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Billing Boats 1:12 Scale African Queen - Plastic hull

$ 131.99

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Brand: Billing Boats
  • MPN: 01-00-0588
  • Condition: New
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    Despite its modest size and appearance, the African Queen is one of the vessels which has become most vividly engraved on the minds of many people throughout the world. The African Queen achieved its frame as one of the main characters in a film of the same name. The movie also featured Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, who in the filmed version of C.S. Forrester's work, play a British missionary and an alcoholic engineer living in Tanzania during World War 1. While sailing on one of the many jungle rivers, the couple becomes involved in a number of emotional incidents ending, of course, in romance. As the movie closes, the couple - totally exhausted and in a perilous storm - are driven into Lake Victoria, where the African Queen hits the German Warship 'Königin Luise', causing it to explode and sink. The ship used for the on-location shooting in Uganda was built in about 1910. After a stormy life, the boat was brought to Florida, where its present owner, Mr. Jim Hendrich, uses the renovated ship as a pleasure craft.
    Kit Specifications:
    Hull - ABS Plastic
    Laser Cut Parts
    Scale - 1/12
    Length - 13" inch
    Width - 8.27" inch
    Height - 16.93" inch
    Can be set up for RC - (Note: RC Parts are not included)
    Kit Includes:
    English instructions
    ABS plastic hull
    Non-working steam engine
    All fittings needed to complete the kit.
    All measurements inside the booklet are in Metric