Billings Boat - Bluenose - Scale 1:65 - Ideal for the advanced beginner (B576) The schooner Bluenose has a very special place in the history of navigation and yachting. Built to fish off the Newfoundland coast, the ship soon turned out to be such a fast sailer that she won all the great classical regattas along the USA’s Eastern coast. She was built in Nova Scotia in l921, and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946. A true copy - Bluneose II - was launched in l964. Specifications: Height: 67Length: 76Width: 14Scale: 1/65thLaser cut
COLIN ARCHERRS 1 was built in 1893 for the "Norwegian Society for Shipwreck Salvage" at the Colin Archer shipyard in Rekkevig near Larvik, Norway. RS 1 was later named "Colin Archer" after its designer and builder. RS 1 was built in 1893 for the "Norwegian Society for Shipwreck Salvage" at the Colin Archer shipyard in Rekkevig near Larvik, Norway. RS 1 was later named "Colin Archer" after its designer and builder. The large scale Billing Boats model of the Colin Archer is suitable for remote control installation. Each model kit is equipped with a numbered and signed certificate.Scale 1:15 Length 127cm Beam 33cmHeight: 133cmThe Billing Boats kit of the Colin Archer features: ABS hull, wooden deck, hull and deck fittings in wood, brass and/or plastic, masts and spars in ramin, rigging cord in various sizes, Propshaft, rudder, propeller, pre printed sails. Includes Full size plan sheets and an instruction manual with English Text. Billing Boats Level: Expert
BIlling Boats - Fishing Boat FD 10 Yawl - Scale 1:50 - Ideal for advanced beginners (B701) A typical Danish seiner, with a gross tonnage of 63.43 and built in 1929/1930 at the Nyborg Shipyard in Denmark. The ship was sold to the Faroe Islands in 1930 as the "Sjóstjørnan" TG II. After a period of 20 years with various owners and names, the ship was sold to Iceland in 1950, and was now called "Arnanes". Specifications: Height: 57Length: 70Width: 12Scale: 1/50th Laser cut
Billings Boat US Coast Guard (B100) Choose this level if you have never tried model building before. These models all have a simple construction. But remember: Even the easiest model takes more than one evening to build! This 44-foot Coast Guard is a very seaworthy lifeboat, designed to carry out search and rescue assignments in poor weather and water conditions. With a skilled and experienced crew, this vessel can carry out the most demanding of rescue operations. The vessel is self stabilizing. Built in 1961 at the Coast Guard shipyard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, USA. Specifications: Height: 23.6Length: 36.3Width: 10.7Hull: PlasticScale: 1/40th
Billing Boats - Dana Fishing Boat - Scale 1:60th - Ideal for beginners (B200) The Dana is a typical fishing cutter from North Zealand in Denmark. Around the turn of the century, many boats of this type sailed in along the Danish coast. During the 1920’s many of the cutters were fitted with engines, which enabled an even quicker landing of the catch. Specifications:Height: 34Length: 32Width: 10Hull: PlasticScale: 1/60th
Billings Boat HMS Bounty (B492C) An armed merchant vessel launched in 1787. The mutiny of the Bounty is perhaps the most well-known of all mutinies at sea. Together with loyal crew members, Captain Bligh was set to sea in an open boat about 30 miles from Tofua. Specifications:Height: 65Length: 78Width: 15Scale: 1/50TH Laser cut
Billings Boat Cutty Sark (B564C) A tea clipper launched in 1869. Length 85.34 m, breadth 10, 97 m, draught 6, 4 m and displacement of 2, 133 tons. The most famous of all tea clippers, the Cutty Sark is today preserved for posterity at a dry dock in Greenwich. Built to transport tea from China, she was designed by Hercules Linton, whose ambition it was to outstrip the Termopylae, the fastest ship of the times. Specifications:Height: 67Length: 110Width: 15Scale: 1/75TH Laser cut
Billing Boats - HMS Renown - Scale 1:35 - Ideal for beginners (B604) This ship is a 50-foot steam pinnace from around the middle of the 19th Century. These boats had a small forecastle, a room for the crew, a boiler room and a cabin. Above the crews’ quarters was a conical steel base with a permanent universal ring, on which a 3-lb quick-firing cannon or maxim machine gun could be mounted. Specifications: Height: 14Length: 45Width: 9.5Scale: 1/35thLaser cut
Billings Boat - Norske Love - Scale: 1:20 - Suitable for expert builders (B437C) A three-masted warship launched in 1765. Length 48.93 m, breadth 9.70 m, draught 5.07 m, displacement 1, 076 tons, with a crew of 402. The Norske Løve was originally named after the Norwegian/Danish coat-of-arms, and was renamed the Øresund in 1772. The vessel was used as a guard boat in the Oresund and other coastal waters around Denmark. The ship was deleted from the naval register in 1798. Specifications: Height: 90Length: 101Width: 20Scale: 1/20TH Laser cut