Action 2000 Opel Astra V8 DTM #7

[Gavin]

Driven by Manuel Reuter to 2nd place overall in the 2000 DTM series.

Bought this model from another collector about 5 years ago. I always liked the blocky looks of the Astra. Not sure why the Gullwing doors weren't used on this model as shown in the 1/24 model below...would have been a great feature to have. Otherwise, its fairly nice. Not overly detailed, but not bad for 2001.

[StratosWRC]

This looks great. I thought the hood didn't open on this one? Or am I thinking of the other Opel in the pics?

[[KRAFTIG]]

Wow I never realized this car had gull-wing doors until now. Who makes this one?

[StratosWRC]

Action apparently. They used to make Indy cars and Daytona Prototypes, plus some NASCAR models.

[[KRAFTIG]]

I see, thanks.

[Gavin]

This looks great. I thought the hood didn't open on this one? Or am I thinking of the other Opel in the pics?

Thanks...it is a cool looking model. Hard to see in the pics, but the decals aren't holding up well. I didn't even notice until I was putting it back in the box.

The hood opens on all the Action Opels...sealed on all the UT Opels.

Action apparently. They used to make Indy cars and Daytona Prototypes, plus some NASCAR models.

Indy & NASCAR were their main thing, but they also did the C5Rs (the AA's are substantially better, In my opinion...but they did so some liveries/versions that AA didn't do) & Focus WRC's.

Here's their full list from Scale18: http://www.scale18.com/cgi-bin/page/sea ... Y&t=action

[StratosWRC]

I actually had a C5R from them that I bought and returned the next day. It just wasn't good enough.