Cyberpunk Mx5 - Cutting the Louvers (Patreon)

In the last update we finished up laying the fiberglass for the roof and so the next job tot tackle was designing and cutting the louvers for it.Because there's a specific side profile I'm after I laid out the outline for the rear quarter "windows" first and then got started from there.For the window shape I went with a modern take on the 240z window as even now the original 240z is still one of the best looking cars of all time. After that I started experimenting with spacing and layout of the louvers.Initially I used a laser level to mark out slits that were perfectly horizontal but when they ended up projected onto the curve of the roof the upper louvers had more curve than I was after and so I did a few different variations till I found a solution I liked.Once I'd marked it all out and had spent a full day looking at it to make sure everything was spot on I got the grinder out and started cutting.Another detail I wanted to add at this stage were some NACA ducts. These are mostly just to break up the open spaces and add some more details to help fit the cyberpunk theme of the build that I was going for. In reality I'll be able to use these ducts to route cool air into the rear mounted battery packs when I finally stop being too poor to afford an EV swap.Once the ducts and louvers were all cut I made the small adjustments I had to to ensure that all the gaps were tight and then I fitted flanges and prepped the whole roof for fiberglass.Once the glass had all cured I trimmed all the excess and refitted it to the car.Now the last thing to add to this roof and by far the bit that takes it the most from just a regular looking car to something that belongs more in a cyberpunk universe is the sharkfin spoiler, here's a little teaser of that.