Mid-Century Modern Denmark Wasa Gustav Adolfs Billing Boats Wood Model

  
C e l es ti a l N o n e s u ch. Mid-Century Modern Denmark Wasa Gustav Adolfs Billing Boats Wood Model. Ejnar Billing, a Dane who fought with the RAF during WWII, was working as an architect in the town of Esbjerg, Denmark when his wife, who owned a hobby shop asked him to make a model boat for the front window. Billing made a "scratch" build-up model of a Danish fishing boat that caught the attention of a Danish magazine. The beautiful boat displayed in the window was thought to be perfect for an upcoming competition in the magazine, and the company asked for 50 of the build-up boats.

Billing was keen on the idea, but the prospect of building so many of these boats was daunting to say the least. He came up with a novel concept; Make the models as a kit, exactly the same way you'd build a real boat. "Plank-on-Frame" was the method used and his invention is used by model boat manufactures all over the world to this day. Frames were pre-cut, laser cut wood for easier builds, even ABS hulls were added to make the kits remote control for even more fun!

Kent (son of the founder) and his wife Rikke Dolleris Billing now run the company from the Kolding, Denmark world headquarters. Some tearing to the box. Exhibits signs of age such as surface wear and weathering.

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