Cutty Sark 1:75

Billing Boats

In the early 50s Danish architect and former wartime RAF pilot Ejnar Billing exhibited a self-made model of a fishing boat in the window hobby store belonging to his wife. After the photo of the model appeared in a magazine, Mr. Billing overwhelmed in order to position dozens of pieces of the same model. Because it was not in his power so much to handle, it occurred to him that the boat will offer a kit - the first mass-produced kit with wooden frames with the keel, ribs and planking hull design mimicking the most real ship. This method of construction is quickly befriended by Mr billing models and began to conquer the world. In 1958, then founded the company bearing the family name still Billing Boats. Over the years, the design perfected and upgraded models in the '60s introduced the use of plastic moldings hulls, then embarked on CNC machines at the turn of the 80s and 90s in Billing Boats started to benefit from laser cutting parts. Today the company manages the third generation billing and floating RC models and mock-leafing table still represents the ultimate in marine modeling.

We are pleased to offer a series of kits Billing Boats from which you can build sophisticated exquisite detail leafing models and create a stylish complement your interior with salty smell of the sea and the call of faraway places ...

Cutty Sark 1:75

280 feet long Cutty Sark with a displacement of 963 tons was one of the last tea Klipper - fast sailing ships, which the intermediary trade with the Far East and Australia. The ship was built by the shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland, the water was launched on November 23, 1869. It is the only Klipper, which is preserved to this day - now you can admire in London, in a dry dock on the bank of the Thames, near the hill on which stands Greenwich Observatory . < / I>

Cutty Sark initially until 1877 served to transport tea from China and then imported wool from Australia. After 1895, after 20 years he sailed under the Portuguese flag. It represents supreme mastery of classical shipbuilding, remembers the time when the seas met noble sailboats, as well as wheezing and foul-smoking steamships: Fast liners eventually took over the transportation of tea due Glance through the newly opened Suez Canal, in which Klipper could, and eventually pushed seas sails out almost completely. Cutty Sark is intended for experienced boat builders; It is designed as a non-floating table mockup.

Cutty Sark has a hull of a classic wooden structure made of laser-carved parts of the hull planking and a wooden deck. Kit includes all wooden, plastic and metal parts needed to complete the model, dummy accessories etc.