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Old 01-19-2007 | 09:32 AM
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Default Wilesco African Queen

Its here


Here are som pictures of the wilesco African Queen.
It looks very nice, and the quality of parts is great. Its also packed very well. But unfortunatly, the boiler/engine plate has broken loose, and cracked the nice wooden hull on both sides. If I was a collector, I would be verry unhappy about this and send it back, but since my plan was to modify, and re-paint it all, I does not matter much. Its easily fixed with some glue, and a little fiberglass mat on the inside for extra strength. Im going to build a floor in the boat anyway which will hide the inside repairs.

Otherwise, it looks great
I also bought a few extra Esbit tablets, and some steam oil.
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