rajkot in citys soni bazaar there are any number of gifted artistes who can design intricate jewellery but mahedra rojarsara has a distinct identity among them this is because of his passion to create miniatures of various types of aircraft helicopters racing cars and steam engines from silver rojasara 62 is obsessed with his hobby to create aircraft and chopper models of those used by the indian and us armed forces he has created over 16 models of mig variants sukhoi30 f16 sea harrier apache and light advance helicopters vintage racing cars and a steam engine of all his creations the artiste rates his steam engine as the best to make it he sought the help of his engine driver friend it took him 18 months to create the steam engine which weighs 2842 grams in silver for this 245 inches long and 375 inches wide masterpiece he had to manufacture 1908 tiny parts just like the real one a foreigner was so impressed that he was ready to pay rs 11 lakh for the steam engine model he wants to add three coaches to complete the train during the air show in 199293 he along with son hiren went to jamnagar they got an opportunity to see the fighter aircraft of the iaf from close quarters next day he decided to make a silver model of the plane he manufactured 120 small parts in silver to create a 127 gram miniature of a mig fighter in a months time rojarsara became a goldsmith at the age of 13 being eldest among five brothers and sisters i had to take up our traditional profession at an early age my habit of reading helped me to make miniature models he said not every one understands the value of my creation sometimes people come to see my collections and demand to purchase them for the silver used in the models it is mostly foreigners especially from europe who appreciate my hard work rojasara added despite his efforts he has hardly won any recognition only once he was given an award during a function of akhil hind suvarnkar sangh in 2002 the artist said he made models because it was his hobby and not to earn any money from it despite this two of his creations f16 and sea harrier models were sold for us 1200 and us 1000 in uk and canada respectively a bangalorebased businessman bought a model of french race car made by him for rs 32000