My latest replica

[G96LUE]

Hi all,
Just been making my latest model and i decided to go to town with the interior. it has taken me a couple of days of fillering and shaping but i am quite pleased with the result so far.
just thought i would show you all.

Regards

Darren

[CampFreddie]

That looks absolutely amazing. What colour are you going to finish it in? Red, Green or Silver? Or are you going for a whole fleet?

[G96LUE]

This one will be green.

I used to make these to order for Mini car collectables, but unfortunately John Ednie passed away a couple of years back so i have not made any for a while.
I normally just paint the stock corgi interior grey and put two speakers on the rear shelf.
As i am making this one for myself i have gone to town on the interior.

Originally i had 50 body kits made using resin and 50 sets of wheels. This cost me about £700, plus the base corgi models and paint, and John sold them for me and we split the proffits.

In the end I used 25 for ERA's and 25 for cabrio's. John then had another 50 body kits made for me using white metal this time so i could complete my intended limmited run of 50 models of each.

With the loss of John I lost interested in making them for a while, but i have had some interest from some club members at some recent shows, so i had a look through my box of bits the other day and i have enough for 16 cars so i decided to make another 10.
I have a little paintshop production line in my kitchen.
1 black, 1 white, 2 Red and 5 green. I am leaving one in primer in case i get a specific request.
I will be letting them go to friends for cost, and the remainder i will try on ebay. I have seen some (in my oppinion) really messy looking era models sold for about £80 http://www.traffic-modelcars.com/minimo ... allery.htm (a few pics down), so you never know i might be able to afford my new Cylinder head soon.
I will put some finished pics of my little display soon.

[paul]

Look nice I got a Corgi ERA model in green from somewhere about 2005.

Hands up if the black one is for sale with slightly wider arches than ussual and 7x13 scale number plates

Paul

[G96LUE]

Hi Paul
If you have a corgi one it is probably one of mine.
I started making them for mini 40, and i was making them for John from about 2001 onwards.
I cant make the arches wider but it just so happens that the black one is the only one which has a jap style front No plate. Spooky .

[G96LUE]

Hi all,
here are my models so far
Mine is the only one with a full custom interior, but at about 8 hours effort i think it will be staying that way.

[CampFreddie]

They look absolutely stunning. I would definitely be up for contributing to the Cylinder Head fund if there is a red or a green one going spare!

I do like that custom interiour though. No chance you could be persuaded to make more of them?

[G96LUE]

If i was able to get a mould made of mine then there would be no problem.
It took 3 evenings work to get it looking right just for one interior, and although i think it was time well spent for me i wouldnt like to spend all my evenings making interiors for next to nothing.
Even at less than minimum wage i wouldnt expect anyone to want to pay over £20 extra for an interior, but then again looking at the tomica i might be wrong.

Made this one with Paul in mind (what do you think Paul). I haven't changed the seats, but i made him a custom dash. i even started the lower glove box before i realised the door hinge was in the way.

Trying to design a custom box now. what do you think so far.

I have made 2 red, 1 white, 1 black, 3 green.
I think chris wanted a red one, Paul's is the black one and Rich S wants a green one. I did the white one with Simon in mind.
This means i currently have 1 red and 2 green and one in primer left, but want to of ebay one green one as a tester and to add to the head fund.

I only have 5 body kits left after these are gone, then that is it, unless the bidding goes mad and i can look to get some more kits made.

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[moremoremore]

These are all fantastic well done....lots of time a patience ... REALLY REALLY good

Just looking at the link here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOMICA-F8-MINI-CO ... 0289486374

Is this the same one as I have? (got this on ebay several years ago)

[G96LUE]

That you have there is a fantastic Effegi model.
Possibly the best ERA model manufactured, and are like hens teeth to find.

I have one painted in white. it was for sale at £60 by John Ednie, but i had it in payment for several models i made for him.

here is mine.