{"product_id":"xxcrcc-1-12-african-queen","title":"xxcRCC: 1\/12 African Queen","description":"BI 01-00-0588 Billing Boats 1\/12 African Queen (Advanced Beginner)                                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eDespite 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eThe African Queen achieved its fame 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eWhile sailing on one of the many jungle rivers, the couple become involved in a number of emotional incidents ending, of course, in romance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eAs 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eLength 74.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eHeight 43.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eBeam 21.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-align: justify; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eFor required Paints and Instructions go to:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.billingboats.com\/da\/28\/2\/boats\/advanced-beginner\/P-bb588-african-queen.html\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.billingboats.com\/da\/28\/2\/boats\/advanced-beginner\/P-bb588-african-queen.html\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wooden Ships \u0026amp; Fittings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43645234184383,"sku":"BIL 01-00-0588","price":421.59,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/BIL01_00_0588.jpg?v=1725082324","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/xxcrcc-1-12-african-queen","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}