I have a Sir Nigel Gresley, in LNER blue. It's boxed as Hornby Minitrix. I read somewhere that the early Minitrix products where sold as Hornby, but I cant find the reference I used....... :-\
Does anyone have any other info on the Hornby Minitrix brand?
See the following:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_(company) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_(company))
Mmmmmm not the greatest of help that is it? Thanks anyway.
Quote from: fordpop on January 14, 2014, 07:18:39 PM
I have a Sir Nigel Gresley, in LNER blue. It's boxed as Hornby Minitrix. I read somewhere that the early Minitrix products where sold as Hornby, but I cant find the reference I used....... :-\
Does anyone have any other info on the Hornby Minitrix brand?
The history of Trix is incredibly complicated, but yes for a period the UK outline N products were branded "Hornby Minitrix"
Quote from: EtchedPixels on January 14, 2014, 08:35:10 PM
Quote from: fordpop on January 14, 2014, 07:18:39 PM
I have a Sir Nigel Gresley, in LNER blue. It's boxed as Hornby Minitrix. I read somewhere that the early Minitrix products where sold as Hornby, but I cant find the reference I used....... :-\
Does anyone have any other info on the Hornby Minitrix brand?
The history of Trix is incredibly complicated, but yes for a period the UK outline N products were branded "Hornby Minitrix"
Simon Kohler describes his role in the Hornby Minitrix products here.
http://www.hornby.com/uk-en/news/simonsays/its-a-small-world/ (http://www.hornby.com/uk-en/news/simonsays/its-a-small-world/)
It seems Hornby marketed existing British N Gauge Trix models around 1973 and packed in around 1987 for reasons described in Simon's article. The A3s and two of the Class 47s were never marketed by Hornby - even though the Scotsmen were developed as a result of Simon Kohler's collaboration.
Worth a read.