
Ultimately, these consolidations failed and operations ceased in 2004. Market pressures from superior Far Eastern produce in the mid-1990s led to Lima merging with Rivarossi, Arnold, and Jouef. Lima partnered with various distributors and manufacturers, selling under brands such as A.H.M., Model Power, and Minitrain. Lima also produced a small range of 0 gauge models. Lima was a popular, affordable brand of 00 gauge and N gauge model railway material in the UK, more detailed H0 and N gauge models in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States as well as South Africa, Scandinavia and Australia. The company was headquartered in Vicenza for almost 50 years, from the early 1950s until the company ceased trading in 2004. (Lima Models) is an Italian brand and former manufacturing company of model railways. JSTOR ( January 2007) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ĭompany defunct rights to brand acquired by Hornby.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
