The Nylon Gag MK.2 F1 Magneto Skimmer

[peza]

eh up dude,lovin ya update mym8,and i like the drunked monkey typin!!lolcheers peza ;D

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Good Evening Chumlies,

Thanks for all the support, great to have you along for the ride.

Gunna make this fast because tonight I'm not drunk enough ;D and i want to be,

Sooooooooo,

8 hours of bench time today and a few evenings during the week and here's what we got so far,

Prep'd some pieces to hold the engine vanes




Added some tube to add interest









More small part prep,





Was given two of these by my buddy G at work,





Wanted them mainly for the switch,





But after I had dismantled them I found that this....





Fit perfectly in here,






Glued some clear domes over the holes in the back





Then i moved on to the afterburner injectors which I cut to length,





Drilled a small hole for the actuator rods for the vector mechanism,





Cut the bits for the actuator assemblies,






Made the main drive unit,






Used ship turrets with a hole drilled in them and some wire for the control unit






Then everything was dry fit, later it will be cut to length and installed,






Wrapped one of the main body tubes to overlap a join,









Slotted and trimmed the vane supports and cut some more details,










These were then assembled,









This is the outer profile so far, a little different, a bit shorter than before because I think this is going to be about 1/12th scale so it would of been to large relative to the pilot, I don't want the ship to be to big, I want it at least a little relatable to current Formula 1 cars, scale wise






That's about it so far, I've ordered some more rod and other assorted styrene, my lights for the engines and some Alclad chrome and Magnesium paints which should arrive this week, I hope.

Well, I'm going to get a refill now and watch the first episode of the new season of Face Off.

Stay tuned my friends and thanks for stopping by,

Take care,

Gagsterman

 

[Cave_Dweller]

Looking sweet already, your talent for assembling these random bits into something coherent is amazing!

 

[Quaralane]

More amazing buildup work

 

[Klaus not Santa]

This is sooo feaking amazing!
Superb scratch building

 

[peza]

eh up gagster,
wow buddy love ya progress keep`um comin mym8...
top marks again dude!!cheers peza ;D

 

[Bouq]

I never saw so scifictionnable plumbing parts and everyday items. just marvelous !
Thank you for sharing that !

 

[JohnSimmons]

Wow man, we're ganna run out of ways to say how awesome this is again!

 

[Jurasikfrank]

Great work again Gag!

 

[Glorfindel]

I love that all the parts your adding on have names and functions, not just a piece of plastic here and detail there.
Always love watching your free-stylin'.

 

[talls6]

Awesome Work again. I am amazed how you can take random bits and pieces and create something great. Where is the Primer though?

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

Your at it again......OMG this is going to look sick
your my detail idol!!! ;D

 

[Cash]

Another crazy build incoming.

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Evening my friends,

Thank you so much for the kind words, it really means a lot to me to have my friends along for the ride.

Well, this week I had some good news and some bad news
Good news is that after two years of working only four days a week we are now back on five days ;D
Bad news is that I have lost my Friday modelling day, 8 hours of solid bench time ???

But at least I have a job, which in this area at the moment is a very good thing.

Enough waffel, mmmmmmm waffels, on with the update,

Lots of head scratching and thinking, not so much build progress, this really is one piece after another,
my lights still haven't arrived yet ??? so it is a bit of a hold up as far as the engines are concerned but anyhoo's your daddy,

Used these MotoGP front disc brakes for more internal details that you won't be able to see, obviously,





Decided i didn't like the baby bottle caps because they hid to much of the insides and looked to out of scale, had a quick rethink and came up with this.


'T' shaped styrene with a taper on one end





Cleaned up the bottom of the bottles that I cut off and found two wochesteshire sauce pouring spouts







Added the 'T' stock






Cut and shaped six thruster vanes and noched them to take the ring,







Moved on to the internal frame structure, cut two holes in 3.5mm sheet styrene, the distance between the centers has since changed, plus iI broke my Olfa hole cutter in the process so i had to use the dremel instead, not as accurate but way more fun.





Then I had a mega find, this is one of those desk top air freshener thingy's, where you insert a bottle of cented oil and it heats up and stinks the room out.
Well, after I had cut out all the innards I thought the outer body shape makes a perfect cockpit saftey module






Made a back for it







Punched holes for support rods in the internal structure sheets and the back plate







Very very very basic assembly, this is when I decided that the engines were too far apart,








Re-thought the side intakes and did a bit of sanding







This is the start of the underside structure, a ship hull and a tank hull, perfect





Card board inserts to help me visualize the profile and overall lay out so far















That's all for now

Until next time, stay tuned

Take care

Gagsterman McGee


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[Glorfindel]

So cool. Dude your an inspiration to scratch builders.

 

[Quaralane]

Liking this, Gag. Liking this a lot

 

[JohnSimmons]

Awesome. Love watching you work.

 

[peza]

eh up dude,nice work on the progress.i love the runnin round the house lookin for things to use!that air freshener is a sweet shape!!good find!!!!top marks again gagster!!! ;D

 

[Junkie]

yup, fantastic.

 

[Grendels]

Love the use of the T-shaped stock. Gave me ideas....