Billing Boats BB512 1/100 HMS Warrior
Billing Boats BB512 1/100 HMS Warrior
NOTE: This is a build kit and must be assembled. Additional tools, equipment and materials required.
KIT CONTENTS
- Laser-cut wooden parts
- Deck planking and wood for upper structures
- Metal and plastic fittings and finishing parts
- Cloth sail and rigging
- Instruction manual
REQUIRED TO COMPLETE (SOLD SEPARATELY)
- Tools: Hobby knife, sandpaper, files, brushes, etc.
- Adhesives: PVA wood glue, balsa cement, CA cement
- BB397 Building slip (optional)
- Paints: See list below
Recommended Billing Acrylic Paints
BCA001 White
BCA006 Hull Red
BCA013 Trainer Yellow
BCA015 Silver
BCA017 Clear Poly
BCA020 Satin Brown
BCA022 Flat Black
BCA036 Mahogany
DESCRIPTION
Warrior was designed and built in response to an aggressive French shipbuilding programme which saw the introduction of the first iron-clad warship La Gloire designed by the brilliant naval architect Stanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de Lome. Determined to see off this challenge to the supremacy of the Royal Navy the then First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir John Somerset Pakington, determined to build a ship so superior in terms of quality, speed, size, armament and armour that it would be inconceivable to France that she could take Britain on in a sea battle. When commissioned by Captain the Hon. Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane, on August 1st 1861, Warrior was the largest warship in the world, at 9,210 tons displacement she was fully 60% larger than La Gloire. The ship underwent minor modifications after a sea trial. In June 1862, she started active service in the Channel Squadron, patrolling coastal waters and sailing to Lisbon and Gibraltar. Having introduced a revolution in naval architecture, by 1864 Warrior was superseded by faster designs, with bigger guns and thicker armour.
Building instructions are in: English, French, German, Danish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Specifications
Scale: 1/100
Skill Level: 4 (The Expert)
Recommended Age: 14+
Assembled Dimensions
Height: 67cm
Length: 147cm
Width: 39cm