Darth Penguin
Active Member
Looks great fun so far. Keep it up!
The Nylon Gag MK2 F1 Magneto Skimmer
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Caretaker10
Active Member
Great progress so far. Love the way you are thinking and working.
Evening my friends,
Thank you so much for the kind words, it really means a lot
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
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 :angry 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 my friends
Stay tuned and Take care
Gagsterman McGee
Thank you so much for the kind words, it really means a lot
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
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 :angry 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 my friends
Stay tuned and Take care
Gagsterman McGee
yuumi2891103
Master Member
Gag-san, to look through your build is like a journey of wonder.
Thanks for taking us with you.
katsu
Thanks for taking us with you.
katsu
Tatooine_Todd
Sr Member
I love the imagination in your builds, they're the reason I've been hoarding bits, bottle tops, and other associated pieces/parts. You are a definite inspiration.
IEDBOUNTYHUNTER
Sr Member
Nice, its getting Crazy now. keep it going.
Al
Al
NakedMoleRat
Master Member
This is already a fun ride! Great to see the updates, and thanks for the 'in step' pictures. They answer so many of my questions...some of them before they even come to mind!
3d-builder
Sr Member
Wicked gag saw your last update over on SMA also!
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
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
Loving it so far!!
Looking at the inspiration....
Are you going for the streamlined look overall or going a little more industrial? With F1 every angle on the cars is for a purpose so I didn't know if you were going to skin things over or keep it more exposed.
Looking Awesome!
Looking at the inspiration....
Are you going for the streamlined look overall or going a little more industrial? With F1 every angle on the cars is for a purpose so I didn't know if you were going to skin things over or keep it more exposed.
Looking Awesome!
crackerjazz
Sr Member
Your updates always bring a smile to my face. You got imagination and skill - it's a winning combination.
It's true that this picture was my inspiration but i won't be copying it directly.
I intend to put my own spin on it, and interpret where i think F1 will be in the future, sort of setting myself strict rules to adhear to as the Formula does currently.
Also, if you look at the rear of the ship in the picture, I can't understand what all that stuff is for, which for me is a big deal and you are correct that everything is there for a reason and they do look very slick and streamlined, i will be sticking to this concept.
Thanks for the question
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
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
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
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
Outstanding. My only gripe s that:
should be "would have said" or "would've said."
It's just that everything in this thread is gold, so I have to point out the one thing you got wrong... so your head doesn't inflate too much...
:lol
Keep up the good work! And don't let those pedantic grammar jerks get you down!
--Alex
should be "would have said" or "would've said."
It's just that everything in this thread is gold, so I have to point out the one thing you got wrong... so your head doesn't inflate too much...
:lol
Keep up the good work! And don't let those pedantic grammar jerks get you down!
--Alex
