Tour of LGB Factory - Nuremberg

[ge_rik]

I don't recall seeing this video being posted before on here or GSM but my apologies if it has.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm4cklmfnIM

The labour-intensive construction techniques maybe do help to explain the cost (and quality) of LGB products (and maybe why they ran into financial difficulties).

Hope you find it as interesting as I did

Rik

 

[trammayo]

Very interesting video - enjoyed it. Thanks for posting

 

[Gizzy]

Yep I'll second Mick's comments?

Must have been quite a few employees made redundant when LGB Nurnberg closed down....

 

[ntpntpntp]

Yeah, seen that Large Scale Online one before but always worth another look
No harm in re-posting as there are bound to be folk who didn't catch it last time round.

 

[Dtsteam]

Yes I enjoyed it as well, but in a way I didn't know what to make of it. Does anyone know when it was shot ? They were assembling yellow Bernina railcars so I would have thought late nineties onwards, but that's as close as I can guess.

 

[stevedenver]

have to say , not only interesting, but really explains the level of quality and skill
the molds alone, being made in house is indicative of the level of commitment, as most often those are produced outside

very much old world craftsmanship and quality in spirit-an often over used term , but in this case,
from a family business dedicated to the product
i really feel like i have watched what makes german manufacturing so often superb
and, all this in something as basic as toys/models

no wonder the product was top notch-it seems that each and every worker was a QC station unto themselves
watching the pad printing gives me new understanding of just how much time a single side panel for a beer car takes

 

[Philbahn]

Think it was 2005

 

[hornbeam]

Great watch, but agrre you can see why they went. I noticed an LGB lorry for example, lots of stock and didn't look like production was that well layed out. As said lots of man hours per product. However, it did make me sad watching it as all the people in it are out of a job and its a real end of an era. There's no way the quality is what it was.