Fulgurex is a manufacturer of
Brass model
Brass models, made of brass or similar alloys, are scale models typically of railroad equipment, bridges and occasionally, of buildings. Although Diecast toy, die-cast or plastic models have made considerable advances in late 1990s and continue t ...
s of railway rolling stock.
History
Fulgurex was created in 1947 as a specialized
model train shop located in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
,
Switzerland by the bishop
Antonio Giansanti Coluzzi, a tin plate train collector and the official distributor of the VB brand in Switzerland.
In 1962, in collaboration with
Tenshodo, Fulgurex started to produce its own brass models. The first was a
141 R steam engine, reproduced in
H0 scale.
In 1967, it launched its first model in
O scale
O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and rail transport modelling. Introduced by German toy manufacturer Märklin around 1900, by the 1930s three-rail alternating current O gauge was the most common model railroad sca ...
, followed by
1 gauge
1 gauge, gauge 1 or gauge one is a model railway and toy train standard that was popular in the early 20th century, particularly with European manufacturers. Its track measures , making it larger than 0 gauge but slightly smaller than wide gau ...
in 1970, then
N scale
N scale is a popular model railway scale. Depending upon the manufacturer (or country), the scale ranges from 1:148 to 1:160. In all cases, the ''gauge'' (the distance between the rails) is . The term N ''gauge'' refers to the track dimensions, ...
in 1983.
In the 1970s Fulgurex produced 1/12 scale models of the
Mercedes-Benz SSKL and
Bentley 8 Litre
The Bentley 8 Litre was a large inline 6-cylinder super-luxury car made in various configurations by Bentley Motors Limited at Cricklewood, London. Announced 15 September 1930, it was also the last completely new model by Bentley before the c ...
.
A prototype of a
Bugatti Type 59
The Bugatti Type 51 series succeeded the famous Type 35 as Bugatti's premier racing car for the 1930s. Unlike the dominant Type 35s of the prior decade, the Type 51 (and later Type 53, Type 54, and Type 59) were unable to compete with the governm ...
was created but was never put into production because of the high price, which at the time was about US$895 ($ in dollars).
Bugatti Type 59
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References
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External links
Model railroad manufacturers
Model manufacturers of Switzerland
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