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Willem Basic

Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class · 308 pts Leonberg, Germany Member since Dec 2020 Last online 5 hours ago Age 73

47 Posts 2 Followers 5 Boats in harbour 2 Build blogs

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Willem’s harbour

5 boats

Haaringboot

This boat is scratch build, 60 cm. The original was used to handle the fishing of hering in the Zuidersee. …

14 2 25 days ago

Baby Bootlegger

The bootlegger has been a race boot in the 1920. Some time ago, I purchased from eBay an old "kit" containi…

15 3 1 year ago

Thames Barge Celia Jane

Build from the drawings of David Metcalf. It is almost finished and I'm looking forward to get here sailing…

8 19 5 years ago

Finkenwerder Fischewer

My first boat build from a drawing. It is a nice sail, but somehow the hull is leaking.

7 7 5 years ago

Steamer

My first steam engine vessel. The engine, a Cheddar Puffin steam engine, is real easy to handle.

5 0 5 years ago

Willem’s build blogs

2 blogs

Crotch Island Pinky

After my "Haringboot" was on the water, I looked for a new project. This should be scratch build, sailing, have a motor and not to big. B…

9 1 1

25 days ago

Venice water taxi

I'm building a Venice water taxiboat from scratch. The hull has been build from triplex covered with mahagoni stripes. There is still a l…

21 4 8

1 year ago

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Harbour Haaringboot This boat is scratch build, 60 cm. The original was used to handle the fishing of hering in the Zuidersee. They used fish traps, but after the Zuidersee was cl… 14 2 25 days ago Blog Crotch Island Pinky After my "Haringboot" was on the water, I looked for a new project. This should be scratch build, sailing, have a motor and not to big. By chance I found the C… 9 1 25 days ago Blog reply Re: build blog @AndyB2 Hy Andy, Please keep us informed of your progress. My new project is a Crotch Island Pinky. I will have the same problems as you concerning the sailing… 5 25 days ago Blog reply Re: build blog Hy Andy, this model is very interesting. How is the quality of the kit and wood providet? May I suggest, as modifying this model to make it realy sailing, thic… 26 days ago Harbour reply Re: Bad Ass and Green Streak airboat's These look great fun. Can you give the location of the stl files? 2 302 5 months ago Blog reply Re: Expert Advise Required - Swamp Boat Refit Hi, I've Seen this before. When you Open the throttle this increases the amp, the battery can't deliver, the voltage goes down. Because of Low voltage the esc … 691 10 months ago Forum reply clinker-built boat I managed to get a real tight fitting joint with a 4 mm2 copper wire, a 2mm hole and crushing the wire. Wonder if I have to glue as well. Next to find is a cla… 9 717 11 months ago Forum reply clinker-built boat Ross, sounds like a good idea. I will try this and keep you informed. It will take some time to find molds to form the rivet heads. 9 762 11 months ago Forum reply clinker-built boat Ross, thanks for your answer. The pins are a solution, but I plan an open rowboat. The rivets will also be seen from the inside. In real life, the pins are ins… 9 826 11 months ago Forum clinker-built boat I'm looking for a new project and found a Dutch "haringboot". This is a clinker-build boot of about 7m long. I plan to build a 1:10 model with a real rowing ma… 9 9 1,428 11 months ago

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