I have so much materials left over from previous kits that I decided to scratch-build a model of an 1880 era Nile side-wheeler steamboat. I was impressed with the one in the epic film Khartoum (1966, Charleton Heston, Lawrence Olivier). In the film this is the steamboat which brings General Gordon (Heston) in 1883 to Khartoum to try and rescue the inhabitants from an insurrection. This boat is later outfitted with guns and makes an attempt to run an escape down the Nile under the guns of the rebels (which was unsuccessful).
There is not too much to go on. I could only take screen shots from the film and there are a few examples from the era of of similar boats. So, I will be building my own version, more or less similar to the one in the film, but at a smaller size.
Stay tuned!
There is not too much to go on. I could only take screen shots from the film and there are a few examples from the era of of similar boats. So, I will be building my own version, more or less similar to the one in the film, but at a smaller size.
Stay tuned!