#OPEL MANTA 400 MANUAL#
#OPEL MANTA 400 WINDOWS#

The rear part of the seats will be covered with Scale Motorsport Kevlar.Ĭables will be installed in the interior. In their place will be installed scalecars.online rivets ( SCO-R008).Īnother add-on will be door locks, also produced by scalecars.online ( SCO-R007). I'm going to remove the rivets fixing the rear wheel arches. I will use scalecars.online product ( SCO-R001). One of the modifications that I planned is to put the switches on the dashboard. You don't have to spend hours on masking. I like that many parts such as the gearbox, drive shaft and exhaust are separate, which makes painting easier during the building process.

#OPEL MANTA 400 WINDOWS#

I am going to tint the windows with Tamiya TS-71 Smoke paint.īelow are photos of the rest of sprues with parts, which are really a lot, which I personally enjoy.

#OPEL MANTA 400 MANUAL#

The manufacturer forgot to mention in the manual that the rear and side windows should be tinted. The disadvantages, however, are the lack of valves in the rims and the slightly visible screws. That's why, I will detail up the wheels with scalecars.online accessories: hex bolts V.3 ( SCO-R015) and tire valves V.1 ( SCO-R002). Additionally, I am going to detail up the tires with Decalcas markers.Īs with lamps, the set offers two types of rims - another convenience if someone decides to choose a model in alternative livery. In addition to rubber tires, the set also includes rubber mud flaps. Whether it really is, it will turn out during the build.

The set offers several types of headlamps, thanks to which it is easy to modify them for other rallies configurations. Lamp reflectors are already nickel-plated. In my opinion, a very good solution, because you do not have to buy additional add-ons as is the case with, for example, Beemax. The set includes photo-etched plates and fabric seat belts as well as windows masks. Here it is model in-box as well as add-ons presentation that I will use to build this model. This is the first of at least four planned Mantas and the first Belkits model I will ever make. This time it will be Opel Manta 400 (Group B) from Ypres 24 rally driven by Jimmy McRae / Rob Arthur crew. Sale of the Manta in the American market ended in 1975.Preparations for the next project have started. Despite the Manta being focused more toward the European market, the Manta A was also sold in the US as a Buick, with only the 1.9 liter engine available. The version sold in the non-UK European market also had a tiny 1.2 liter option available. The most common engines were 1.6 and 1.9 liters in size, though the 1.6 liter engine was discontinued before long. The Opel Manta was powered by a four cylinder version of the Opel cam-in-head engine, which throughout the first generation was available in a range of sizes.

The performance version of the Manta was known as the GT/E, which unlike other Manta trim levels featured a fuel-injected engine. This changed in 1975, when the Vauxhall Cavalier coupe was launched as a near-copy of the Manta. Unlike most Opels, it originally launched in the United Kingdom as an Opel rather than as a Vauxhall.

Oddly enough, despite the Ascana's design coming first, the Manta actually hit the market two months ahead of it. Continuing the trend of sports cars being based on more boring family cars, the Manta A was based on the Opel Ascana. The first generation of the Opel Manta, the Manta A, was introduced in 1970.

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