"1/56 Stylised River Nile Gunboat Scratch Build" Topic

Building a stylised gunboat is a project I have been considering for quite a while so I checked out some period pictures and what others had created and barrelled ahead…
The result is the Shastah (pronounced shaz-tar), it's Britain's newest addition to her mighty Eastern Mediterranean Fleet. This River Nile gunboat boasted a shallow draft allowing it the flexibility to sail on virtually any waterway and it featured a wide hull making it a very stable gun platform. It was armed with a single aft mounted cannon, two rapid fire ‘machine' guns and two dozen modern rifles were aboard in the armoury. The steam driven single screw drive ensured it was the fastest and most manoeuvrable vessel available to the British in Egypt.

A picture of Her Most Imperious Majesty's Navy's newest River Nile gunboat, the Shastah with the crew posed 'ready for action' in June 1869.

Completed parts ready for final painting and assembly.

The completed and manned Nile River gunboat.

For more completed and WIP pictures check out the Blog Post
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Cheers

Very nice. I'm sure it will strike terror in the hearts of the natives!

Looks a lot like the old Wargames Foundry river boat many of us used back in the day. Here are a couple I built about 20 years ago:

from a recent Col Campbell's Shipyard post: link

Thanks for bringing them back into my active memory.

Jim

Good looking ship.

Nise work.

Capt. well done sir! I like how you repurposed the various "Bits Box" parts and made them into something cool.

Might we see this gunboat tangle with a suitable Rusky foe on another continent?!?!?!

Cheers,
JB

Col, I thoroughly enjoyed reading u you our Green Nike campaign years ago. Yes, great memories indeed.

Dude… you are amazing! Sweet model!!

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Sgt G, yeah if I get myself motivated to make a Russian vessel that's a distinct possibility 😊!