Knight Rider

[Snowman]

Hi ya all!

It's been a while. I finally started my Knight Rider build. As per usual it's been dragging along.

Here are some WiP pics of dashboard. Painting the individual buttons was quite a task and the colour chart had issues with the translation, with orange being the the main colour option.
Anyway, I was happy how it turned out.

Till next time.

 

[Jakko]

Which kit is this?

 

[Snowman]

Which kit is this?

Hi Jakko, it's the Aoshima, Knight Rider, Season 4 kit.

 

[Snowman]

The show goes on...

Did the interior which was a mission of its own with poorly labeled instructions and painting all the buttons and switches. Clear Orange was the only colour they offered, but a little research sorted that out. Used a wash and highlight to give the interior some depth and texture.

Thanks for watching.

 

[Snowman]

Onwards and upwards! Fitted the dash and door cards and you can colour me happy.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That looks really crisp. Nice job Gavin.

 

[Mini Me]

Nice! Hope to see more soon. Rick H.

 

[Snowman]

Well, onto the chassis. For this car it is pretty basic and the wheels.

Looking at the upper chassis, I noticed the mounting points and opening for a light module & switch.

This got me thinking.....

 

[Mini Me]

Go for it Gavin! Rick H.

 

[Snowman]

The actual light module that is supplied with the Season 1 kit (I think), is about as rare as chickens teeth and quite expensive to boot.

So I looked around for an alternative, after some trial and error and dusting off my old soldering skills, I found a suitable candidate.
assembled circuit test by Gavin Snowdon, on Flickr

Now I had to figure out how I was going to mount this DIY lighting rig into the car.....

 

[boatman]

HI Gavin its great to see someone else havin a go at eletronics as i gather them leds will be in the front of kit an flash back an fourth nice work an i'll be following your build
chris

 

[Gary MacKenzie]

An idea , use fibre optic to take light to front of car from wherever you mount the electronics.

 

[Snowman]

An idea , use fibre optic to take light to front of car from wherever you mount the electronics.

Thanks for the suggestion, that is the go to nowadays, but I think I'm going old school for my solution.

 

[Snowman]

Anyhow, now that the base route is decided, I need to spruce up the the base a bit and got myself a number plate.

I thought that this had to have a figure of you know who as well to round it off. (started painting him)

Thanks for looking.

 

[Snowman]

Ran into some issues with the paint after I dropped a still wet body!

Anyway I sanded down the damaged area and slight over did it.

Now that has to be corrected as well.

 

[Mini Me]

OOOoops! Don't give up on it......just a minor setback. Rick H.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Thats looking good

 

[Snowman]

I forgot to take photo's of the rig I made for the LED's that I mounted of the lighting module posts in the chassis. Ooops!

Anyway I did take a photo of the plumbing in the base from the underside and a short video of the light in action.


KITT by Gavin Snowdon, on Flickr


Thanks for looking!

 

[boatman]

Vid wont show up for me Gavin so some pics please
chris

 

[Snowman]

OK there we go.

That is the complete kit with the "Hoff". I'll need to take neater pics of the completed kit.