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In the late 1970s MICROMODEL
DISTRIBUTORS issued 7 gates,
CRIPPLEGATE-MOREGATE-ALDGATE
ALDERSGATE.-NEWGATE-BISHOPSGATE
AND LUDGATE, These models had
the full colour cards inside but
reworked covers, they were sold
Trough the gift shop at the Science
Museum in London were the full
size models were on show.

The credit for the origination of the Micromodel format belongs to Geoffrey Heighway who conceived the idea in the late 1930s. At that time there was already a well-established market for the printed card cut-out model kit, which the miniaturised Micromodel format was set to revolutionise. The first publication was in the late 1940s when Geoffrey Heighway formed the Micromodel company following his departure from Modelcraft Ltd.
Subsequent to Geoffrey Heighway’s death in 1956 the Micromodel company in its entirety – including artwork, printing plates and all unfinished prototypes – was sold to a London based postage stamp approval company Broadway Approvals, run by George Santo.
In turn the artwork, printing plates and all unfinished prototypes as purchased from the Micromodel company were sold on to Micromodel Distributors during the 1970s.
Subsequently, we purchased the Micromodel company artwork, printing plates and unfinished prototypes - from Micromodel Distributors in the mid-1980s

In 1988 Autocraft issued Bluebird in the traditional Micromodels format of 6 cards, including history enclosed in a paper sleeve. These proved very popular when offered for sale through the gift shop of the Bluebird Museum in the Lake District.