Jeremy Jon

here's a "campy" video from the '80's featuring the W2 in advertisement

great scratch building, love it!

great work, love the stance, the belt driven pro-charger, and those wheels are amazing!!

Wow ...thanks guys for the great replies, I appreciate it! It's a fun project, and much more to come yet! You guys are correct, the W2 sits in sad shape somewhere at the Vector shops now, with many parts missing The last iteration of the W2 was a pre-production version of the W8, of which 19 W8s were built, IIRC not one of them "exactly" alike The later M12 were completely different cars, generally spoken as the "post Wiegert" cars, the M12 shared the V12 engine with Diablo, but all else was bespoke sharing nothing else, and produced by a Malaysian company that bought out majority ownership in the company, they eventually fired Wiegert, he fought back and now re-owns all Vector rights again Gerry sure is a colorful character (he later headed a jet ski business too), cudos for following through 18 years to make at least a few drivable cars For all the money private investors dumped into the W2, it at least had some top grade stuff in it, the chassis was advanced for the time, an aluminum monocoque with composite fiber bodywork The SBC was a NASCAR derived & sleeved Rodeck aluminum block with forged internals, B&M custom built the 425TH trans for high horsepower and manual shifting, with a fully custom Torsen differential, the brakes were big for the day 12.2" x 1.4" rotors with racing 4 piston calipers Making more than 600hp + 600ft-lbs was a lot for the '80's! Okay, there are items yet to be shown like the head light louvers & a few engine heat covers, which will be made of photo-etch metal and in the final assembly later! Tonight's pics of the chassis and drivetrain started!

Thanks Kenny, it's a fun subject, but not ever done before in a kit for some reason? Okay, a few more pics for the evening!

Here's a current scratch build I have on the bench, one of the 'many' cars I've wanted to build in 1:24 plastic, but no kit was available The Vector has a colorful history, due to it's colorful creator Gerry Weigart In brief, the W2 was the first operational Vector he built, and many believed was several cars, but was in fact just one, which he kept making changes to in appearance and details Arguably though, it was an American supercar for it's time! If some details seem odd, it's because instead of being just a straight build, this I am constructing in a manner for casting duplicates of, into ultimately a full kit form, so the first images you see are infact the master construction, and when finished up will be the built & painted out casting from this master I've never been one for 'curbside' only models, so this one is with a full detailed drivetrain, interior and opening doors + engine cover Enjoy!

very nice detail for a built diecast, a bargain even at that price considering how much it would cost and time devoted, to build one yourself!

that's some extra fine work, really inspiring! very nice!

very clean build, love the color choice! it's going to look great completed! nice!

very nice, has a real period look about it!

what a very cool and original idea! oh, if only Shelby had actually built this version! very nice build!

the kit isn't to bad to build, the areas I found wanting are the frame & engine lacking fine details, but with some effort and detailing they can become quite good though, the front grill is one piece and the slits are not very deep, so multiple washes to darken them will help give it a more realistic look good luck!

Cool idea, I like the colors!

very cool idea, looking forward to seeing this project done!