This is a scratch built Nile paddle-wheeler "Abbas" that modelled after the boat in the epic film Khartoum. The Abbas was originally a Thomas Cook & Son ship that organized excursions along the Nile for rich Europeans. It was taken over by the British as part of General Gordon's attempt to rescue the European and Egyptian residents of Khartoum during the War Along The Nile. There is little information on the original ship, so I had to rely on fuzzy screen shots from the film and period photos of similar boats of the era. My model, made mainly from leftover parts and pieces of other projects is a smaller, shorter version of the film version. It is 23" in length, 14" high and 5.5 inches wide.
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