Any idea on how these headlights swivel up?

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I was looking at this great Ideas project.

However, I have no idea how the headlights work: https://dp1eoqdp1qht7.cloudfront.net/community/migrated/b32/5f6/32898/image

You can see the car with the headlights down on this page: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/12170

Any ideas on how you would attach those headlights to swivel up just like the original car?

[deraven]

I'm pretty sure they don't. If you look at the pictures where the lights are down, there are 2 1x2 tiles between the cheese slope and the the windshield, and when they're up it's a 1x2 and a 1x1 tile. Unless they had a way to both flip down the 1x2 and swing in a 1x1, I'm guessing it's a case of it being manually changed to that configuration rather than an actual swivel function.

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I'm pretty sure they don't. If you look at the pictures where the lights are down, there are 2 1x2 tiles between the cheese slope and the the windshield, and when they're up it's a 1x2 and a 1x1 tile. Unless they had a way to both flip down the 1x2 and swing in a 1x1, I'm guessing it's a case of it being manually changed to that configuration rather than an actual swivel function.

Very good point, I fear you're right

Since you have a keen eye for detail, any idea on a compact swivel mechanism?

[Alasdair Ryan]

How about using hinged plates (finger style)?

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How about using hinged plates (finger style)?

What are finger style hinged plates? (haven't heard this term before)

[Alasdair Ryan]

I was meaning these:

But actually these might work better:

I suggest you look around brick-link and see if it gives you any ideas....I do that sometimes.