You can download the WIP model from here:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6707367

Feedback welcome.

Robert

Looks superb with lots of great detail.   The fact that it is split level will also help with painting as well.

You are a gent.

Phil

Here is the next iteration. Length is the same but she is 50% wider and taller:

Robert

The revised model has been printed. The proportions are great. Will paint it up, while working on getting the files into Thingiverse.

Robert

This will be an impressive model - the deck planking definitely brings it to life.

Phil

Early original photographs suggest that planking was visible on the various cabins. Later these were covered with sheet metal. Another example shows a metal guard rail around the edge of the hull, plus protective armour plating around the steam boiler. I will add these as options.

The heights between decks can be increased further. This will allow the guns to be pimped up, more in keeping with Baccus figure sizes for example. Onwards and upwards...

Robert

Here is the taller version:

Robert

Here is a screenshot of a variant, with armour plates and a bulwark. The upper deck cabin has a wooden exterior:

The STL files will be uploaded to Thingiverse.

Robert

Another variant of the bridge with a hatch and ladder:

Robert

You're right, the Sultan class were indeed twin-screw—lesson learned to read threads more carefully before diving in with my enthusiasm for the Sudan campaign! Still, your project caught my eye since it was the only Nile gunboat model I could find at the time. The Melik model is beautiful, but being a larger class than the Tamai at about 14cm long, it doesn't leave much room on my 8-foot table, especially if I want a good balance of land forces. The smaller Tamai at 9cm is ideal for my needs; in fact, I scratch-built some Sultans and Tamais to that same footprint to balance historical accuracy with the desire for a few gunboats at either end when I refought Omdurman. I agree with Phil—it's great of you to make these available, and I'd be more than happy to contribute, as there is certainly a shortage of models from this period.

https://www.medipakiet.pl/blog/witamina-e-rola-w-organizmie-i-zrodla/