Tortfesor , Shapeshifter , Sixtieskid , or anyone else who's following along in here ... if you're interested please PM me to officially get on the waitlist -- the cars are in limited supply so I'll only be able to make so many of these.

Looks like there's demand for both lighted and unlighted so I'll continue playing with the lights when I can. Busy few weeks ahead at work, plus still waiting on the game to arrive, etc.

I like the idea of putting it in a game temporarily just to see the lighting brightness in comparison with surroundings; I can put it in my Game of Thrones at the next opportunity and take a video.

Thanks again for the continued interest! Looking forward to finalizing this and the Signals and Presto mods. Made good progress on the latter, getting some of those into pre-production so I don't get buried later

Sorry there haven't been any updates lately -- I've been craaaazy busy at the day job and what little time I've had for mods has been put toward finalizing the Signals and Presto mods, since those were more reasonable to work with an external fit-checker (since I didn't have my game yet).

The Barchetta mod is too complex with too many variables to deal with the model-ship-test-modify-reprint-ship-test etc. process, so I'd put it on the back burner until my game arrives -- which, thankfully, is very soon!

Day job will continue to be insanely busy for the next few weeks but I'm hoping to start making progress on this again soon. Don't worry, this mod IS happening -- otherwise all these cars would be homeless!

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My game arrived about two hours ago so I'll get to fit checks and such tomorrow!

Thanks for the kind words and the feedback. Lots of ideas to tinker with once I get out of the woods (reference previous post about insane time constraints). Stay tuned, I appreciate everyone's patience!

lol guys, thanks for the laugh! As mentioned, work has been absolutely brutal these last few weeks but should finally be lightening up after the coming week, then I plan to take a little time off to reintroduce myself to my family, lol ... then I'll be getting back on this.

In the meantime, some of you who ordered Signals and Presto mods might be getting yours soon! Still many, many more to make but making progress in between everything else!

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Send me a PM to get on the list. I think the list is full for the cars I have, but I occasionally get more cars and/or may have folks drop from the list.

Ok finally time to get on my way (hit the open road) and make progress.

I did a fit check in the originally intended position for the one lane bridge and determined a few things:
1) the bad news is, it's a smidge too wide. The good news is, i have enough excess width that I can narrow it slightly and that'll be fine.
2) the bad news is, as feared, the slope is a little much, it looks a little goofy sloped down. The good news, it's not too sloped where I'll have to add extra height, all I'll need to do is angle the slot (that accepts the side edge of the ramp) and that'll make it level again -- level with respect to the glass / expression lighting, but this looks correct to the eye. So, next iteration will have updated width and angle slot. I may attempt to add the screw attach lobe on this next run too.

too sloped

proper angle, will adjust accordingly

I also took a look at if this could mount at the S-curve in the ramp. Obviously it's too much going on if you have my Signals mod -- but if you don't, this might be an option. I really like being able to see the side of the bridge, but it also slightly crowds the time machine. Anyway, thought I'd post this rough fit pick to see if anyone wants this as an option.

picture it without the dog/hydrant?

I looked more at the lighting-leaking-out-the-wheelwells -- I found a good color matching paint, and it looks like this might work, just painting over the lights/glue.

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Finally, I fit checked the road scene in the back left corner -- needs some minor reshaping/resizing. I pulled the plastic from up there and scanned it to use as a pattern for the attach lobes and positioning, so I'll have an updated version (with more road instead of inner shoulder) soon.

Ok, cool update time! Got the grass section reshaped to match the curved plastic up in that corner, with attach lobes. Per your suggestions, I removed the inner grass shoulder and widened the road to include the center stripe to give the illusion/look of the opposite lane. Looks great! I placed it in my game (attached by only one screw for now) to snap a few pics. I expect this piece to replace the curved plastic ramp cover in that corner, but there's no reason it couldn't just mount on top of it either, up to you. I attached one screw and rested it on top of the others (and the plastic) for the rough pics shown below -- obviously fully attaching it (or removing the plastic altogether) will eliminate that visible gap.

Also, of course please disregard the broken windshield on this one, lol ... this one has been my test car that's been handled and disassembled quite a bit, during which another family member (who shall remain nameless) dropped it from height and it landed upside down....

Let me know what you think of this version so far and I'll see about getting the sign and/or tree re-incorporated.

Hoping to run an updated bridge tonight or tomorrow so I can get some updated pics of that version too. Stay tuned for more!

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Thought someone might ask. I probably can. I'll put together the various options to present at a later time.

I plan to shoot installation-instructions videos for the final versions of the mods, to help with things like this. But the answer to your question is: I held a small wrench down under the ramp (reaching in the space in the back left corner) to hold the nuts while using a screwdriver to back off the screws. (Yes, PF has to be pulled out slightly for screwdriver clearance.) It's a little delicate of an operation, as there's not a ton of room, but it's manageable. The other option which I'll try on the next disassembly is to use a socket wrench with an extension, approaching from under the front side of the ramp to access the nuts in the back. The access is good, it's just whether the extension(s) are the correct length.

Yes, probably. I generally prefer to mechanically fasten when that's an available option, to ensure it's positioned properly and remains secured in place, plus then no sticky surfaces are created on factory parts ... but velcro could probably still work. If that's your preference, you could just cut the lobes off the mount and use your velcro instead.

A question / discussion for those who may want the upper left corner road scene WITH lit headlights.

I was considering where to tie in with lighting, and there are two good options here -- if we want for the headlights to be on all the time, the wiring could run behind the back wall and tie in with the GI at the top of that wall. If we want it to be 'interactive', the wiring could run forward and tie in with the Super Jackpot light. This light is used during a lot of the 'lightshows' but obviously also when the super jackpot is lit, which would give it an 'interactive' feel -- "the headlights are on, go for the Barchetta ramp!"

When you view the game from the player's perspective (approx as shown in pic below) the headlights are right "above" the super jackpot sign anyway, so I think that might be a great option. Thoughts?

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Not yet. This one is wired in the car itself but I havent finished the wiring to hook into the game.