Almost everything done involving trains were miniatures built by Sessums and his crew as it turns out, Sessums was a model train enthusiast who had large scale garden railway models already built, and the production crews made a lot of use of these models, which for the most part were ready for use. Most of the really impossible stuff like jumping over trains, over helicopters, crashing into Goliath, and “walking on water” were fulfilled with the models provided.ġ/8th scale miniatures of KITT were built and modified from the existing commercially available Monogram kit of the 1982 Camaro Z-28 to the same scale. Jack Sessums provided this miniature stuff. In the second season, extensive use of miniatures was there. And this is the same car that was pulled out of the acid pit in “Junk Yard Dogs” from season 3. Universal reversed the footage for the transforming sequence. Interestingly, SPM KITT was towed backward, with the parts pulling in. A shell of KITT’s body was used when filming the transition to Super Pursuit Mode since large hydraulic rams were needed to articulate the body panels, and there was no room for an engine or running gear in the car. There are no long shots of KITT being changing into Super Pursuit Mode since KITT is not moving. Image from Super Pursuit Mode (SPM)ĭuring season 4, the production team introduced the Super Pursuit Mode of KITT to retain viewers for a fourth season.
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