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  • #4431
    Ben Griekspoor
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      @bengriekspoor61998

      Instructions & plans

      #73499
      Ben Griekspoor
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        @bengriekspoor61998

        Just stumbled upon an abandoned Billing Boats Kit : Lilla Dan.

        However no plans or instructions.

        The instructions that are available on the BB website is NOT sufficient!

        Does anybody have a set of plans & instructions of the Lilla Dan that can scanned and/or mailed to the Netherlands?

        Regards

        Ben

        #73509
        Dodgy Geezer 1
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          @dodgygeezer1

          Why not try asking Billing Boats? They have a full archive…

          #73518
          Bob Wilson
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            @bobwilson59101

            It is all here online. Plans and manual:

            **LINK**

            One of the html downloads is in English with all part numbers and pictures etc. The plans themselves would be sufficient to complete the model.

            Bob

             

            Edited By Bob Wilson on 08/10/2017 15:12:35

            #73525
            Ben Griekspoor
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              @bengriekspoor61998

              I was aware of the website TXS, but they only have plan no:2

              So there should also be a plan no: 1

              And that's the one missing plan.

              Ben

              #73526
              Bob Wilson
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                @bobwilson59101

                As plan Nr. 2 consists of a sail plan and a hull plan, I can't see any problem to building it. Maybe plan 1 was a lines plan, but hardly required as you have all the frame shapes anyway. All the instructional drawing are far too involved for the likes of me, I wouldn't have a chance of following them, but I could build a model of her just using the sail and hull plan alone and never mind any instructions. It is a very simple ship, not unlike this one.

                Bob

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                #73528
                Dave Milbourn
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                  @davemilbourn48782

                  Billings kits were never noted for having comprehensive instructions – some are truly mysterious – so perhaps this is all there ever was. They actually look pretty thorough to me, particularly the drawings in the manual.

                  DM

                  #73533
                  Bob Wilson
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                    @bobwilson59101

                    The other plan was just a few drawings of deck details. Nothing really essential. There are so many hundreds of high quality images on the internet, both of the model and real ship, that I cannot imagine anyone who have any problem building it!

                    Bob

                    #73544
                    Ben Griekspoor
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                      @bengriekspoor61998

                      That clears it up. Was just wondering whether I was missing out on something.

                      Probably not, will give it a go the coming days.

                      TNX for the support

                      Ben

                      #73546
                      Bob Wilson
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                        @bobwilson59101

                        I found the image of the missing plan on the internet, but it was incidental to the scene, and not shown flat on, but it was enough to see that it was just different parts of the deckhouses.

                        Bob

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