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Knight Rider KITT diorama

Knight Rider KITT diorama

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Printing KITT

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After making a Larson Scanner for my 32mm Cylons on a previous project, I was still intrigued as to how far I could push the idea. Three tiny LEDs in a row were – to be honest – a pain in the butt to solder together.

They looked great, they sold the idea of a Larson Scanner in a tiny cylon helmet, but I still felt they hadn’t fully tested “soldering tiny little components for tabletop miniatures” to the fullest.

What I really fancied doing was making a 7-LED “swooshing display” and sticking it in something bigger…. like a Knight Rider/KITT car!

Searching Thingiverse for Knight Rider “things” returned a disappointing array of results. Most were for “car mods” – neo-pixel clip holders so you can stick your own “swooshing display” on the front of your actual car, or things to glue to the centre console of your dashboard to KITT in your own Ford Fiesta.

 

Printing KITT

Searching for “KITT” returned some better results, but the tabletop sized miniature looked decidedly “lo-fi” with lots of sharp-edged facets; unless this was printed very small it was going to be unsatisfying

Printing KITT

It was only by chance that one of the results was listed as “KITT Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am”. I searched for “Pontiac Firebird” and immediately found the model I was looking for!

Printing KITT

The model (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4342622) was perfect! I had a separate chassis and the roof comprised of multiple parts – ideal for adding unnecessary electronics inside, then hiding them behind the multi-part interiors and so on.

The preview picture also included a shot of a tiny Michael Knight, complete with classic red shirt and leather jacket. What a great idea!

Sadly, Michael wasn’t included with this model’s download. But I had ideas for that already….

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I’m not taking the blame for this one! 😉

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