Minitrix Britannia set

No idea - but I find I am drooling!

"mindesign" wrote

Difficult without knowing whether the wooden box was original Minitrix or whether it has been added after purchase of the individual items. There's no such 'set' listed in Ramsey's Guide, but for genuinely unused items I think you could sell the loco for around GBP80.00 and the individual coaches (assuming they are BR Mk1s) for say GBP8.00 each here in the UK.

John.

Although it's in the US it might be worth keeping an eye on the following ebay item.

Makes you wonder who writes thye rubbish in the 'Historical Presentation' Keith

A lot of British models were sold by Model Power in the US as part of special edition sets. I bought one at a show for peanuts, consisting of an Airfix Castle and Centenary coaches. The blurb described it as "The Royal Castles - the train that won the war".

They also did a set with a Royal Scot and LMS coaches, among others.

Model power was a very low end brand that came out of the same factory in China as Airfix and obviously had access to their stuff.

"Christopher A. Lee" wrote

Not wishing to be pedantic, but wasn't Airfix (GMR) a product of Hong Kong rather than China?

John.

I've also seen a similar presentation box with Minitrix LNER A4 4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" and blue/grey BR Mk1 coaches. I don't think these were done for the British market, as they pop up on eBay UK from time to time.

ISTR they normally fetch about =A3100-=A3150.

Adam Warr

Possibubbly.

"Adam" wrote

If that's the case, it would probably be worth splitting the set and selling the components individually.

John.