Billing Boats HMS Victory B498 Model Ship Kit

Billing Boats HMS Victory 1:75 scale model ship kit BB498 

HMS Victory was launched in 1765 at Chatham Dockyard and was commissioned in 1778. She continued in active service for the next 34 years which included her most famous moment “the Battle of Trafalgar” in 1805. In 1812 the Victory was retired from frontline duty and anchored in Portsmouth Harbour, on the south coast of England. For the next 110 years the Victory remained at her moorings in Portsmouth Harbour fulfilling a combination of practical and ceremonial roles. In 1922, amid fears for her continued survival, the Victory was moved into Portsmouth’s Royal Naval Dockyard and placed in No2 Dry Dock. Her Majesty’s Ship Victory is the only surviving naval warship that represents the skill of naval dockyard shipwrights, ship designers and the industrial ability of Britain during the mid 18th century.

Double Plank on Frame Construction 
Scale: 1:75
Length: 134cm 
Height: 89cm 

The Model:
The model is a beautiful double-planked "“plank-on-frame" lasercut woodenship, with brass cannons, wooden blocks and a beautiful bronze cast figurehead. The model is a complete replica of the actual ship that lies in dry-dock at Portsmouth. The Model is one of the largest kits on the market produced of the HMS Victory, in Scale 1:75, Length 134 cm from stern to bowsprit, and with a height of 89 cm.

Billing Boats Level: Experienced