Hornby Minitrix LNER A4

[fordpop]

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?

[Oldun]

See the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trix_(company)

[fordpop]

Mmmmmm not the greatest of help that is it? Thanks anyway.

[EtchedPixels]

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"

[Jfheath]

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/

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.