Mid-Century Tiki Architecture Kits for Model Train Sets! - Collecting Tiki

T tikilongbeach Tiki Socialite Long Beach, CA via Dallas, TX Joined: Aug 05, 2011 Posts: 1686	T tikilongbeach Posted posted on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 11:24 PM Micromodels USA makes tiny paper models of various landmarks that you put together yourself. The original company started in England during the 1930's. They did release the Maori Assembly House and Maori War Canoe and they're planning on releasing the Maori Village in the future. I haven't purchased these so I can't comment on how easy it is to put them together or what it involves. From their website: http://www.micromodelsusa.com Today we are celebrating the Centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi! We are just a tad bit late, though. The Treaty of Waitangi, between the United Kingdom and the Maori people was signed on February 6 1840, so the actual centennial was February 6 1940. (Hey that only makes us about 72 years late.) But here at MicromodelsUSA our un-official motto is “Better Late than Never!”) At this point you are probably thinking we might have spent too much time inhaling fumes from our glue. But seriously this makes sense. In 1940 the Centennial was probably big news in the UK. As part of the celebrations in New Zealand many historical Mãori sites were restored or rebuilt. At the site of the Treaty signing two special creations were made to honor the occasion, a new Wharenui, ("meeting house”) and a Waka Taua (“War Canoe”). To honor this occasion Geoffrey Heighway planned to release 3 Mãori Micromodels. He released one, The Maori War Canoe, and afterward he meant to release the next two; The Maori Meeting House and the Maori Village, but he ran out of time. So 71 years late, we have taken Geoffrey Heighway’s original unpublished sketches and photos of his working models, and while leaving them as authentic as possible, we have finished them and are happy to release the newest Micromodel, Set ARC 25, The Maori Meeting House, in addition we are re-releasing the Maori War Canoe (including the liner notes and the Beach).

Micromodels USA makes tiny paper models of various landmarks that you put together yourself. The original company started in England during the 1930's. They did release the Maori Assembly House and Maori War Canoe and they're planning on releasing the Maori Village in the future.
I haven't purchased these so I can't comment on how easy it is to put them together or what it involves.

From their website: http://www.micromodelsusa.com

Today we are celebrating the Centennial of the Treaty of Waitangi!

We are just a tad bit late, though. The Treaty of Waitangi, between the United Kingdom and the Maori people was signed on February 6 1840, so the actual centennial was February 6 1940. (Hey that only makes us about 72 years late.) But here at MicromodelsUSA our un-official motto is “Better Late than Never!”)
At this point you are probably thinking we might have spent too much time inhaling fumes from our glue. But seriously this makes sense. In 1940 the Centennial was probably big news in the UK. As part of the celebrations in New Zealand many historical Mãori sites were restored or rebuilt. At the site of the Treaty signing two special creations were made to honor the occasion, a new Wharenui, ("meeting house”) and a Waka Taua (“War Canoe”).
To honor this occasion Geoffrey Heighway planned to release 3 Mãori Micromodels. He released one, The Maori War Canoe, and afterward he meant to release the next two; The Maori Meeting House and the Maori Village, but he ran out of time. So 71 years late, we have taken Geoffrey Heighway’s original unpublished sketches and photos of his working models, and while leaving them as authentic as possible, we have finished them and are happy to release the newest Micromodel, Set ARC 25, The Maori Meeting House, in addition we are re-releasing the Maori War Canoe (including the liner notes and the Beach).

Post #646262 by tikilongbeach on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 11:24 PM