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.

[Nicko]

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

[Guest]

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. :smiling3:

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