1/56 Stylised River Nile Gunboat Scratch Build

[Captain Darling]

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
https://captaindarlingsminiaturesemporium.blogspot.com/2019/12/1879-royal-navys-newest-armed-river.html

Cheers

[Diablo Jon]

That's a great little project I really like it. For some reason it took me a while to find the guns though...

[flatpack]

Well done with this.
I thought about this for too many years, then blew my money on one of sarissa mdf versions.

[ARKOUDAKI]

I thought about this for too many years, then blew my money on one of sarissa mdf versions.

And how did the Sarissa one work out???

[vodkafan]

And how did the Sarissa one work out???

I broke it it's first game 

[Digits]

 

Oops.  Nice looking boat....I’ve always fancied doing one myself....alas....no river........yet.

[flatpack]

Vodkafan.
I still haven’t repaired it.
I’ll call it “battle damage”.