Billing Boats 1/100 Scale HMS Warrior Model Ship Kit
A revolutionary combination of iron armour, steam power and traditional sail, HMS Warrior transformed warship design when she entered service in 1861. Billing Boats' enormous 1/100 scale wooden kit recreates the preserved Victorian warship with a double-planked hull, brass cannons, etched brass details and full sailing rig, producing an impressive finished model almost 1.5 metres long.
ABOUT THE KIT:
Billing Boats' HMS Warrior is based on the historic iron-hulled warship preserved at Portsmouth. At 1/100 scale, the completed model measures approximately 1470mm long including the bowsprit, 390mm wide and 670mm high, making it one of the largest wooden ship kits in the Billing Boats range.
The model uses plank-on-frame construction with precision laser-cut wooden components and a double-planked hull. Although the original Warrior was iron-hulled, the model employs traditional wooden model ship construction to recreate her distinctive long, powerful profile.
Detailing includes brass cannons, wooden blocks, finely etched brass components and a cast figurehead. The extensive masts, yards, sails and rigging recreate Warrior's unusual combination of Victorian steam warship technology and the full sailing rig still carried by major naval vessels of the period.
Full construction drawings, a mast plan, fittings guide and step-by-step instructions are provided to support the build. Billing Boats rates HMS Warrior as Expert level, making this substantial and highly detailed project best suited to accomplished wooden ship modellers.
FEATURES:
- Impressive 1/100 scale model of HMS Warrior
- Huge finished length of approximately 1470mm including bowsprit
- Traditional plank-on-frame wooden construction
- Double-planked hull
- Precision laser-cut wooden components
- Brass cannons
- Wooden blocks
- Fine etched brass detailing
- Detailed cast figurehead
- Extensive three-masted sailing rig
- Detailed deck fittings and armament
- Full construction drawings included
- Dedicated mast plan included
- Fittings guide included
- Step-by-step assembly instructions
- Based on the preserved HMS Warrior in Portsmouth
- Designed for expert wooden ship modellers
SPECIFICATIONS:
- Scale: 1/100
- Length: 1470mm Including Bowsprit
- Width: Approx. 390mm
- Height: Approx. 670mm
- Hull: Wooden
- Hull Construction: Plank-on-Frame
- Planking: Double
- Difficulty Level: Expert
HISTORY:
HMS Warrior was conceived in response to the launch of the French ironclad La Gloire in 1859. Determined to maintain the Royal Navy's technological superiority, Britain responded with a radically advanced warship combining an iron hull and armour with steam propulsion and a full sailing rig.
Warrior was launched in 1860 and commissioned on 1st August 1861 under Captain Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane. With a displacement of approximately 9,210 tons, she was the largest warship in the world at the time of her commissioning and around 60% larger than La Gloire.
Following sea trials and minor modifications, Warrior entered active service with the Channel Squadron in 1862. She patrolled British coastal waters and undertook voyages to destinations including Lisbon and Gibraltar.
Naval technology was developing at an extraordinary pace, however, and the innovations embodied by Warrior quickly inspired even more advanced designs. By the 1870s her role had been reduced, and she subsequently served in reserve and Coastguard duties.
After her active naval career ended, Warrior survived through a succession of secondary roles. She became part of the Royal Navy's torpedo training establishment as Vernon III in 1904 and was later converted into the floating oil installation Oil Fuel Hulk C77 at Pembroke Dock.
By 1978, Warrior was the sole surviving member of the Royal Navy's Victorian 'Black Battlefleet'. A major restoration project followed, and in 1987 she returned to Portsmouth. Today, HMS Warrior survives as a museum ship, providing a remarkable link to the moment when naval warfare began its transition from the traditional wooden sailing warship to the armoured, steam-powered battleship.
PLEASE NOTE:
Paint, glue and modelling tools are required to complete this kit and are not included.
OPTIONAL EXTRAS. NOT INCLUDED. AVAILABLE SEPARATELY.
Hobbies Rigging Tool Set (RTS) Contains:
- 1 x Amati Loom-A-Line tool.
- 1 x Rigging Tools set.
- 1 x Microsnips.
Model Makers Glue Pack (MMGP) Contains:
- Deluxe Materials Speed Bond 112g
- Deluxe Materials Roket Max Thick Cyano (Super glue)
Hobbies Planking Tool Set (HOB24) Contains:
- Plank Bending Tool with Blade.
- 2 x 50mm Nylon Grip Clamps.
- 2 x 75mm Nylon Grip Clamps.
- Pen Grip Pin Pusher.
- Brass Pins for Pin Pusher (Pack of 100).
