1/87 'M.V. Goada Chief' (2009)

[Guest]

Hello Wontok!

They are nice photos of the Goada Chief. It's great to hear from someone who is familiar with her. It sure looks like an interesting parking challenge with all that heavy machinery. I guess the machines have been placed to give an even distribution of weight on the ship.

Thankyou for the pictures

Cheers

Andrew in Melbourne

[Wontok]

Correct, The Komatsu excavators were 190t each so weight distribution was key.
It sure was a sight to see her high and dry on the river bank but she was designed with recessed props
so that she can sit on the river bottom in PNG when the fly river stops flowing in the dry season.

When i worked in PNG I had a photo of her up on 44gl drums waiting for the rain.

[Guest]

Hello Andrew,
as I drew the model plan I am naturally interested in your progress, looks good so far.
regards,
Jim

[jimpottinger]

Hello Andrew, as I drew the Goada Chief model plans I am naturally interested in your progress, look good so far too.
Another one for my file of "models to my plans!"
regards,
Jim

[russclark]

hello andrew,this is a very interesting build.on the coast of b.c there are a handfull of the same type of ship,they service logging camps,resorts,fish farms,and small towns and such.there is one that also takes 12 tourists on it's trips which are between 5 to 7 days.sorry for the small pics.

[Celestialsphere]

Greetings All !

Finally an update.

I recently finsished the skegs including making the top gudgeons for the rudder. These were soldered on after lining up a piece of brass rod through the previously mounted bottom gudgeons.



I had previously attached a long strip of ply along the centreline which now has a nice curve in it.

The two pieces on each side were carefully shaped off the plans and pierced where the skegs and gudgeons penetrates them. Having glued the skegs in place, a generous application of superglue was followed by a quick lining up of these pieces to form the underside of the stern.







Progress !

Cheers

Andrew

[Ticonderoga]

Hi Andrew

Good to see your post, the Chief is coming along very nicely, lovely work.

Andrew