B570 |
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White Star, Motor Cruiser,
A model of a typical American motor boat, used for tuna fishing in Florida
in particular. A motor boat model with plastic hull, especially designed for
model builders interested in an RC model 540mm
ABS Hull |
£64.99 |
B472 |
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Mary Ann 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 drawing Length 550mm Scale1/33rd
Plank on Frame |
£83.12 |
B592 |
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Zwarte Zee
1963 deep sea tug, 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 manoeuvre is necessary, one of the engines can drive forwards,
the other reverse. Speed 18 knots
Length 900 mm
Scale 1/90th
ABS Hull |
£131.00 |
B516 |
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Bankert
Dutch salvage tug, This vessel was built in 1965 at the N.V.
Scheepswerven in Millingen, Holland, and called "Maasbank". In September
1977 it was renamed "Banckert". The Maasbank served for 12 years in the
Western part of Holland. Length 32.75 m, breadth 7,85 m, draught 3,40 m.
The engine yields 1800 HP Scale1/50th Lenght650mm
ABS Hull |
£87.50 |
B474 |
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Cux 87
The Cux 87 is a typical German trawler from the Deutsche Krabbenkutter Werft. This type of boat is often seen in the small harbours along the North German coast, 1/33rd 550mm
Plank on Frame |
£83.99 |
B534 |
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Boulogne Etaples
Trawler. 1/20th 560mm
Plank on Frame |
£109.99 |
B476 |
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Nordkap
1970 N Sea trawler
A typical trawler from the North Sea, built in 1970 at an English shipyard. The model kit is based on the original ship drawings 1/50th 810mm
Plank on Frame |
£131.00 |
B528 |
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Smit Nederland, The Smit Nederland was built in 1979 at the BV Scheepswerft & Machinefebriek "De Merwede" in Hardinzveld, Holland. Length 28.40 m, breadth 8,85 m, draught 3.85 m. The vessel is driven by two "Stork Werkspoor" diesel engines, whose 1000 rpm yield 1800 HP. Top speed is 12 knots; the acting radius is 2,250 miles. A special detail of this ship is the
propellers, which are equipped with reversible blades in jet streams, and two basin rudders which ensure good manoeuvrability
Scale 1/33rd Length 870mm
ABS Hull |
£225.00 |
B478 |
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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 Scale 1/75th scale 900mm
Plank on Frame |
£175.00 |
B586 |
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US Coast Guard
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 selfstabilizing. Built in 1961 at the Coast Guard shipyard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, USA.. 1/20th 730mm
ABS Hull |
£105.00 |
B560 |
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Calypso
Was built in the USA
in 1942 as a minesweeper. She was bought in 1950 by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and after extensive changes and modifications has become a fully equipped ocean research vessel, complete with observation chamber in the stern, oval diving bell, Galaezzi diving chamber, inflatable boat for shallow waters, helicopter and much other submarine equipment. Length 42 m, tonnage 360 tons, speed 12 knots 1/4th scale 940mm
ABS Hull |
£223.99 |
B700 |
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St Canute
1930 Steam
tug. Built in l93l at the Frederikshavn Shipyard in Denmark, St. Canute sailed for many years as a tugboat and icebreaker in the Odense harbour under its original name St. Knud. St. Canute is 28 m long, 7.6 m broad, draws 3.80 m 1/50th 560mm
Plank on Frame |
£87.99 |
B588 |
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African Queen, from the film.This is the ship which gave its name to the movie starring Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. The story takes place during World War I. The African Queen attacks the German warship "Königin Luise"
on Lake Victoria in Africa, after a long and dangerous trip down the
tributaries to the lake. This Boat model has a plastic hull and imitation steam engine.
1 /:12th 740mm
ABS Hull |
£91.99 |
B604 |
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HMS
Renown
Steam Pinnace
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 1/35th 430mm
ABS Hull |
£39.99 |
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Emile Robin
MRB 20 "Emile Robin" was delivered from the North Sea Shipyard in Ringkøbing, Denmark, in 1989. The lifeboat was named after the Parisian merchant Emile Robin, a philanthropist, cognac manufacturer and vice-president of the French charity La Société Centrale de Sauvetage des
Naufragés (Society for the Salvation of Shipwrecks). Emile Robin is one of the most important benefactors in the 150 year history of the Danish Lifeboat Service. MRB 20 "Emile Robin" is permanently stationed at the lifeboat station in Hvide Sande, on the western coast of Denmark.
Length 605mmBeam350mm
Scale1:33
ABS Hull |
£130.00 |
B412 |
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Karoline
Was a Dutch Potato Boat in the winter and a fishing boat in the summer sailing in and around the island of Anholt .The kit consists of an ABS hull with fitting of brass and plastic
Length 1080mm Beam330mm Scale 1:15
ABS Hull |
£199.99 |
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B706 |
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Sir Winston Churchill, 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 'Malcom 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, 1/75, 635mm
Plank on Frame |
£89.99 |
B576 |
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Bluenose , 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 - Blueose II - was launched in l964 1/65th scale 760 x 67mm
Plank on Frame |
£83.99 |
B437 |
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Norske Love, 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 Øresund and other coastal waters around Denmark. The ship was deleted from the naval register in 1798. 1/75th scale 1010 mm
Plank on Frame |
£208.99 |
B802 |
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La Curieuse, The adventurer Captain Raumond Rallier Du Baty and his companions shared the same thirst for the unknown. The Kerguelen Islands beckoned - those cold Antarctic islands, today considered as being unimportant rocks in the ocean, and which only the French know belong to them, were the target for an expedition on La Curieuse at the beginning of the 20th Century. Length 20.75 m, breadth 5.84 m, draught 3,20 m, sail area 217.5 m2 1/40th scale 700mm
Plank on Frame |
£113.99 |
B490 |
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Wasa
1625, A three masted royal ship launched in 1627. Length 70.00 m, breadth 11,50 m, draught 4,80 m, displacement 1,400 tons, sail area 1,150 m2, with a crew of 133 sailors and 300 soldiers. On its maiden voyage in 1628, the Wasa sank in the Stockholm harbour. Using a primitive diving bell, 53 of the ship's 64 cannons were salvaged in 1664. The ship itself was lifted from the sea on 24th April 1961, and the Wasa Museum was opened the following year, 1/75th, 980mm
Plank on Frame |
£175.00 |
B600 |
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Bluenose II 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 l929, and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946. A true copy - Bluneose II - was launched in l964 1/100 52cm
Plank on Frame |
£49.99 |
B492 |
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H.M S Bounty.
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 1/75th scale 780mm
Plank on Frame |
£87.50 |
B601 |
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Will Everard, A 280-ton bark built for F.T. Everard & Sons in Great Yarmouth in 1925 to 1926. The ship is owned today by P & O Containers Ltd. In 1982, Northern Europe's most beautiful captain, according to the press, took command of the ship - 24-year-old Sue Harrison, who had obtained her Master's Certificate in l979 1/67th 580mm
Plank on Frame |
£49.99 |
B518 |
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Oseberg
The Oseberg was found in Norway at Oseberg in Vestfold in 1903, resting on a bed of blue clay and covered with turf and stones. The Oseberg was built in the last half of the 800's and was buried roughly 50 years later. The ship is some 50 to 100 years older than similar vessels which have been found. It lay deep in the water and must have been relatively dangerous under sail 1/25th Length 860mm
Plank on Frame |
£69.99 |
B603 |
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Norden, The Norden is a typical coaster of the kind which was earlier very commonly used along the Western coast of Denmark. This type of boat was originally designed by local boat builders in the villages of Klitmøller and Vorupør around 1930. It represented an improvement of the existing boats and has remained unchanged, except that the ship now is a few feet longer and has a closed wheel house 1/30th 340mm
Plank on Frame |
£39.99 |
B450 |
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Half Moon
Henry Hudson (1565-1611) was an English explorer who received a commission from the Dutch East India Company to find a Northern trading route to China and Japan.In April 1609 he sailed North and East on the ship the "Halve Maen" to try and find a route around the northern shores of Russia in order to reach the Pacific Ocean that way. After several attempts, which always were stopped by the pack-ice, he crossed the Atlantic to try and find a route north of America. On this voyage he sailed up the Hudson River as far as Albany. Later this river valley was settled under the auspices of the Dutch West India Company and became known as the New-Netherlands
Length 670mm x Beam 200mm Scale 1/40th
Plank on Frame |
£105.00 |
B605 |
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St Roche,The St. Roch was built at the Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver in 1928, intended for sailing in Arctic waters. It was the first ship to sail through the North-West Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic. In the summer of 1944 the St. Roch sailed from Halifax to Vancouver, thereby becoming the first ship to complete the journey in both directions 1/72nd470mm
Plank on Frame |
£70.00 |
B532 |
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Zeeschouw
A Dutch yacht from 1914. Length 8 m, breadth 3 m. These vessels were originally designed to meet the need for less expensive fishing boats. As the fishing industry experienced difficult times on the Zuider Zee, the ships in use at the time were too expensive both to purchase and to maintain 1/22, 500 x 180mm
Plank on Frame |
£65.99 |
B701 |
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FD10 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 1/50th 700mm
Plank on Frame |
£65.99 |
B564 |
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Cutty Sark
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 famousof 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 Scale 1/75th Length 1100mm
Plank on Frame |
£157.50 |
B800 |
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Regina, This Danish sloop was one of the most common vessels seen along the Danish coasts throughout the 19th and early part of the 20th Century. The fine little ship sailed betwen the Danish islands with passengers and cargo 1/30th 730mm
Plank on Frame |
£83.99 |
B396 |
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A building slip for models up to 90 cm long.The notched keel support is screwed to the baseplate. Two guide blocks, one permanent and one adjustable to match all sizes, secure the positioning of the keel. A wooden rod ensures that the foundation is stable. The middle piece (square) slides back and forth and is useful in positioning the frames at right angles. |
£29.99 |
B703 |
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Roar Edge, This Viking ship, dating from about 1000 A.D. was found in 1957 in the bay at Roskilde in Denmark. The wreck was salvaged in 1962, and after a thorough preservation it was possible to carry out a reconstruction of the vessel. Today the ship is on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. 1/25th 570mm
Plank on Frame |
£54.99 |
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B801 |
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Mayflower,A three-masted galleon launched in 1615. Length 19.50 m, breadth 7.95 m, draught 3.35 m and a displacement of 180 tons. The first information about the Mayflower dates from 6th September 1620. After a number of difficulties, the vessel sailed from Plymouth in England with 102 men, women and children on board. After 67 days at sea, the Mayflower cast anchor at the port later to be called Provincetown - almost 200 miles further north than planned. Mayflower II was built in l957 in Brixham, Devon and sailed to the USA, where it is now permanently anchored as a gift to the American nation 1/60th scale 650mm
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£87.99 |
