Micromodels Cripplegate, Architectural, Set Arc III, Micro Card Kit (UNOPENED)

Micromodels are intricately detailed "3D Volumetric" card models designed by Geoffrey Heighway (1884-1959), initially when he was working for Modelcraft Ltd. in London.

Micromodels did especially well during WW2 and during the austerity period afterwards, when people were looking for inexpensive hobbies and some other other modelmaking materials (like metal) were restricted. The "small postcard"-sized packs could be kept in a cigarbox along with all necessary tools, and the box could also hold the growing model, and ensure that it wasn't accidentally swept aside or sat on. During the war, it was even suggested that people could bring their Micromodels cigarboxes down with them into the air raid shelters during a raid, and use them to while away the time waiting for the "all clear".