Oh no! It's a GIANT paddle steamer! Big, beautiful new piece, must see!

[Smokeyrone]

Its Captain Smokey, climb aboard my vessel for the ride of your life!

A wonderful birthday gift from the local hobby shop owner.

A 1/48 Dumas, with full detailed interior, working lights, and working motor, ESC,, servos and reciever.

Sgt Guiness, I'll be coming up the Nile, loaded up with artillery and troops, and I'm gonna spank your Dervish!

Beautiful...

[DivisMal]

Blimey, Captain! Did you build that thing from scratch?

[fred]

Thats a big one!

Does the mention of servos and receivers mean it can be sailed by radio control?

[marco55]

Beautiful model. 
Mark

[Smokeyrone]

Thats a big one!

Does the mention of servos and receivers mean it can be sailed by radio control?

Yes.   Already ran it for a few seconds (on land, everything works).

It's an old Dumas balsa kit, built by the hobby shop  owner 20+ years ago.  It's pretty dang big, 38" length,

[Smokeyrone]

Alright, gentlemen, besides terrorizing Sgt Guiness Morroco and Sudan games, what else can I do with it?   Big enough, with rooms and hallways, to run a dungeon crawl type game,

[Cubs]

That would be a great setting for a western-type game - perhaps a 'Maverick' style man-hunt, based around a poker tournament, where the player/s need to catch someone or foil a heist (or commit one) on the boat.

[fred]

That would be a great setting for a western-type game - perhaps a 'Maverick' style man-hunt, based around a poker tournament, where the player/s need to catch someone or foil a heist (or commit one) on the boat.

+1 to this - just what I was thinking

[JBaumal]

Holy Crap Smokey!!! That ship is a beauty!!! Word will travel from oasis to oasis and up and down the Nile of the approach of this beautiful behemoth. The Dervish will be shaking in their sandals.

[MaleGriffin]

OMG! That is AMAZING! Wow, just wow!

[Hitman]

What about a pulp era murder mystery similar to Death on the Nile?

[FramFramson]

Good lord what a monster!

Do the decks actually come up so you can access the interior? Not normally a feature of model boat builds like this, so I'm bloody impressed that the builder would take the time to ensure that!

[Smokeyrone]

Good lord what a monster!

Do the decks actually come up so you can access the interior? Not normally a feature of model boat builds like this, so I'm bloody impressed that the builder would take the time to ensure that!

Yup, he did each floor lift off style

[beefcake]

Wow amazing.
What a gift!
Great to hear they can come apart too.

[FifteensAway]

Exquisite model.  But I'd be very (as in VERY) careful putting that in a game.  I hope it is robust but often times such finely detailed models are not so much durable, too easy to break.  I'd be afraid to touch that thing in a game for fear of causing any damage.

One question about the model for a game, though: is it waterline so you can actually 'float' it on a game table?

You are a lucky man.  Must have spent a LOT of money in that shop over the years I'm guessing.