Micromodels Diploma
Number | – |
Name | Micromodel Makers’ Guild Diploma |
First year published | 1951 |
Publisher | Micromodels |
Size |
30.5 x 20 cm |
Description | The Guild of Micromodel Makers seems to have been formed in 1951. Two kind of Diplomas were awarded for excellence. One could be qualified as a “Graduate Micromodel Maker“, or even better as a “Master Micromodel Maker“.
A surviving example in the collection of the former Cumberland Toy and Model Museum is awarded to a Mr. Weaver of Merlewood, Newport Road, Stafford, on the 4th february 1954. He qualified as a “Graduate Micromodel Maker”. The document was signed by Geoffrey Heighway and B.M. Welch. On the leaflet Festival of Britain 1951 model builders are informed how to enter their work for a Diploma. |