Billing Model Boats Kits Radio Control and Static

Billings are one of the oldest and best known model boat companies in the World.
the quality of the kit dose very a little depending on kit but as a rule these kits are good.
And to give them credit they are re-kitting most of there models in an ongoing product enhancement program.
All kits have English instructions and plans along with brass and plastic fitting. There range varies between static and radio control models with hulls been made of the plank on frame type {I.E Wooden} to the ABS moulded .

Beginners Range

Andrea Gail Pt 608

The Andrea Gail, an un-inspected commercial fishing vessel departed Gloucester Harbour, Massachusetts, September 20, 1991 with six crewmembers on board.
The crew intended to make a fishing trip for swordfish in the area of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada.
The vessel began its return voyage to Gloucester, MA.
On October 26-27, 1991. On October 30, 1991, the vessel was reported overdue by the owner, Mr. Robert Brown. An extensive air and sea search was conducted utilizing U.S. and Canadian Cape Cod MA. However, the search did not locate the vessel or any of the crewmembers.
The vessel and six crewmembers remain missing and are presumed lost at sea in a major storm, referred to as the “Perfect Storm” by a meteorologist and made famous by Sebastian Junger’s book (the book was later turned into a Hollywood movie).
The sword fishermen were Captain William “Billy” Tyne, Robert “Bobby” Shatford of Gloucester, Dale Murphy and Michael “Bugsy” Moran of Bradenton Beach FL., David “Sully” Sullivan and Alfred Pierre of New York City.
Kit description
Made as a static Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck and superstructure with plastic and metal fittings .
Kit Details:
Scale 1:60 Length 36.cm Beam 10.5.cm Height 36.cm

£89.99

Advanced Beginner

Mary Ann 45-ton cutter Pt 472

Mary Ann is the model which Billing Boats started with in 1958. The ship is a typical 45-ton cutter commonly seen in the harbour at Esbjerg, Denmark; often more than 600 cutters of this type can be seen at a time. The model kit is based on the original ship drawings.The Mary Ann is the model which Billing Boats started with in 1958. The ship is a typical 45-ton cutter commonly seen in the harbour at Esbjerg, Denmark; often more than 600 cutters of this type can be seen at a time. The model kit is based on the original ship drawings.

Kit description
Made as a static
Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck and superstructure with plastic and metal fittings .

Kit Details:
Scale 1:33 Length 55.cm Beam 16.cm Height 43.cm

£121.99

America America's cup PT609

1850 - On the urging of the New York Yacht Club to build a fast sailing boat, George Steers creates plans for the AmericA. The low black schooner is designed using the reversal of the "cod-head-and-mackerel-tail style."
1851 - Answering a challenge from the Royal Yacht Squadron, the schooner AmericA enters the Hundred Guinea Cup race, a 53-mile race around the Isle of Wight. It easily defeats the 14 British ships and is awarded the Hundred Guinea Cup. On August 25, Queen Victoria herself visits the ship. AmericA returns home and presents the New York Yacht Club with its prize, which is renamed America's Cup.
1863 - For the next 12 years, the AmericA had a number of owners on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1863, the schooner returns to Newport, Rhode Island to serve as a training ship for the United States Naval Academy.
1870 - The AmericA races in the America's Cup where it finishes fourth of 15 entries.
1901 - The AmericA sails in her 51st, and last race. For the next 15 years she will lay under cover in Boston.
1921 - After years of different owners, the AmericA is once again returned to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where she is poorly maintained.
1940 - The AmericA, already decaying, is left to rot in a shed in the Annapolis Yacht Yard during World War II. President Roosevelt pressures Congress to appropriate $100,000 to turn the AmericA into the National Naval Museum. Unfortunately, the war takes priority. In 1942, under heavy snow, the roof of the shed collapses and the heavily rotted wood gives way. What wood was salvageable is used to make a model of the ship, which is at the Naval Academy museum.
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Kit description
Made as a Static
Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck and superstructure with plastic and metal fittings .

Kit Details:
Scale 1:72 Length 56.cm Beam 10.cm Height 45.cm

£72.90

Sir Winston Churchill Topsail Schooner PT 706

Three Mastet Topsail Schooner 'SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'
The Schooner was built in 1965 at the Richard Dunston Ltd., Shipyard in Hessle, Yorkshire, GB, for the "Sail Training Association" in Bosham.
The constructors of this ship were Chamber & Nicholsen Ltd. The 'Sir Winston Churchill' is also equipped with a 240 HP help-engine and has a total sail area of 817 sqm.
The main-crew consists of 11 men, of these are 8 officers, and they can carry up to 44 ship-boys. In October 1967 a sister ship, the 'Malcolm Miller' was taken into service, and was immediately in the media as its crew-members consisted of women. One of these ships can almost be found at every Windjammer Parade.
Kit description Made as a Static Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck and superstructure with plastic and metal fittings .

Kit description
Made as a Static Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck and superstructure with plastic and metal fittings .

Kit Details:
Scale 1:75 Length 57.cm Beam 11.cm Height 51.5.cm

£138.00

Experienced Builder

HMS Victory Pt BB498 Limerted Edition

HMS Victory was launched in 1765 at Chatham Dockyard and was commissioned in 1778.

She continued in active service for the next 34 years which included her most famous moment “the Battle of Trafalgar” in 1805. In 1812 the Victory was retired from frontline duty and anchored in Portsmouth Harbour, on the south coast of England. For the next 110 years the Victory remained at her moorings in Portsmouth Harbour fulfilling a combination of practical and ceremonial roles.
In 1922, amid fears for her continued survival, the Victory was moved into Portsmouth’s Royal Naval Dockyard and placed in No2 Dry Dock.
Her Majesty’s Ship Victory is the only surviving naval warship that represents the skill of naval dockyard shipwrights, ship designers and the industrial ability of Britain during the mid 18th century.

Kit Discription :
Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck with plastic and metal fittings .

This level is for those who have tried to build a model ship before, . These models also have a full construction of the plank on frame type and will provide a ’challenges’ on the way!

Double Planked do-it-yourself Lasercut Wooden Boatkit
Scale 1:75 - Length 134 cm (52.75 inches)
Parts in wood and brass
Full step by step instruction and plans

£299.00

Zwarte Zee Pt 592

This level is for those who have tried to build a model ship before, or perhaps one of plastic. These models also have a simple construction, though you will meet a number of ’challenges’ on the way!The Zwarte Zee was built in 1963 at J. & K. Smit’s Scheepswerven N.V. in Kinderdijk, Holland.
Length 77.50 m, breadth 12.35 m, draught 6.90 m and gross tonnage 1,539 tons. Driven by two Smit-M.A.N. turbo diesel engines yielding 9,000 HP.
These machines drive a single propeller shaft through Vulcan fluid clutches and reduction gears. When a fast manoeuver is necessary, one of the engines can drive forwards, the other reverse. Speed 18 knots.

Kit description
Made for Radio ControlA.B.S hull , wooden deck and superstructure with plastic and metal fittings .

Kit Details:
Scale 1:33 Length 90.cm Beam 15.5.cm Height 37.cm

£197.00

Andrea Gail Pt 526

Andrea Gail
Was an un-inspected commercial fishing vessel departed Gloucester Harbour, Massachusetts, September 20, 1991 with six crewmembers on board.
The crew intended to make a fishing trip for swordfish in the area of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada. The vessel began its return voyage to Gloucester, MA. on October 26-27, 1991. On October 30, 1991, the vessel was reported overdue by the owner, Mr. Robert Brown.
An extensive air and sea search was conducted utilizing U.S. and Canadian Cape Cod MA.
However, the search did not locate the vessel or any of the crewmembers. The vessel and six crewmembers remain missing and are presumed lost at sea in a major storm, referred to as the “Perfect Storm” by a meteorologist and made famous by Sebastian Junger’s book (the book was later turned into a Hollywood movie). The sword fishermen were Captain William “Billy” Tyne, Robert “Bobby” Shatford of Gloucester, Dale Murphy and Michael “Bugsy” Moran of Bradenton Beach FL., David “Sully” Sullivan and Alfred Pierre of New York City.

Kit description
Made for Radio Control A.B.S hull , wooden deck and superstructure with plastic and metal fittings .

Kit Details:
Scale 1:30 Length 72.cm Beam 22.cm Height 55.cm

£200.00

Götheborg Pt 432

Götheborg
Is a replica of a vessel, owned by The Swedish East India Company, formed in 1731 in Gothenburg.
The Swedish East India Company was trading tea, porcelain and silk in China.On the homeward voyage from China one of the Company’s ships foundered in 1745.
When almost in home-port, the ship ran aground on a well-known underwater rock. It rapidly took on water and sank.The SOIC (Svenska Ostindiska Companiet) was formed in 1993 in order to recreate a copy of the foundered vessel.
The Götheborg was built with the main dimensions, alignments, hull and rigging in conformity with a Swedish East Indiaman of the 18th century.The launching took place on June 6th, the Swedish National Day, year 2003. The maiden voyage is expected to depart from Gothenburg in 2005 and will take about two years.
Kit description
Made as a Static Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck with plastic and metal fittings .

Specifications: Height - 51Cm Length - 58Cm Width - 22.5Cm Laser Cut Parts Not suitable for RC

£156.32

Dragon Pt 582

This level is for those who have tried to build a model ship before, or perhaps one of plastic. These models also have a simple construction, though you will meet a number of ’challenges’ on the way!The first Dragen was built in 1929 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The sailing characteristics of the vessel were so fine that the boat soon was used throughout the world, and especially in Europe. As time passed, the Dragen was changed gradually, so that today only the hull is original. In 1948 the Dragen became an Olympic yachting class, and all measurements have been standardized by the International Sailsport Union.Kit description
Made as a Static Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck with plastic and metal fittings .

Specifications: * Height - 100 * Length - 75 * Width - 18 * Laser Cut Parts

Not suitable for RC /Though with modifications can be made to be Rc

£115.00

Smit Rotterdam Pt 478

Smit Rotterdam was built in 1975 for Smit International BV in Holland, and was at the time of its completion the largest and most powerful tugboat in the world - with a tonnage of 2,273 tons, a length of 75 m, a 22,000 HP engine and a top speed of 16.5 knots. The ship is built with bulb stern and stern nozzle; inboard equipment includes the most modern gear for navigation, steering and radio communication.

Kit description: Made as a Rc Plank on Frame hull , wooden deck with plastic and metal fittings .

Specifications:* Scale 1/75 * Height - 50 * Length - 90 * Width - 20 * Laser Cut Parts

£266.99

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