robert.sharkey opened this issue on Mar 23, 2002 ยท 15 posts
ChromeTiger posted Tue, 26 March 2002 at 1:45 AM
Glad I could help, though what you have above isn't quite what I pictured...I wish I were a modeler so I could post a pic of it. Let's see if I can detail this out a bit, in case what you have above doesn't work (looks good by the way): See the light green bar you have at the leading edge of the door? Picture two of those, one high, one low. When you open the door, they swing outward, bringing the door straight out away from the car. The bars would pivot 90 degrees, so that they point straight out of the car body. The door would have two tracks along the interior side. The occupant would then push forward on the door, sliding it along the tracks & pivot bars, toward the front of the car, almost like a sliding glass door. The door itself wouldn't need to swing up. Structurally, this would be a better arrangement, as the door pivoting up like that would need more support than the single pivot point you have. Also, there's no way to install the hydraulics you'd need to keep the door in the raised position. Just providing a little more in hopes that it helps. I know this is a 'concept car', but from the look of the Silver Vision, I think you'd want to keep as much realism as possible as well. Can't wait to see the finished project! CT