In the early 50s Mr. Ejnar (Ed) Billing, a former RAF pilot during WWII, was working as an Architect in the town of Esbjerg in Denmark. His wife was running a Hobby
shop called Vestjydsk Hobby and Mr. Billing was proudly displaying his build up
model of a Danish Fishing Boat. At that time there were no actual modelboat kits
around, from which you could make a boat. One day a Danish magazine saw this
beautiful model in the window of the Hobby Shop and were very interested in buying
50 “build ups” of this Fishing Boat for a competition the upcoming summer.
Mr. Billing was very keen on the idea, but it was a huge undertaking
making 50 models, so he came up with the idea to make the model as a kit, exactly the same way you would build a real ship. This was when the concept “plank-on-frame” was invented by Mr. Billing, which is now used by all modelboat manufacturers around the world.
shop called Vestjydsk Hobby and Mr. Billing was proudly displaying his build up
model of a Danish Fishing Boat. At that time there were no actual modelboat kits
around, from which you could make a boat. One day a Danish magazine saw this
beautiful model in the window of the Hobby Shop and were very interested in buying
50 “build ups” of this Fishing Boat for a competition the upcoming summer.
Mr. Billing was very keen on the idea, but it was a huge undertaking
making 50 models, so he came up with the idea to make the model as a kit, exactly the same way you would build a real ship. This was when the concept “plank-on-frame” was invented by Mr. Billing, which is now used by all modelboat manufacturers around the world.
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