1/24 Belkits Opel Manta 400

[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.

[mrtintheweb]

top drawer for sure!

[Mr Bowcat]

Thanks Toby.