1/24 Belkits Opel Manta 400

[Mr Bowcat]

Morning all.

Finished this up last night. Nice kit, and I'm generally happy with the result although there were some mistakes. The real car would should be white, but I went with metallic blue as a homage to the Manta GTE I owned when I was 18.

 

[PaulTRose]

me likes a lot!

one of the better renditions of this kit ive seen done

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Paul.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice indeed Bob, loving the colour. I also liked the Opel Manta never had one though.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian.

I loved my GTE coupe, so easy to drift. I'd like another one, but they are stupid expensive now.

 

[therapy]

Really nice! Are those seat belts and fixings included in the kit?

Nick

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Nick.

Yes, the kit comes with the PE bucles & fabric belts, and decal belts if preferred.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
That's a really good result. Great colour choice. Decals look to have gone on well. Interior is excellent. I've not heard of Belkits.
Jim

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Wow, that's very nice Bob. Lovely clean work on the interior and tons of well placed decals, although it's almost a shame to cover the paintwork with them.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Jim & Andy.

I was in two minds about putting the decals on, but they were so nice (Cartograf) that I decided too in the end.

Edited to add: Jim, it was bought for me for Christmas from John. Belkits do quite a few cars. I'm not sure about all of them but certainly their Ford Escort Cosworth is a Tamiya reboxing.

 

[adt70hk]

Great work Bob. That's come out very well indeed.

My dad had a gold one in the early eighties. Pretty quick for the time. It was a pain to get in and out of though.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[outrunner]

Nice, very nice.

Andy.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

Andy, yes they were very low. I think I'd struggle myself now.

 

[colin m]

That is totally splendid. Right hand drive as well.
I was ((I nearly wrote Escort boy myself, but glad I didn’t, it reads wrong)) an Escort owner. No still not sounding right, I’ll try later.

 

[minitnkr]

VERY cool. What's the big red button on the trans hump for? Is that a fire bottle behind driver? PaulE

 

[scottie3158]

Bob,
Looking very nice mate.

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers guys.

Colin, the kit comes with parts for LHD & RHD which is a nice touch. Had an Escort Mk3 myself before the Manta.

Paul, not sure but at a guess I would imagine it's an emergency engine stop?? Yes, fire extinguisher bottle behind the seat and I believe the red box with silver spout between the seats (just about visible in one of the pics) is the nozzle for it. There's also a smaller hand fire extinguisher in front of the passenger seat. I had carefully removed the molded on straps from this and replaced with PE strips, then totally forgot to paint them silver.

 

[Ian M]

That is superbe Bob. The guy next door had one like that, though with out all the arches and rally bits.. He drove it like it was stolen!

 

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Ian.

Yep, they were fun to drive. You can imagine what 18 year old me drove it like, I went though a lot of rear tires.

 

[colin m]

Had an Escort Mk3 myself before the Manta.

I had a Mk2. Then I got a proper job, and bought a Mk2 RS200 X-pack. It's still on the road somewhere.