The Nylon Gag MK.2 F1 Magneto Skimmer

The Nylon Gag · Feb 15, 2014

Ello Folks,

Been at the bench since 10:30 am, got quite a lot done today.

Sava look then.

Sanded back the red filler in the week and gave it another smear with the squadron putty,

Aluninium foil and double sided tap.

Cut a hole in the detergent cap,

Soldered and installed 6" of white LED tape,

Hooked up to a 9V battery

Then started to blend the inner structure piece to the engine cover,

Punched some holes,

Then it was back to the main profile, first i finalised the width with spacers,

Got creative with my heat gun and a clamp, to even up the plan view of the nose section

Cut notches in the sides of the tub

Dry fit everything together,

After much fiddling about with the profile and the final position of the cockpit tub, did a mock up with cardboard and tape and the windscreen blank in position and the top intake.

Front,

Top,

Side,

3/4

It's still very rough but I'm getting there, It looks a bit too 'A" wingy to me. so i'll have to try again.

What do you guy's think of the profile?

Till next time,

Take care

Gag

Glorfindel · Feb 15, 2014

Excellent update. Profile reminds me of a type of water fowl, Herring or Cormorant. Long bill designed for precise plucking of small fish from the water.

Quaralane · Feb 15, 2014

Excellent looking piece, Gag

peza · Feb 16, 2014

eh up buddy,i love ya profile mym8,i know what ya mean about the A wing thing but with some front fins and ya paint sceme will pull ya away from that!the only thing is the engines seem to short in comparison to the nose?but that`s just me...i love the look of it all the same..cheers peza ;D

Klaus not Santa · Feb 16, 2014

Looking good - reminds me a bit of an anteater

Sorry, joking aside ...
Compared to the scetch on page 1, the nose appears shorter, and more curved, while the body looks more compact - which then reminds a bit of an A-Wing.
Not sure what's better, but maybe a longer, bit straigther, stramlin-ier(?) nose - from the scetch I had the impression the top was almost flat, while the buttom was the curvy part, coming up....
Not sure if my babbling makes sense - sniffed too much plastic glue today

Cave_Dweller · Feb 16, 2014

Looks excellent man. I really love the LED strip, never knew such a component existed, but that looks really useful for models.

You should play the Wipeout XL soundtrack while building this.

Jurasikfrank · Feb 16, 2014

Love it mate!!! I honestly don't see it the same way as some of you; it doesn't feel like an A-Wing to me. If anything, it could be a battlestar gallactica mach IV's (i think) cousin. Anyway, peza's right; the color scheme and your greeblish style is gonna dissipate an resemblance.
Bring it home Gag! ;D

Grendels · Feb 17, 2014

It is looking good and the profile is nice!

The Nylon Gag · Feb 17, 2014

Glorfindel said:
Excellent update. Profile reminds me of a type of water fowl, Herring or Cormorant. Long bill designed for precise plucking of small fish from the water.

Glo - f - dude

Never would of never seen the profile as a bird mate, thank you for the fresh perspective, i usually always think in an engineering terms, but i'm a big fan of nature, who isn't ;D

Thanks

Gag

Quaralane said:
Excellent looking piece, Gag

Thanks mate

I know if you don't comment somethings wrong with it ;D

Thanks for your continued, and much appreciated support buddy

Gag

peza said:
eh up buddy,i love ya profile mym8,i know what ya mean about the A wing thing but with some front fins and ya paint sceme will pull ya away from that!the only thing is the engines seem to short in comparison to the nose?but that`s just me...i love the look of it all the same..cheers peza ;D

Geeeeeezza,

Don't forget that the engines are pretty long, if you go back a few posts,

Always nice to hear from you buddy, FFFFFhanx mate

Klaus said:
Looking good - reminds me a bit of an anteater
Sorry, joking aside ...
Compared to the scetch on page 1, the nose appears shorter, and more curved, while the body looks more compact - which then reminds a bit of an A-Wing.
Not sure what's better, but maybe a longer, bit straigther, stramlin-ier(?) nose - from the scetch I had the impression the top was almost flat, while the buttom was the curvy part, coming up....
Not sure if my babbling makes sense - sniffed too much plastic glue today

Keep sniffin baby,

Let me show you some other concept images i was using for inspiration mate,

This might explaine my choises, plus i wanted it to be closer to an F1 car than the original concept art, I always liked Mickael's car from 2000 with Ferrari for the basic profile.

Gag

Cave_Dweller said:
Looks excellent man. I really love the LED strip, never knew such a component existed, but that looks really useful for models.

You should play the Wipeout XL soundtrack while building this.

You should look at

http://www.modelersbrand.com/

Modelman Tom, great bloke, google his u-tub videos, very pationate about modelling, got all the lights you could want

Gag

Jurasikfrank said:
Love it mate!!! I honestly don't see it the same way as some of you; it doesn't feel like an A-Wing to me. If anything, it could be a battlestar gallactica mach IV's (i think) cousin. Anyway, peza's right; the color scheme and your greeblish style is gonna dissipate an resemblance.
Bring it home Gag! ;D

Thank you for stopping by mate, greeblies, not as many as last time but i do want some, but F1 is normally fairly Greeblie free, so it's a bit of a dillema.

Colour, thats an entirely different Bannana.

Might be a vote,

Might be a prize

Stay tuned

Grendels said:
It is looking good and the profile is nice!

Thank you G-man, just like Q, if i hear nothing....... its bad.

Always along for the ride and very welcome sir

Thanks for the continued and appreciated support buddy.

Thank you everyone for your comments and support

Just go scratch build something, you might supprise yourself with how much fun it is,

Take care

Gagster

peza · Feb 18, 2014

eh up buddy,sorry mym8 i forgot the engines were so long,i stand corrected it must be these osteopedic shoes!!
cheers peza!! ;D

Belugawrx · Feb 23, 2014

still watching

Junkie · Feb 25, 2014

Very cool building. I see the A-Wing influence for sure but its not a copy cat by any means. Too me, honestly, the nose curves down a bit much but i know you still have work to do.

The Nylon Gag · Feb 25, 2014

Helllllllo Good Evening and Welcome,

Lots and of giggery pokery,

Look, pix

Pilot,.............Driver.......................bloke inside,

Name?

Colin

Playing with the lights

Made two simple sleeves with banding to add character

Scale shot with spray can

Another scale shot with colin, 1/12th driver bloke pilot.

Cut and fitted more internal bracing

After lots of false starts and farting around this is the basic frame I ended up with.

Cut the rear profile braces

Drilled some connecting holes

Drill

And screwed main brace

Inserted dowels into drilled holes

Fitted outer profile braces

Beauity shots

Started work on the floor and rear end

Cardboard floor

Plastic floor

I have no real plan for the back end, maybe flaps, stearing vanes, no idea.

Rear wing, no idea

But...........it's free style baby

Take care

Gagsterman

Quaralane · Feb 25, 2014

Excellent looking progress, Gag

Klaus not Santa · Feb 26, 2014

Great update!
Also nice to see you're free styling too - let the project lead, not the plan.
Great detailing ;D
Cheers
Klaus

stretch · Feb 26, 2014

Wow...

Grendels · Feb 26, 2014

Nice work! Good to see it coming together!

Jamaicanmodels69 · Mar 1, 2014

Thing of beauty Gagster......thing of beauty!!!

The Nylon Gag · Mar 2, 2014

Evenin all,

Hope everyone has been having a good weekend,

Me, I got 3,1/2 hours in yesterday and about 6 hours today, I've been keeping track and I've reached 100 hours on this project as of 1;15 pm today.

I think progress is going quite well, problems seem to be solving themselves as I go. Gotta love freestyle baby.

It's also inspiring to have you guys along for the ride, not sure where we are going to end up but it should be fun.
Thanks for your comments, greatly appreciated

So...................

Added some more bracing under the front section off the engines