New release: ERA racing cars

We are happy to announce release of a new 1938 Grand Prix item, at both 1:72^nd and 1:100^th scales altogether. This new addition to range is ERA racer --an acronym standing for English Racing Automobiles.

Model kit is extremely simple at both scales, as you can see by the images below --first, the 1:72 version, that has been superbly painted by Carlos Vidal in Siamese livery:

And now its smaller 1:100 version, painted by myself. Well, not any master piece unlike the one above, but it will do nicely on a racing circuit anyway. Please do not take it as a suitable model of English livery, but choose a quite darker green for it instead --I admittedly mistook the shade!

ERA racers are already available from our website, if interested please follow the links: 1:72 version here and 1:100 version there. True that we had planned first a combined release in a 2-cars boxed set; but at one point we've found ourselves with ERA cars at both scales already cast, while the second car (a Bugatty most probably) hasn't ever started to be designed. So we've thought it better not to make you wait.

1938 Grand Prix ERA type B racer

Our 1938 Grand Prix next set is progressing fast and easy. We have now completed the making of the first racing car such set is to include, the British ERA Type B racer. We have designed and produced it at 1:72 and 1:100 scales altogether, so as to be able to launch them both in a short lapse of time between them.

As customary in Minairons, these models are willingly easy to assemble while retaining the most possible detail: just one part for hull, four wheels, two shafts and driver. This is what its 1:72 scale version looks like once assembled:

And this is what both scales cars look like side by side (the 1:100th one is already primed too, this is why of their differing shades of colour):

ERA Type B racer preview

Following the success of our former 1938 Grand prix racing cars set, we've thought it wise to start preparing a new batch of vintage racers, the first one of which is the English made ERA Type B. This is the look it is currently taking:

Just as other models in this range, kit will be quite easy to build, because it will consist of just one resin main part for hull, four also resin wheels and two white metal shafts. Ultimate model kit will be inclusive of driver as customary.