustang GT500 toycar in black with silver stripes, had to pay 1,90 Euro's for it. Haven't figured out yet either how to put the scanner there.

[Gadjet]

A bit of a update.

I decided to Make this Mustang into the Hero KITT as I had kept the wheels all spokey looking.

So I made some stripes out of some matt insulating tape, if you look hard you might make them out.



The scannas been painted on using a pin for the brush. It was very fiddily but I did it.



Also the headlights have been painted back in.



And here he is in my fleeat of black cool cars.











While outside taking photos of KITT I remberd the KARR toy in my model race track in the flower beds, so I went to retrive him and see how the elements have treated him.

So here he is Junk yard KARR.


I made this toy while a while ago and being ouside hasnt helped much.

Oh yea heres the race track.

Mixing toys with plants





Gadjet

[trissybabes]

Hey - I spotted Dom's jeep in there - the Lady isn't hiding behind a carnation is she?

[KITTfan]

Nicely done KI3T
Here's pics of the black Mustang I talked about earlier in this thread, haven't done any KITT modifications in it yet:

[focus709]

I always love seeing your pictures, KITTfan, the backgrounds are never less than impressive!!

[adamtrek]

I don't think KITTfan owns the little matchbox car. Looks like it was conjured up in a holodeck.

[andy-kitt]

Cool!! I'd like to see how you go on with that.

I, however, cheated. I found this on Ebay. Paid about 6GBP but it's got rubber tyres and fantastic detailing.

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Is this a Greenlight model? i've not seen that before.