Old, Old Micromodels

[Aloniuk]

Cor..... What a great find that collection was! And I like your builds, Thumb Dog ����✂️

[Don Boose]

The models in Post #8 are beautiful - clean and precise builds. I can't imagine that these Micromodels could have been built better. They are a pleasure to see.

Don

[chris190]

Micromodels have been a large part of my modelmaking life and so the "old, old" description fits very well!

Bit of a selection here from what must be around about 1960 up until fairly recently; not at all a continuous building process, I just kept coming back to them, and some are reprints purchased from Lester Harrison many years ago - his illustrated history is an essential for the enthusiast but I'm not sure where it might now be found - and easily identifiable by the brighter colours, others original.

I still have about forty or so unmade kits but am most unlikely to complete them now.

[Tapcho]

I love Micromodels when they show age so to me these are just lovely. I have Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle and Hampton Court on my building queue - when the mood is right I pick one to build. I'm so glad you showed these. Thanks.

Tappi

[chris190]

Some more pics; the NZ 'K' class loco has a date of 1963 written on the underside of the base and was my first attempt at following the Micromodel recommendations for "super detailing" with wheels scribed onto perspex and the motion formed from silver paper from a cigarette packet - how times have changed!

[chris190]

That completes my collection and you can find more detail on at least some of the models, on this site under my name, also on the "World of Micromodels" website.

I give details on one of posts regarding the true scale of the railway series which certainly isn't 000 gauge I.e. 9 mm to 1 foot; 000 gauge for the rails certainly suits the fact that, if built as per the kit, the wheels and motion have no thickness. If you detail these elements from separate card components a gauge of just over 7 mm is correct and a scale of 1: 200 works for pretty well all the locos by calculation against prototype lengths.

The little aircraft is from a short lived Micromodels rival of the same era - late 1940s - called Replicraft and the cabin cruiser is a Modelcraft original kit which came in a folded format, not separate cards.

There's a trip down memory lane for me and for you!

[Thumb Dog]

Hi All,

Again, thanks to everybody for your continuing input on this Micromodel thread. And, as a side note, everyone is more than welcome to post their Micromodel builds, new or old, on this page.

chris190, that’s an impressive collection you’ve assembled over the years. It shows a dedication to technique from the earliest model to the latest. And it also demonstrates the importance of a good, solid base to protect the model and keep it strong and square. Your soldered, wire railings are of special note, too. Not an easy thing in such a small scale. Thanks for sharing your models with us.

Score and fold,

Thumb Dog

[Philip]

chris 190 wrote:

There's a trip down memory lane for me and for you!

You can say that again. Wonderful builds by the way.

[Tapcho]

I have onlu three built, two of them presented in my own thread. But there is one novelty build and it's only appropriate to publish a picture of it under Philip's comment since he provided me the cards. So here you are: 'Duchess Class' L.M.S. locomotive.

Tappi

[Aloniuk]

Originally Posted by Tapcho

I have onlu three built, two of them presented in my own thread. But there is one novelty build and it's only appropriate to publish a picture of it under Philip's comment since he provided me the cards. So here you are: 'Duchess Class' L.M.S. locomotive.

Tappi

Very nice 😄👍🏻✂️