LEGO Mursten
Sets 700/1 thru 700/6 (1954) — first instructions!
These seven sets (with the inclusion of 700/3a) were the first to include any kind of building instructions for a specific model, again showing a house that could be made from the parts of each set. The instructions weren't a separate sheet, but were contained in the catalog of 1954 showing all seven sets. (Images of that catalog can be found at the same link as in the first post.) These instructions showed a ground plan view of the first layer or bricks, as well as views from four sides of the finished model.
As before, there's some doubt whether these models could actually be built, as pictured, from the parts in each set. Probably the overall parts count was sufficient, but it would depend on having the correct selection of each different brick size, color and slot configuration. There isn't a lot of information on the exact inventory of these early sets, so the part counts I'm using are still largely conjectural.
So these might be another candidate for the title of first "official models", as they represent the first buildable instructions that correspond to particular sets—even if you might have had to augment those sets with some "suppleringsæsker" or "løse murstener"!
Sets 700/1 thru 700/6 (1954) — first instructions!
These seven sets (with the inclusion of 700/3a) were the first to include any kind of building instructions for a specific model, again showing a house that could be made from the parts of each set. The instructions weren't a separate sheet, but were contained in the catalog of 1954 showing all seven sets. (Images of that catalog can be found at the same link as in the first post.) These instructions showed a ground plan view of the first layer or bricks, as well as views from four sides of the finished model.
As before, there's some doubt whether these models could actually be built, as pictured, from the parts in each set. Probably the overall parts count was sufficient, but it would depend on having the correct selection of each different brick size, color and slot configuration. There isn't a lot of information on the exact inventory of these early sets, so the part counts I'm using are still largely conjectural.
So these might be another candidate for the title of first "official models", as they represent the first buildable instructions that correspond to particular sets—even if you might have had to augment those sets with some "suppleringsæsker" or "løse murstener"!