"Gunboats on the Nile" Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Sep 2012 7:05 p.m. PST |
Good boats here. The British ones
And the dervishes ones
From
wfhgs.com/gunboat.html# Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
 Legion 4 | 09 Sep 2012 8:42 p.m. PST |
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| Rrobbyrobot | 10 Sep 2012 5:00 a.m. PST |
Interesting. The boat with part of the engine extended out on to the fore deck was really different. |
| War In 15MM | 10 Sep 2012 5:50 a.m. PST |
Wonderful job! These boats make me feel the need to add some detail work to the ones I made 15 years ago. As a lover of 15s and the Sudan, it is great to see this outstanding work in that scale. I am really impressed. Thanks for posting Richard |
 aegiscg47 | 10 Sep 2012 6:22 a.m. PST |
Rrobbyrobot, I got the idea from looking at lithographs of river steamers that I found. It was surprising how many of them actually had the boiler/engine exposed at the front of the vessel. The Abbas(there's a link to it at the bottom of that web page) was built entirely from looking at clips from the movie Khartoum. The other vessels are just guesses since there are only a few drawings of Nile gunboats in existence. Several of the expeditions had around 30 steamers involved so that gives a great deal of latitude in designing things! |
| Rrobbyrobot | 10 Sep 2012 7:54 a.m. PST |
aegiscg47,
That's some really good work. From a boat building for civilian use point of view the exposed boiler forward makes good sense. I'm sure it helps some with cabin space. From a military standpoint it causes a problem as a forward deck gun is a no go. But as the early 'gunboats' in the area were converted river steamers one would be left with little choice. The Hafir is an excellent example. I'm impressed.
I'm also impressed with your use of spools for boilers. When I build my own stern wheeler I will shamelessly copy you. I hope you don't mind. My Wife is going to be amused, I hope, as she's going to be my spool source. |
| aegiscg47 | 10 Sep 2012 7:58 a.m. PST |
Rrobby, Michaels and Hobby Lobby are where I pretty much got all of my parts. The paddle wheel covers are cardboard jewelry/gift boxes cut in half that were about two bucks each. The boats aren't hard to make, but it does involve setting aside some time and patience. |
| Rrobbyrobot | 10 Sep 2012 8:27 a.m. PST |
aegiscg47,
Thanks again. I've had some thoughts about how to go about making paddle wheels. Looks like you're my new gunboat guru.
As I'm disabled I have time. We'll just see about the patience.;)
Thanks again,
Robby |
| Tango01 | 10 Sep 2012 9:29 a.m. PST |
Incredible good job aegiscg47!.
Congratulations!. Amicalement
Armand |
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