Fulgurex

Fulgurex is a manufacturer of Brass model of railway rolling stock

History

Fulgurex was created in 1947 as a specialized model train shop located at "2 rue du Midi", Lausanne, 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 HO scale. In 1967, it launched its first model in O scale, followed by I scale in 1970, then N scale in 1983.