Goldeneye Russian armoured train

CJ007Goldeneye · December 2010

Anyone know what this train actually was or is? Is it still around somewhere? And has there ever been a model of it, always wanted it with my goldeneye setup!..

minigeff · December 2010

yeah there was a model, it hit a model tank in a model tunnel and it was all modellately distwoid!

never seen one available commercialy cj (parp) but it wouldnt be hard to scratch build.

CJ007Goldeneye · December 2010

I was kinda hoping the james bond car collection might do it!

cris_19010689 · December 2010

A friend of mine used to work on the nene valley railway (where they filmed it and the octopussy sequences) and from what i remember, they used models mixed with real size mock ups. Apparently they bolted this "snowplough" type thing onto the front of your average sprinter train, then altered the exterior of it to make it look "more mean".

it might pay you to get in touch with NVR, as they may have more info

Thunderbird 2 · December 2010

I asked my Father about this one, he is not a Bond fan, but has an encyclopedic knowledge of railways and locomotive systems from around the world.

From memory, he believes the engine depicted may have been a mocked up, or borrowed type 20 diesel? The chances are such an engine was hired, then returned to its owners by Eon after filming was completed. He noted even a decommissioned engine could have worked if a second, operable engine was pushing the train behind the carriages.

My Dad stressed that all this is speculative. - Asking the Type 20 Society might provide some answers? - I did a little search online, which confirms his theory...

On Wiki -

"In the 1995 James Bond film Goldeneye, British Rail Class 20 No. D8188 was used as the locomotive of an escape train, with the addition of armour plating to give the impression of a Russian armoured locomotive. In addition, the distinctive engine noise was overdubbed with the sounds of an EMD 16-567.[citation needed]"

The I found this: (Scroll down for the Goldeneye reference)

- http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=Bachmann-Class-20

Which finally, led to this!

http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/engines/20188_index.htm

So, to answer your question, to get a model of the Goldeneye train, you may have to replicate the mock elements on a type 20 model in the correct scale.

MANDY1 · December 2010

Nice research there Andy -{

darththorpe · December 2010

i think your going to have to do some converting on model trains dude, as i have never seen a model of this nor in a kit, there are Russian armoured trains, but nothing like the goldeneye one

ics · December 2010

Thunderbird 2 wrote:

I asked my Father about this one, he is not a Bond fan, but has an encyclopedic knowledge of railways and locomotive systems from around the world.

From memory, he believes the engine depicted may have been a mocked up, or borrowed type 20 diesel? The chances are such an engine was hired, then returned to its owners by Eon after filming was completed. He noted even a decommissioned engine could have worked if a second, operable engine was pushing the train behind the carriages.

My Dad stressed that all this is speculative. - Asking the Type 20 Society might provide some answers? - I did a little search online, which confirms his theory...

On Wiki -

"In the 1995 James Bond film Goldeneye, British Rail Class 20 No. D8188 was used as the locomotive of an escape train, with the addition of armour plating to give the impression of a Russian armoured locomotive. In addition, the distinctive engine noise was overdubbed with the sounds of an EMD 16-567.[citation needed]"

The I found this: (Scroll down for the Goldeneye reference)

- http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=Bachmann-Class-20

Which finally, led to this!

http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/engines/20188_index.htm

So, to answer your question, to get a model of the Goldeneye train, you may have to replicate the mock elements on a type 20 model in the correct scale.

Nice research… thanks for posting

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CJ007Goldeneye · December 2010

Thanks all your advice chaps, much appreciated. Cheers andy for all that info!

Thunderbird 2 · December 2010

CJ007Goldeneye wrote:

Thanks all your advice chaps, much appreciated. Cheers andy for all that info!

Cheers fellas! CJ007 - Your welcome, - I'll pass your Thanks on to my Dad too, he set me off on the right track. :007)

Roxyguy · February 2013

Here ya go:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyn_LEr3b08

texas007 · February 2013

very nice VDO

NeverSayDie · February 2013

That was awesome!!!!!!
You could have you used the tank from the Bond car collection although I'm not sure it's the correct scale compared to the train.
Great video!

Bond Collectors' Weekends · February 2013

Is the shapeways.com "black detail" model the same as the lovely lead car in the Youtube video? Thanks.

Voituer · February 2013

NeverSayDie wrote:

That was awesome!!!!!!
You could have you used the tank from the Bond car collection although I'm not sure it's the correct scale compared to the train.
Great video!

I'm guessing EON are kicking themselves they did not think to use a caravan

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Roxyguy · February 2013

Hi Guys,

The model in the video is the standard white flexible material from shapeways - about half the cost of the black. I painted it myself, it could probably dow with some weathering to look more authentic. . I a big model railway buff but always loved the train in goldeneye. Surprised Hornby didn't think of this before I did. The fact they've done harry potter and toy story sets, I was shocked they didn't do a Bond set for the 50th Anniversary - so this was my little tribute. . glad ye like it.

Gadget Meister · February 2013

00 model railway guage, Hornby etc equates to 1/76 scale. So that's the JBCC at 1/43 way too big and even the T55 at 1/50 is too big. However you can get a 1/72 Robinson 22 from Pavla which you would just about get away with, you would obviously need to modify a carriage with a sliding roof, although watching it again I think that carriage maybe a foreground miniature with a real R22 in the background. I could be wrong but it's so hard to tell FMs from the real thing and EON, or more correctly Derek Meddings, was a master at it.

For anyone wanting to tackle this with the weathering the actual large scale model is on display at Beualieu, wish I'd taken more photos of it now.

Goldeneye Russian armoured train

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