Micromodels Publications.
The Micromodels story..
Micromodels Ltd. published two booklets.
The Microputian Population. First published in 1950 for 2/6d. Re-published in 1952 with the price being dropped to 2/0d. This booklet instructed you as to how to carve miniature people from matchsticks, with which to populate your miniature buildings.
Making Models in Card. Published in 1955 at a cost of 2/9d. The title probably says it all. Interestingly, there is a photograph in this booklet of the proposed ARC 25, the Maori Assembly House, although this model was never issued.
I also have in my collection a four-page leaflet which shows the available models..
And here is an advertisement from the Model Railway Constructor in 1958 after Micromodels Ltd. had been sold..
That concludes our journey through the Micromodel story. I have drawn heavily on the publication 'Micromodels - Your Workshop in a Cigar Box- The Story of Micromodels' by the acknowledged expert on Micromodels, Mr. Lester Harrison. and I pay tribute to him here for his work in this field.
Thanks for taking the time to read this thread.
Terry
Micromodels Ltd. published two booklets.
The Microputian Population. First published in 1950 for 2/6d. Re-published in 1952 with the price being dropped to 2/0d. This booklet instructed you as to how to carve miniature people from matchsticks, with which to populate your miniature buildings.
Making Models in Card. Published in 1955 at a cost of 2/9d. The title probably says it all. Interestingly, there is a photograph in this booklet of the proposed ARC 25, the Maori Assembly House, although this model was never issued.
I also have in my collection a four-page leaflet which shows the available models..
And here is an advertisement from the Model Railway Constructor in 1958 after Micromodels Ltd. had been sold..
That concludes our journey through the Micromodel story. I have drawn heavily on the publication 'Micromodels - Your Workshop in a Cigar Box- The Story of Micromodels' by the acknowledged expert on Micromodels, Mr. Lester Harrison. and I pay tribute to him here for his work in this field.
Thanks for taking the time to read this thread.
Terry