The Nylon Gag MK.2 F1 Magneto Skimmer

[The Nylon Gag]

Evenin All,

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments guys, appreciated muchly

Just a quick update this evening on the side pod progress,

Started by gluing 1.5mm styrene sheet to the three flat sides of the modified round side intakes

First the back





Then the bottom with a pre-shaped radius





Then the top, preshaped piece, it's just a fraction larger than the bottom, here you can see it next to the main body mock up





Now I have these sidepod intakes in position, I can more accurately position the ships hull which will become part of the underside 'Tea tray assembly' that you see on modern F1 cars





This top view (with thinners bottle for scale, shows the overall length of the ship, about 22". To keep it relative to a modern car, I think it's going to be 1/12th scale.





I then started cleaning up the outside of the intakes, blending everything together,









Next i will fill these corners to make a smoother transition for the insides





Here's another angle of the whole engine assembly




I may also add some internal details on the intakes, I'm not sure yet, I will see what it all looks like after the corners are blended in.


That's all for now, stay tuned my friends

Take care

Gaggles McGee

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

oh man i love it great update gagster!!!!!

 

[Grendels]

Looking good!

 

[Quaralane]

Looking good, Gag. Nice work with the intakes

 

[Glorfindel]

Sweet. The blending of the intakes is magical.

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Helloooooooo Good evening and Welcome,

Very nice to see the usual suspects along for the ride,

Quick one tonight,

So, hold on tight for a fast ride,

The louder you scream the faster we go ;D


Filled a few ugly bits on the intakes




Traced my nose pattern,





Expanded it a bit





Cut out three





Cut out braces




Glued them on one of the nose profiles following the under side radius




Glued a piece of 1.5mm styrene on to the underside





After it had dryed I removed the tape and cut two tapered spacers





Cut and glued these on both sides









Attached two other two sides





Fixed the nose section with two pieces of rectangle, not sure why but it seemed like a good idea




All the clamps removed





Very rough sanded







A quick "Offer up" as my Grandfather would of said,








Got out the jig saw support and roughly cut out the internal supports




Very rough assembly, back




Front



Well thats about the size of it,

More bench action on Sunday

Stay tuned friends

Gag

 

[Quaralane]

Liking this a LOT, Gag

 

[Grendels]

Nice buildup of the nose!

 

[JohnSimmons]

Wicked! Like an A Wing on steroids!

 

[Glorfindel]

Always great watching this stuff come along.

 

[Jamaicanmodels69]

Loved this up date.....what a sexy keel line!!!!!

 

[The Nylon Gag]

My Herdster bretheren,

Thank you so much for stopping by my friends, it really does mean a lot that you stop by to say hi, thanks

Making very slow progress but I know that this section defines the main profile, so it has to be right,

Any hooooooooooozzzzzz your father, Luke :

We have pic's people,

Glued the tank hull to the ship hull,



Fixed it to me snout just to see,





Cut out the 'Tea tray",





Some Chamfer action,




Fitted with rod to hide the join and aid filling the radius




Bottom, oh err misses........ ;D




Pinch and glue the nose, to be filled and sanded later





Your basic dry fit to test stuff






A coat hanger for the bottom profile, ...............maybe.





Marked,




Drilled,






Screwed,












Another dry fit, back,






Plan





Side






Alot of jiggery-pocker at the moment, still trying to fix the proportions, from seeing these pictures it's too thick, just like me. ;D




Adjustments required,

Next time,

Take care


Gag

 

[CheesyGrin]

Awesomeness. Pure awesomeness.

 

[Quaralane]

You may think it's thick, Gag.
But I'm liking how this is going

 

[JohnSimmons]

Love that design

 

[Glorfindel]

Son I love this stuff.

 

[Grendels]

Very informative watching you build...

 

[The Nylon Gag]

Afternoon everyone,

Thanks for stopping by,


Got to get ready to go out to dinner so it's gunna be fast,

Still thought it looked thick after this mock up,






Decided that the underside shape needed to be finalized and thought the tea tray was to big, so i removed it.
Maked and cut some sheet







First glued the parts on the tank hull





Cleaned the nose sides then glued the front flat to the nose







Then the sides





And along the hull line





New profile without tea tray










Cleaned up














Filled ready to be sanded







That's it for today

Take care

Gag

 

[Klaus not Santa]

Wow, this new shape without the tray looks awesome - very streamlined!
It bringes the original artwork to live and captures the slick speed.
As usual:
Hats of to a great built

 

[peza]

eh up buddy,yeah i`m agreein with klaus the shape looks loads better without ya tea tray!i think it still look`s abit short in length with the height of it mym8..lookin sweet though..cheers peza ;D