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Beginner's Model Boat Kits
  • BIL0100 U.S. Coast Guard w/PS hull AU$ 72.00
    Prototype Information 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. This vessel is selfstabilising. Built in 1961 at the Coast Guard shipyard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, USA.
    Skill Level - Beginner.
    Scale - 1:40. Height 23.6cm, Length 36.3cm Beam 10.7cm.
  • BIL0101 R.N.L.I. Waveny Lifeboat w/PS hull AU$ 72.00
    Prototype Information 10 boats of this type - 44 foot vessels - were sent to England from the USA. After minor reconstruction work to maske the boats more suitable for English conditions, the vessels have since served various locations along the English coast, operated under the auspices of the R.N.L.I. (Royal Naval Lifeboat Institution). Skill Level - Beginner.
    Scale - 1:40. Height 23.6cm, Length 36.3cm, Beam 10.7cm
  • BIL0200 Dana Fising Boat AU$ 72.00 w/PS hull
    Prototype Information The Dana is a typical fishing cutter from North Zealand in Denmark. Around the turn of the century, many boats of this type sailed along the Danish coast. During the 1920's, many of the cutters were fitted with engines, which enabled an even quicker landing of the catch.
    Skill Level - Beginner.
    Scale - 1:50. Height 34cm, Length 39cm, Beam 10cm.
  • BIL0201 Rainbow Cutter AU$ 72.00 w/PS hull
    Prototype Information This shrimp cutter is a typical cutter from the 1960's used for catching shrimp off the German, Dutch and Danish coasts. The equipment on board includes the necessary shrimp sieves and cookers for immediate preparation of the catch.
    Skill Level - Beginner.
    Scale - 1:60. Height 24cm, Length 28cm, Beam 9cm.
  • Model Boat Kits in Wood
  • BIL0432 Gothenburg "Galleon" AU$ 270.00
    Prototype Information Gotheborg is a replica of a vessel owned by the Swedish East India Company, formed in 1731 in Gothenburg. The Swedish East India Comapany was trading tea, porcelain and silk in China. On the homeward voyage from China, one of the Company's ships founded 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 Ostindia Companiat) was formed in 1993 in order to recreate a copy of the foundered vessel. The Gotheborg 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, in 2003
    Skill Level - Experienced Modeller. Model Specs: Scale - 1:100. Height 51cm, Length 58cm, Beam 22.5cm
  • BIL0437 Norske Love "Galleon" AU$ 449.00
    Prototype Information
  • BIL0450 Half Moon "Galleon" AU$ 255.00
    Prototype InformationHenry 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 "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. Latewr this river valley was settled under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company and became known as the New-Netherlands.
    Skill Level - Experienced Modeller.
    Model Specs: Scale - 1:40. Height 63cm, Length 67cm Beam 20cm
  • BIL0472 Fishing Boat "Mary Ann" AU$ 220.00
    Prototype Information 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 is based on the original ships drawings.
    Scale - 1:33. Height 43cm, Length 55cm, Beam 16cm.
  • BIL0474 Fishing Boat "CUX 87 (Crabcutter)" AU$ 220.00
    Prototype Information 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.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner
    Scale - 1:33. Height 43cm, Length 55cm Beam 16cm
  • BIL0476 Fishing Trawler "Nordcap (R/C kit)" AU$ 335.00
    Prototype Information A typical trawler from the North Sea, built in 1970 at an English shipyard. The model kit is based on the original ship drawings.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner
    Scale - 1:50. Height 43cm, Length 81cm, Beam 19cm
    Radio Control System Set for Nordkap no. BB04761000
  • BIL0478 Smit Rotterdam "Tug (R/C kit)" AU$ 410.00
    Prototype Information 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.
    Skill Level - Expert
    Scale - 1:50. Height 50cm, Length 90cm, Beam 20cm.
    Radio Control System Set for Smit Rotterdam no. BB04781000
  • BIL0490 Wasa "Galleon" AU$ 420.00
    Prototype Information 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.
    Skill Level - Expert Scale - 1:75. Height 79cm, Length 98cm, Beam 19cm
  • BIL0492 HMS Bounty "Galleon" AU$ 275.00
    Prototype Information 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.
    Skill Level - Experienced
    Scale - 1:50. Height 65cm, Length 78cm, Beam 15cm
  • BIL0520 SLO-Mo-Shun-IV (R/C kit) AU$ 255.00
    Prototype Information When three men met in early 1949 at a Seattle sailboat shop, none of them could have foreseen the peculiar and far-reaching consequences of their joint venture to build a better race boat. Slo-mo-shun IV was indeed better than any previous race boat. But she was more than that: Slo-mo IV touched the hearts of thousands who cheered her on and changed forever the way generations of Seattleites feel about the first week in August. Slo-mo-Shun IV transformed the lives of those most closely associated with her, nearly destroying some of them. She evoked thrills and anger and, ultimately, she prompted tears and inspired poetry.
    Skill Level - Experienced
    Scale - 1:12. Height 21.5cm, Length 75cm, Beam 31cm
    Radio Control System Set for Slo-Mo-Shun IV no. BB05201000
  • BIL0522 Monterey "Lobster Boat" (R/C kit) AU$ 225.00
    Prototype Information Even though this boat is known as a "Monterey", the design of this craft originated in San Francisco Bay, Calif.(90 miles from Monterey). This boat was built at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco and was given the nickname "Monterey" The immigrant Italian or Sicilian craftsmen in San Francisco Bay, patterned the "Monterey" after the Mediterranean Lateen Sail Felucca, with modifications to accept a petrol engine. These boats were "built to eye", no plans were used, the craftsmen simply started with a general double ended design, with an ample beam, clipper bow, and built the remainder by eye. So, "all Montereys are alike, but no two are the same". This 1928 version owned by Angelo Ghio, has all the characteristics of a true "Monterey" as he chose the style of house, stem curvature, etc. that he preferred.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner - Suitable for Radio Control.
    Scale - 1:20. Height 39cm, Length 56cm Beam 20cm.
  • BIL0524 Evelyn Rose "English Fishing Cutter" (R/C kit) AU$ 336.00
    Prototype Information No details available yet, though model appears similar to Artesania Latina's Hellen.
  • BIL0534 Fishing Boat "Boulogne Etaples" (R/C kit) AU$ 275.00
    Prototype Information This original design can be seen in many ports along the French Channel. The boats are so-called stern trawlers, in which the net in using a tricing line in the rear of the boat. The hull is of steel, the length is 11m.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner. Suitable for Radio Control (not included).
    Scale - 1:20. Model Specs: Height 39cm, Length 56cm, Beam 20cm
  • BIL0564 Cutty Sark AU$ 399.00
    Prototype Information 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 famous of 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 Thermopylae, the fastest ship of the times.
    Skill Level - Expert
    Scale - 1:75. Height 67cm, Length 110cm, Beam 15cm.
  • BIL0576 Bluenose AU$ 215.00
    Prototype Information The schooner Bluenose has a very special place in the history of navigation and yachting. Built to fish off the Newfoundland coats, 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 1929 and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946. A true copy - BluenoseII - was launched in 1964.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner.
    Scale - 1:65. Height 67cm, Length 76cm, Beam 14cm.
    Prototype Information
  • BIL0578 Lilla Dan AU$ 255.00
    Prototype Information Lilla Dan was built in 1951 at the well-known shipyard in Svendborg, Denmark, by J. Ring Andersen, and constructed mainly of oak and beach. Lilla Dan is owned by the shipping company Lauritzen in Copenhagen and does duty today both as a training ship and for chartered tours.
    Skill Level - Experienced
    Scale 1:50. Height 49cm, Length 68cm, Beam 12cm
  • BIL0580 Fishing Boat "Marie Jeanne" AU$ 150.00
    Prototype Information Built as the 19th Century was drawing to a close, this is a "dundee" of 50-60 tons and equipped many sails, making necessary a ballast of 20-25 tons and a 12-man crew. Tuna fishuing requires robust, seaworthy and relatively fast-sailing vessels.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner.
    Scale - 1:50. Model Specs: Height 50cm, Length 57cm, Beam 13cm.
  • BIL0582 Dragen incl Brass Keel (R/C kit) AU$ 195.00
    Prototype InformationThe 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.
    Skill Level - Experienced
    Scale 1:12. Height 100cm, Length 75cm, Beam 18cm
    Radio Control System Set for Dragen no. BB07001000
  • BIL0600 Bluenose II Series 600 AU$ 125.00
    Prototype Information The schooner Bluenose has a very special place in the history of navigation and yachting. Built to fish off the Newfoundland coats, 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 1929 and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946. A true copy - BluenoseII - was launched in 1964.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner
    Scale - 1:100. Height 43cm, Length 52cm, Beam 8.5cm.
  • BIL0601 Will Everard Series 600 AU$ 135.00
    Prototype Information A 280-tonne bark built for F.T.Everard & Sons of Great Yarmouth in 1925 to 1928. The ship is owned today by P & O Containers Ltd. In 1982, Northern Europe's most beautiful captain, (according to the press) 24-year-old Sue Harrison, who had obtained her Master's Certificate in 1979, took command of the ship.
    Skill Level - Beginner
    Scale - 1:67. Height 49cm, Length 58cm, Beam 12cm.
  • BIL0603 Fishing Boat "Norden" Series 600 AU$ 115.00
    Prototype Information 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 ship builders in the villages of Klitmoller and Vorupor 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.
    Skill Level - Beginner
    Scale - 1:30. Height 28cm Length 34.5cm Beam 11.5cm
  • BIL0604 HMS Renown Series 600 AU$ 115.00
    Prototype Information This ship is a 50-foot steam pinnacle from around the middle of the 19th Century. These ships had a small forecastle, a room for the crew, a boiler room and cabn. Above the crew's 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.
    Skill Level - Beginner
    Scale - 1:35. Height 14cm, Length 45cm, Beam 9.5cm.
  • BIL0605 St Roch Series 600 AU$ 160.00
    Prototype Information 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 Halifax to Vancouver, thereby becoming the first ship to complete the journey in both directions.
    Skill Level - Beginner
    Scale - 1:72. Height 32.5cm, Length 47cm, Beam 11cm.
  • BIL0606 Colin Archer "Rescue Boat" Series 600 AU$ 135.00 Prototype Information RS 1 was built in 1893 for the "Norwejian Society for Shipwreck Salvage" at the Cilon Archer shipyard in Rekkevig near Lavik, Norway. RS 1 was later named "Colin Archer" after its designer and builder. The Billing Boats model of Colin Archer is suitable for radio Control installation. Each model is equipped with a numbered and signed certificate. This kit is suitable for radio control.
    Skill Level - Beginner
    Scale - 1:40. Height 50cm, Length 47.5cm Beam 12.5cm
  • BIL0608 Andrea Gail "The Perfect Storm" Series 600 AU$ 160.00
    Prototype Information The Andrea Gail, an un-inspected commercial fishing vessel departed Gloucester Harbour, Massachustts, September 20, 1991 with six crew members on board. The crew intended to take a fishing trip for swordfish in the area of the Grand Banks off 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 utilising US and Canadian facilities from Capr Cod, MA. However, the search did not locate the vessel or any of the crewmembers. The vessel and crewmembers remain missing and are presumed to be 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 moveie).
    Skill Level - Beginner
    Scale - 1:50. Height 2.5cm, Length 36cm, Beam 10.5cm.
  • BIL0609 America Series 600 AU$ 130.00
    Prototype Information 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". 1951 - 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 Bristish ships and is awarded the Hundred Guinea Cup. On August25, Queen Victoria herself visits the ship. America returns home and presents the New York Yacht Club with it's prize, which is renamed the "America's Cup".
    Skill Level - Beginner
    Scale - 1:72. Height 45cm, Length 56cm, Beam 10cm.
  • BIL0700 St Canute AU$ 220.00
    Prototype Information Built in 1931 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. Canute is 28m long and 7.6m broad, draws 3.8m. Today owned by Swedish interests, whose intention it is to restore the ship for future towing of coal barges between Stocka in Halsingland and Stockholm. The vessel is today known as the "Stockvik".
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner. Suitable for Radio Control (Radio Control not included).
    Model Specs: Scale 1:50. Height 42cm, Length 56cm, Beam 15.5cm.
  • BIL0701 Fishing Boat "FD 10 Yawl" AU$ 165.00
    Prototype Information A typical Danish seiner, with a gross tonnage of 63.34 and built in 1929/30 at the Nyborg Shipyard in Denmark. The ship was sold to the Faroe Islands in 1930 as the "Sjostijornan" TGII. After a perod of 20 years with various owners and names, the ship was sold to Iceland in 1950, and was now called "Arnanes".
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner.
    Model Specs: Scale 1:50. Height 57, Length 70, Beam 12.
  • BIL0703 Roar Ege "Viking Ship" AU$ 125.00
    Prototype Information 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 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.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner. BR> Model Specs: Scale 1:25. Height 39cm, Length 57cm, Beam 13.8cm.
  • BIL0706 Sir Winston Churchill AU$ 245.00
    Prototype Information Three Masted 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 Chambe & Nicholsen Ltd. The "Sir Winston Churchill" is also equipped with a 240hp help-engine and has a total sail area of 817 sqm. The main crew consists of 11 men, of these 8 are officers, and they carry up to 44 ship-boys.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner.
    Model Specs: Scale - 1:75. Height 51.5cm Length 63.5cm, Beam 11cm.
  • BIL0710 Phantom "Runabout Boat" (R/C kit) AU$ 180.00
    Prototype InformationA Classic American runabout from the mid-1920s. This type of boat was mainly used as racing boats, but in some cases also as tenders, for those who had a larger yacht. Racing boats from that time was built in beautiful classic materials such as teak and mahogany. If you had a 100-150 hp engine back then, you had one of the most powerful engines. The model is based on a fast 34 foot tender.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner. Suitable for Radio Control (Radio Control equip not uncluded)
    Model Specs: Scale - 1:15. Height 15cm, Length 69cm, Beam 15cm.
  • BIL0710 Oseberg "Viking Ship" Combo Pack AU$ 185.00
    Prototype InformationThe 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.
    Skill Level - Experienced
    Scale - 1:25. Height 45cm, 86cm, 21cm.
  • BIL0801 Mayflower "Galleon" AU$ 180.00
    Prototype InformationA 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.
    Skill Level - Experienced
    Scale - 1:60. Height 52cm, Length 65cm, Beam 13.5cm
  • BIL0600D Bluenose II/ DVD Series 600 AU$ 135.00
    Prototype InformationThe 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 1929, and shipwrecked near Haiti in 1946. A true copy - Bluneose II - was launched in 1964.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner
    Scale - 1:100. Height 43cm, Length 52cm, Beam 8.5cm.
  • Model Boat Kits with ABS Hull
  • BIL0414 Colin Archer "Rescue Boat" kit AU$ 570.00
    Prototype Information RS 1 was built in 1893 for the "Norwejian Society for Shipwreck Salvage" at the Cilon Archer shipyard in Rekkevig near Lavik, Norway. RS 1 was later named "Colin Archer" after its designer and builder. The Billing Boats model of Colin Archer is suitable for radio Control installation. Each model is equipped with a numbered and signed certificate. This kit is suitable for radio control.
    Scale - 1:15. Height 133cm, Length 127cm Beam 33cm
  • BIL0414100 Colin Archer R/C Set (not incl in kit) AU$ TBA Both kits for AU$ TBA>

  • BIL0430 Emile Robin "Rescue Boat" kit AU$ 275.00
    Prototype Information MRB 20 "Emile Robin" was delivered from the North Sea Sahipyard in Ringkoebing, Denmark, in 1989. The lifeboat was named after the Parisian merchant Emile Robin, a philanthropist, cognac manufcaturer and vice-president of the French charity La Societe Central Sauvetage des Naufrages (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 "Emile Robin" is permanently stationed at the lifeboat station in Hvide Sande, on the western coast of Denmark. This kit is suitable for radio control.
    Skill Level - Experienced modeller. Suitable for Radio Control (see BIL0430100 below)
    Model Specs: Scale - 1:33. Height 35cm, Length 60.5cm, Beam 19cm
  • BIL0430100 Emile Robin R/C and running gear set (not incl in kit) AU$ 375.00 Full package price - AU$ 625.00
  • BIL0500 Absalon "Modern War Boat" R/C kit AU$ 650.00
    Prototype Information A modern command and support warship designed by Naval Material Command with builder Odende Staalsibsvaerft in Linde, this 6300 tonne ship represents a multi purpose type capable of both humanitarian operations as a hospital ship as well as offensive/defensive activities. Capable of carrying 2 large helicopters (EH-101) and 2 LCP class Landing craft, the Absalon has RORO capability aft.
    Scale - 1:75. Height 50cm, Length 90cm, Beam 20cm.
  • BIL05000100 Absalom R/C and accessory set (not incl in kit) AU$ TBA Full package price - AU$ TBA.00
  • BIL0502 Vanadis Schooner kit AU$ TBA
    Prototype InformationIn the mid-1860's a Swedish distilling company placed a contract with the Stockholm dockyard of Soedra Varvet for the construction of a fast, elegant sailing schooner. In 1868 the 29 m long Vanadis was launched, rigged as a Newfoundland schooner. During her colourful career the vessel's high speed was in demand, and at times she operated as a smuggling boat and as a customs vessel. She now serves as a charter vessel for extended sailing cruises, and has taken part with great success in international regattas.
    Skill Level - Expert Scale - 1:20. Height 130cm, Length 158cm, Beam 30cm.
  • BIL0504 Icebreaker "Elbjorn" kit AU$ TBA
    Prototype Information No details available yet.
  • BIL0516 Bankert "Tug" kit AU$ 275.00
    Prototype InformationThis 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.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner
    Scale - 1:50. Height 42cm, Length 65cm, Beam 16cm
    Radio Control System Set for Banckert no. BB05161000
  • BIL0526 Andrea Gail "The Perfect Storm" kit AU$ 350.00
    Prototype Information 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.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner.
    Scale - 1:30. Height 55cm, Length 72cm, Beam 21cm
  • BIL0528 Smit Nederland "Tug" kit AU$ 495.00
    Prototype Information 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 propellors, which are equipped with reversible blades in jet streams, and two basin rudders which ensure good manoeuvrability.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner. Scale - 1:33. Height 52cm, Leangth 87cm, Beam 27cm
    Radio Control System Set for Smit Nederland no. BB05281000
  • BIL0560 Calypso Kit AU$ 495.00
    Prototype InformationThe 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.
    Skill Level - Expert.
    Scale - 1:45. Height 33cm, Length 94cm, Beam 17cm.
    Radio Control System Set for Calypso no. BB05601000
  • BIL0570 White Star kit AU$ 159.00
    Prototype Information A model of a typical American motor boat, used for tuna fishing in Florida in particular. A motor boat madel with plastic hull, especially designed for model builder interested in an R/C model.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner. Suitable for Radio Control (not included).
    Scale (not specified - though appears around 1:20). Model Specs: Height 30cm, Length 54cm, Beam 16cm.
  • BIL0586 U.S. Coast Guard AU$ 280.00
    Prototype Information This 44-foot Coast Guard is 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 self-stabilising. Built in 1961 at the Coast Guard shipyard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, USA.
  • BIL0588 African Queen kit AU$ 255.00
    Prototype Information This is the ship which gave its name to the movie starring Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. The story takes place during World War One. The African Queen attacks the German warship "Konigin Luise" on Lake Victoria in Africa, after a long and dangerous trip down the tributaries to the lake. The Billing Boats model has a plastic hull and imitation steam engine.
    Skill Level - Advanced Beginner. Suitable for Radio Control (not incl in kit)
    Model specs: Scale - 1:12. Height 43cm, Length 74cm, Beam 21cm.
  • BIL0592 Zwarte Zee "Tug" Kit AU$ 335.00
    Prototype Information 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.
    Skill Level - Experienced
    Scale - 1:90. Height 37cm, Leangth 90cm, Beam 15.5cm
    Radio Control System Set for Zwarte Zee no. BB05921000
  • BIL8002 M/S Kong Harold Kit AU$ TBA Prototype Information No information available as yet.
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