billing boats

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...