From the movie 'Unstoppable'. Wrong scale I know, but still cool ! I'd like the F units in AMROAD from 'Silverstreak'.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KATO-AC4400-Dash-9-HO-custom-painted-as-AWVR-777-AWVR-767-from-Unstoppable-/221250182192?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item338389dc30 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KATO-AC4400-Dash-9-HO-custom-painted-as-AWVR-777-AWVR-767-from-Unstoppable-/221250182192?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item338389dc30)
I've often wondered if anybody has ever modeled the train from Little House on the Prairie?
I've never found any on Google
Michael
I have seen a model of "Titfield Thunderbolt" in N Gauge, on a quite well-known layout whose name escapes me ???
I think it was by a/the Chester Model railway club.
Cheers Jon :)
I noticed the "Missile Train" in the Bond movie Goldeneye, looks suspiciously like a Class 20. Betting that would be a fairly easy one to mod :)
Quote from: 4x2 on July 06, 2013, 01:00:12 PM
From the movie 'Unstoppable'. Wrong scale I know, but still cool ! I'd like the F units in AMROAD from 'Silverstreak'.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KATO-AC4400-Dash-9-HO-custom-painted-as-AWVR-777-AWVR-767-from-Unstoppable-/221250182192?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item338389dc30 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KATO-AC4400-Dash-9-HO-custom-painted-as-AWVR-777-AWVR-767-from-Unstoppable-/221250182192?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item338389dc30)
Nice but damn expensive.
Haven't seen a Bond film since "Goldfinger", but is this what you mean?
James Bond Goldeneye Model Train (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyn_LEr3b08#ws)
Cheers
Jon :)
Nice ! :thumbsup:
I think it's about time somebody did a UK based 'Runaway' disaster movie - it might need a wee bit of baulking out to hide the relatively short distances. It would be easy to create a fictional rail company to avoid any embarrassment, and it may be a good idea to ask a few modellers for tech advice as we rarely miss a trick ! :-X
Great video, as a big Bond fan it was most enjoyable. At the James Bond exhibition
in Glasgow a few years ago the actual locomotive prop was on display, not sure what
scale but it was about the length of of a golf club. ( I pride myself on precision)
Plenty of scope for modelling train scenes from the movies
Von Ryan's Express FS
The Great Escape DB
The Runaway Train ?
The Lady Vanishes DB
Once upon a time in the West Santa Fe ?
North by Northwest Penn Central
North West Frontier Indian State Railways under the Raj
In the final part of " The Day of the Jackal" , Edward Fox boards a diesel hauled train for Paris
where he will shoot De Gaulle . When the train arrives in Paris it is electric hauled.
That's the magic of the movies.
In the Sherlock Holmes B&W film "Terror by Night" Holmes and Watson travel on an overnight
train from London to Glasgow. As the train crosses the border into Scotland it passes under mountain peaks
of Alpine proportions.
Quote from: Zwilnik on July 06, 2013, 01:35:59 PM
I noticed the "Missile Train" in the Bond movie Goldeneye, looks suspiciously like a Class 20. Betting that would be a fairly easy one to mod :)
Useless movie trivia for you but the Goldeneye missile train was in actual fact a class 20 with fake fiberglass 'add ons' on to its shell to make it look mean and Soviet.
re Soviet trains , there was a tale a while back about the USSR building a fleet
of steam locos so that their railways could operate after a nuclear attack.
Not sure if this was true or a load of tosh like red mercury.
Must check Woodland Scenics for N gauge nuclear mushrooms.
For those who want to do a winter layout with a kettle there is always Polar Express. Could be a challenge doing the bits at the north pole.
Quote from: 4x2 on July 06, 2013, 01:00:12 PM
From the movie 'Unstoppable'. Wrong scale I know, but still cool ! I'd like the F units in AMROAD from 'Silverstreak'.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KATO-AC4400-Dash-9-HO-custom-painted-as-AWVR-777-AWVR-767-from-Unstoppable-/221250182192?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item338389dc30 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KATO-AC4400-Dash-9-HO-custom-painted-as-AWVR-777-AWVR-767-from-Unstoppable-/221250182192?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item338389dc30)
This is not the first time this has been up for sale, I caught it a few months ago at a similar price so they must be having difficulty shifting it.
cheers John.
Anyone remember the old B & W horror film "Night of the Demon"?
Quote from: Michael Shillabeer on July 06, 2013, 01:13:19 PM
I've often wondered if anybody has ever modeled the train from Little House on the Prairie?
I've never found any on Google
Michael
Having traversed the M62 motorway many times I can't recall any railway tracks :confused2:
:laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost:
I think that may go over a few peoples heads
dave :thumbsup:
Night of the Demon, one of the best British SciFi /horror films
of the B&W era, early 60s? Dana Andrews + many British character
actors. Try modelling the final scene !
1) Goldeneye train
See this:
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=9731.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=9731.0)
2) both the USSR And E germany maintained mothballed steam engines for post WW3usage
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g181/railwaygun/N%20GAuge%20forum/Nscalemodels057.jpg)
Night of the Demon:
Night of the Demon....1957 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaElzJjy_xU#)
The wonders of the internet!
Cheers
Jon :)
Came across this a while back so might be of interest if someone is thinking of doing film scenarios. It's HO but some info.
http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26895 (http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26895)
With regard to the M62 thing, is that an anti Yorkshire joke? I'm from the south but me ma's from Leeds!
Cheers weave
Quote from: weave on July 07, 2013, 10:25:12 AM
With regard to the M62 thing, is that an anti Yorkshire joke? I'm from the south but me ma's from Leeds!
Cheers weave
Guess I'd better explain it. Over the tops between Manchester and Leeds there is a small farm sat in between the 2 carriageways with a tunnel under the M62 which allows the owner access/egress. Sally Traffic on BBC Radio 2 has long referred to it as the "Little House on the Prairie"
For anyone interested, BBC4 tonight 8pm
"Railways in Fiction and Film"
Quote from: Oldman on July 06, 2013, 02:56:18 PM
For those who want to do a winter layout with a kettle there is always Polar Express. Could be a challenge doing the bits at the north pole.
Its actually quite easy to do the Polar Express as the loco swas based on a Van Sweringen Berkshire. Lifelike brought one out in N a few years ago and I was lucky enough to get one of these beauties
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7950272296_732ce3844a.jpg)
All you would need then is to re-label some old heavyweight coaches and you'd be good
Graham