quote Originally posted by Gokart Mozart: What about angling the trim up to match the angle of the body and wing?

I'll give that a try later.

I also added the right side headlight to the pic and animation ^^^ Small detail, but it bugged me looking at the car with one headlight - like a pirate with a patch on his right eye.

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quote Originally posted by Gokart Mozart: What about angling the trim up to match the angle of the body and wing?

Good eye - guess that's why I pay you the big bucks

I like it - adds a sense of motion and speed.

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quote Originally posted by Gokart Mozart: Gonna be a pain but could you make it with 3 steps between full open and full closed?...

It's not a pain - it's a challenge and I LOVE challenges! This car is supposed to be a rolling example of my abilities. If I don't challenge myself with it now, I am cheating myself in the end. I might be able to do it with two steps, depending on the curvature of the part and geometry of the mechanism. More like a modern retractable hardtop.

Step 1 - the Indian Head pivots up into the body, with that nice little electric motor whiring sound.
Step 2 - the Guidance assembly, as I call it, pivots up and out into the atmosphere from inside the body, and under the opening. Aforementioned whirring present again.

Procedure simply reverses itself to close. I'm actually pretty decent with mechanisms like this.

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