The African Queen full hull version

[blake7]

I hinted around about designing a boat on my "4x4 off road add on" thread. Well this is the boat! I know
Oliver Bizer is also designing an African Queen, but going by the parts he post his version looks like it will be a water line version. I have talked to him to see if he would be mad. He said he isn't mad, and I sent him pictures of what I done so far. He liked it a lot! I used MS Paint, and Gimp to design. I really like the wood textures in Gimp. Below is a picture of a wooden version that I based my design on.

 

[blake7]

First thing I made was a stand for the boat. I glued it to a sprite box.

 

[blake7]

I had to redesign the hull twice before it was right. I made a middle spline with sprite box to make it stronger.

 

[blake7]

Then started building the deck.

 

[blake7]

The little box attached to the deck is for the mast. Next supports for the deck.

 

[blake7]

One of the support goes against the back before putting the deck on. Then finish gluing the rest of the hull.

 

[blake7]

I found out that I needed a support for the open triangle space in the front of the boat, but I forgot to take a picture. Next the board that goes around the inside top. Next the top deck glued to a sprite box. The mast is in the picture too.

 

[blake7]

Rear seat, and thin wood trim.

 

[blake7]

Now for 20 small parts that go under the board that is around the inside top, and the 4 boards that go round the inside edge of the top deck.

 

[blake7]

The thread, ring on mast, flag, and flag tie at the bottom of the mast.

 

[blake7]

Last pictures for now. I got caught up in the build and forgot to take pictures. SORRY.

 

[blake7]

The steam engine is the only thing left to do. My printer is very low on ink, and some of the parts for the engine is pale. I started building the engine on a rejected hull to see what needs modified.

 

[zathros]

Nice job on your "African Queen". I have a link to man pictures of the original ship being restored. It had a little bit more of a wetted surface, being a full displacement boat, but yours looks great.!! The engine will make all the difference. It was a small steam engine with a large boiler and stack. You only needed enough to keep the proper turning at max revolutions. The pics in the gallery below should help you finish her off accurately. The engine will be most interesting to see.

The sheep had a steel hull. It would have never lasted as long if it was wooden.

http://africanqueenflkeys.com/restoration-gallery.html

 

[blake7]

Thanks for the reference pictures zathros, but mine is based on the wooden model you can buy if your willing to spend $150-$200. The engine will look close to this one.

 

[Revell-Fan]

This looks awesome! Thank you very much for posting this. I'm sure there will be many fans building this.

 

[blake7]

Thanks Revell Fan!

 

[blake7]

My model is 9inch long, 2inch at back, 2 and 1/2 inch at widest, and 2inch high not including mast or canopy. I read the real one was 28 or 30ft long, which make mine 1/37 or 1/40 scale.

 

[Revell-Fan]

If you can, you may enlarge it by 6 % to make it 1/35 scale.

 

[blake7]

I made it to fit a letter size paper. Can''t upload a picture?

 

[Revell-Fan]

Try dragging the image into the posting window and drop it there.