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Forum: RC Scale Boating

07-07-2019, 04:40 PM

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African Queen Plans

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Posted By Larasworld

"Models by Design" bought the Kingston Mouldings...

"Models by Design" bought the Kingston Mouldings rights to the 36" 1/10 scale fiberglass African Queen. Also Pussers Grille in Indiannapolis MD has the 4 foot model used in the film rapid scenes.....

Forum: RC Boats General Discussion

07-07-2019, 04:00 PM

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How accurate is Billings African Queen "hull"

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Posted By Larasworld

Randy: Totally agree with everything you said....

Randy: Totally agree with everything you said. Billings stern is also to narrow. I have the Kingston hull, it is beautiful and accurater. Very clean moulding. I too wish it was 1:12 scale.
I'm going...

Forum: RC Scale Boating

02-07-2019, 09:00 PM

Replies: 13

African Queen Plans

Views: 16,723

Posted By Larasworld

The Billings is way out of scale. The Kingston...

The Billings is way out of scale. The Kingston Mouldings has a hull with plans but he is retired so you need to purchase second hand. The original model used for rapid scenes in the film is at...

Forum: RC Scale Boating

12-15-2014, 09:11 PM

Replies: 13

African Queen Plans

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Posted By Larasworld

The boiler at the Holiday Inn, looks nothing like...

The boiler at the Holiday Inn, looks nothing like the one in the movie. It may be the original one that was in the Queen at the time Jim bought it, so the brass plate may be misleading. The boiler in...

Forum: RC Scale Boating

10-28-2014, 06:44 PM

Replies: 13

African Queen Plans

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Posted By Larasworld

Here is a link to a PDF of the Billings African...

Here is a link to a PDF of the Billings African Queen Plans. It is not accurate and shows how to build it as it looks today. The boiler is all wrong. I would build it with electric motor with a...

Forum: RC Boats General Discussion

10-28-2014, 03:31 PM

Replies: 3

african queen

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Posted By Larasworld

Find a copy of the following magizine on ebay or...

Find a copy of the following magizine on ebay or amazon or perhaps track down the pulisher who still owns the rights for a cd-rom for a copy.

Scale Ship Modeler October 1986 Vol. 9 No. 7 .

SSM ...

Forum: RC Scale Boating

10-28-2014, 02:41 PM

Replies: 13

African Queen Plans

Views: 16,723

Posted By Larasworld

Kingston Mouldings of England makes a large hull...

Kingston Mouldings of England makes a large hull of the African Queen. See my photos for details of the boat and boiler as seen in the movie. The Original Queen has been restores and has tours im...

Forum: RC Scale Boating

01-27-2014, 01:35 PM

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African Queen trivia questian

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Posted By Larasworld

Billings Boats makes a 1:12 kit abt 29" x 8...

Billings Boats makes a 1:12 kit abt 29" x 8 1/2", but most of it needs to be disquarded or reworked. Kingston Mouldings makes an accurate fiberglass hull 1:10th scale abt 36" x 10 1/2"

Forum: RC Boats General Discussion

01-26-2014, 08:09 AM

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How accurate is Billings African Queen "hull"

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Posted By Larasworld

Hi Randy, check out Kingston Mouldings for a 36"...

Hi Randy, check out Kingston Mouldings for a 36" hull. The owner seems to have researched the african queen more then the peole from Billings. The Billings kit is based on how the boat appears after...

Forum: RC Scale Boating

01-26-2014, 06:45 AM

Replies: 13

African Queen Plans

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Posted By Larasworld

African Queen: There was an articale of a...

African Queen: There was an articale of a scratchbuilt model of the Africa Queen in th October issue of Scale Ship Modeler magazine 1986. It can be found online at times an if you can track down the...

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