billing boats

Hello everyone, As I said in my introduction, I recently bought a "Norske Løve" model for 25€, I do not know if it was built from a kit or bought it already assembled. The model is in really bad state, as you will see on the pictures. The rigging is totally to rebuilt, the mizzen is broken...

I’ve been at the Connie for a couple of months as a noob. Finally got to the rigging. Ugh! I had to wait a month to start the model because I didn’t realize I needed a build slip. I will begin by showing how I started. The model is 1:100 scale and is produced by Billing Boats. Pictures will be...

I am prepping for a new build of the Billing Boats Esmeralda. Now in the instructions they recommend you use their Build Slip #397. Now I just so happened to have one tucked away, still in the box. Have had the thing for some time. Any how, into the closet digging to find what I know I have...

I only recently discovered SOS and so wasn't entering a build log as I went for the last few months of a build of the Swedish Vasa from the Billing Boat kit. My name is Peter, and I live in the snow country of south-east Australia. About 12 months ago, following a cruise in the Baltic Sea my...

When I took up the model builder's hobby a couple of years ago, I bought this set on offer from a Norwegian dealer. I quickly realized that it was a set to paint, simple plank under whales and double over. So I decided to copy the parts of the hull itself and make 3 copies to learn the planking...

HMS Renown Billing Boats kit #604 (Build 2013) In the mid 1800's, the Royal Navy began to equip its larger men-of-war with so-called steam barges or steam pinnaces. After experiments with a number of different types, 30, 40, 50 and 56 ft boats became most widely used. By the end of the century...

Hello at all, I think it`s unsual to write a review about a kit nearly two years after opening the box - I try my very best! Photo by manufacturer Manufacturer: Billing Boats, Scale 1/75 Type of ship: 3 masted warship, launched in 1765, deleted from the naval register in 1798 Measurements...

Hello, I would like to show my current build, the Norske Love by billing boats. Unfortunately there are no pictures taken from the beginning, so I only can show some pics taken in last six months. I leave them without a comment, just to show, how far the build is. The next steps of the rigging...

Welcome to my build log for the St. Roch. I am working from the Billing Boats kit (#605) in 1:72 scale. Designed and built for Arctic service and launched on May 7th of 1928 the St. Roch at 104 feet in length and with a beam of 27 feet was a strong vessel constructed with Douglass fir planking...

Time to take myself back to my first plank on bulkhead boat I managed to get this one for a steal of a price part started but only the keel and since then I have added the bulkheads and ready for deck planking.

Hi guys, this is my first build log on SOS. I am a novice builder, so far I have finished the AL Mare Nostrum and are busy with the AL Mayflower(basically done with the hull and fittings, rigging looming ahead) I have decided to put the Mayflower on hold and build this model first, to teach...

Need help rigging Norden cutter <t>Hello I am a first-time Builder my name is Mike and I need help rigging the Norden cutter. The plans and not the best to read</t>

I am going to start my build shortly. The first thing I need to build is the slipway. I will post as many pictures as possible.

Since the level of detail a person may add and the availability and amount of research a person may chose to perform will vary with each modeler, the times I show are related to the actual work performed on the vessel. Each person’s ability to read and interpret plans can vary a great detail...