The Nylon Gag MK.2 F1 Magneto Skimmer

This has to be the best scratch build I have ever seen. Amazing detail and super crisp quality!
 
It's like put your pride away .......look and learn!
Amazing Gagster you just never get tired, that paint
on the thrusters is just beautiful man!!!!
 
The front wing design WIP is like reading an instruction manual!
Thanks for sharing your process, it's very informative.
As usual, your detailing is fantastic!
More!!!

;)
 
Evenin All,

Wow, thank you so much guys for the positive vibes man, we're looking groovy baby.

Enought of that,

Swazbeenoccurin then.

Slow, and I mean, Sloooooooow progress lately

Returned to the front wing to add a couple of end plates



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Made some small outer end plate elements



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After much filling with super glue and using baking soda as a filler ended up with these





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Finished


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And dry fitted




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Then i moved on to the rear wing, the design is just a larger version of the front to start with, we will remove and add as we go.


Basic design




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Cut out the basic shape


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Separated


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"tube" one adjoining edge,




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Attach to the tube, your next piece in the wing sequence


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and the next



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Tube one side and mark ready for a hinge assembly




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I then moved on to the rear of the main body, put some spacers to fix the gap width of the side pods




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Improved the rear underside central profile




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Started work on the upper rear profile


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Added the first skin to the top of the engine exhaust fairings



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And that's about it,


See you soon


take care

Gag
 
Eh up gagstar,well dude ya knocking this build right out of the park again..
and hears you thinking it looks abit y wingy,not a chance of that now it looks more like a land fighter!😋
or a bullet on steds...keep it up bro,if you build it...they will come!!!lol
cheers mym8....peza
 
This is absolutely brilliant work Gag!!! I'm loving the progress and the details. I will never look at a Tropicana bottle cap the same every again.
Keep going! Its inspiring!!
 
A very good evening to you all,

Thanks for your interest my friends

Well, July turned out to be quite interesting,

Firstly, I had a small heart attack, then i won the All Open in the BSC

Wow

Spent 4 days in the hospital after i passed out at work.

Have to lay off the salt and work on my cardio vascular fitness and watch my colesterol

I HATE geting old

But anyhoo

Whats been happening with the MK2 Magnito Skimmer

Lets have a look.....

So continued with the rear wing



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Side vanes


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Added the down flaps



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Top wing element


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Shaped the top element and side elements

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Attached everything together


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Drilled holes in the main wing

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Drilled holes in the external wing element

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Pinned with brass rod and dry assembled


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Drilled the rear assembly to receive the wing



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Then shaped and fitted the floor pan


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Primered, Mmmmmmmmm



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Filled

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Sanded and re-filled

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And thats about the size of it

Still alive, just

Still modelling, always

Take care

Gag
 
Wow man glad your ok, excellent work. Now just look after yourself! You know us Brits love a fry up :p
 
Geez Gag.. look after yourself.. we want to see a lot more of what you have to offer..

and what you've offered so far.. *mindblow*
 
A Very good evening to everyone,

Thanks for the well wishes and support my friends, it means a great deal to me that you guys are along for the ride. Doing much better now, visited the cardioligist this week and he explaned what I need to do to improve my health.

No salt, lower my colesterol (no more fry ups John, ??? , and I do love me a good fry up, hey, I'm English OK) and do some of that cardio vascular exercise stuff.

Time to break out the Time Trial Bike again me thinks. It's been a while. In my 20's I could regularly do a sub 23 minute 10 mile time trial, but I ain't 20 no more. :p

But anyhoo, so what's been happening on the bench.

Been a bit distracted these last few weeks planning for my next big project, will tell all soon, but as for the MK2, lets have a gander.



Its been fairly boring, fill, sand, fill, sand ,fill ,sand and repeat


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It's been the same thing for the rear wing, fill, sand fill, sand, break, repair, fill, sand, fill, sand,.......etc




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Primer




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And finally a few dry fit beauty pictures of the story so far.



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I'm now working on the top skin around the canopy, trying to get everything to open and close invisibly is prooving a bit tricky



But, that's next time

Stay tuned my friends

Take care




Gagstermansky


RIP

Robin Williams

The world was a better place with you in it :'(
 
Beautiful lines on this
Those "Nautilus" front intakes are awesome
(..this would look great in the '78 "John Player Special" livery.!
Black with gold pinstriping........)
did I say that out loud?...


Lovin' it Gag
Cheers
 

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