Lot 189: A Billing Boats Nordsøkutter Partially Built Model Ship Kit and a Collection of Maritime Ephemera

A Billing Boats of Denmark model ship kit representing a Nordsøkutter or North Sea Cutter. The lot includes a partially constructed wooden hull with a white painted exterior and a wooden deck. The kit is accompanied by its original pictorial boxes, including a dedicated box for various brass and plastic fittings such as propeller shafts, anchors, and mechanical parts. The collection features original Billing Boats instructions and technical diagrams. Also included is a selection of maritime ephemera comprising a booklet titled List of Working Drawings by Harold A. Underhill, published by Underhill Plans of Baltonsborough, Glastonbury, and a large-scale General Arrangement blueprint. The blueprint bears a blue ink stamp for the BP Tanker Company Ltd Engineering Department, London, dated 17 September 1964. The packaging displays the Billing Boats lifebuoy logo with the letters VHT.