Royal Mail is issuing a set of 12 stamps to celebrate the world of Hornby Model Railways. Frank Hornby, the inventor of Meccano, produced his first clockwork Hornby Series trains in 1920, followed in ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Model train, car and plane maker Hornby posted lower-than-expected annual profits, knocking its shares, but hopes Formula 1 stars Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton will help drive ...

British model railway brand Hornby moved to Kent in the 1950s and now also owns Airfix, Humbrol, Scalextric and Corgi from its base in Thanet. The leading toy company has been around since 1901, and ...

LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Model train maker Hornby sped to the rescue of Airfix model planes on Friday, buying the brand from its stricken owner in a 2.6 million pound ($5 million) deal that unites ...