Trying to identify if this is a vintage Billings kit or a handmade vote of the fishing vessel Mary Ann.

[StephenLouis]

Hello!

I picked this model up today thinking it was a Billings boat build possibly one of the early ones. I'm not so sure anymore and I'm hoping someone here with a lot more experience can tell me if it is the Billings kit and it's just missing a lot of parts, or if someone is done a reasonably good job of copying the kit? I'm going to be upgrading it. All the rigging I will replace, blocks, pulls, cleats ect. I appreciate any opinions and thoughts .

 

[Forester]

Nice model!

 

[MisterCA]

Nautical house you've got there!

 

[Lonja]

I built Billing Boats Mary Ann 1983. This is the only pic I have. The modell was destroyed in an accident.
Regards "Lonja"
georg.fleetwood@gmail.com

 

[StephenLouis]

I probably should have added some dimensions, it is 8 in wide 33 in Long and about 33 in tall.

 

[StephenLouis]

Nautical house you've got there!

I do have a lot of nautical paintings, 1870-1890 albumens, and scratch built ships

 

[Lonja]

Indeed a very nice room!

 

[fourseas]

I do not believe this is a Billings boat. I also built their kit back in the 80's, and none of the fittings on yours resemble what they had back then.

 

[StephenLouis]

I do not believe this is a Billings boat. I also built their kit back in the 80's, and none of the fittings on yours resemble what they had back then.

I think he either had a partial kit, or it's a scratch build based off the Billings.

 

[KlausM]

It is definitely not a Billing Boats model. It looks like a scratch-built model—the kind for which you can find many sets of plans on Pinterest. But it is a fine model, and you can tell that a lot of hours of work have gone into it.