Billing Boats 1:75 HMS Victory Model Kit

Brand:
Billing Boats

Code:
AAB498

Scale:
1:75

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The model is a beautiful double-planked plank-on-frame lasercut woodenship, with brass canons, wooden blocks and a beautiful bronze cast figurehead. The model is a complete replica of the actual ship that lies in dry-docks in Portsmouth. This Model is the largest kit on the market produced of the HMS Victory.


The Real Ship


 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.

EAN (Barcode) 5708694004984
Brand Billing Boats
Minimum Age No
Recommended Age 16+
Scale 1:75
Length 134cm from stern to bowsprit
Height 89cm
Rating

Unbelievable by damon (Posted on 28/12/2010)

The standard of this model is unbelievable as the price depicts but just lifting the lid off for the first time one could see the respect given to this one of our countries most important historical crafts further saluting probably England's most famous Naval figures, so the money is well spent.

 
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