Re: TRIX OO Scale products?


"MartinS" wrote

Perhaps the real pity is that Hornby didn't go for HO!

Hornby have never led, they've always followed others and they were
certainly not the first in the field with British OO, a privilege which I
believe would belong to the German firm of Bing.

John.


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