I have two active projects that are my personal responsibility to fund and finish, Schism and an electric motorcycle project named Scrape. I have been wrestling with making a decision on which one was going to be my "flagship" project (getting the bigger percentage of my resources) for months now, and finally decided that it would be the bike. That's a good thing, actually, for Schism because it means it doesn't bear the weight of carrying my most
ambitious ideas. That means I can focus on just making it run and drive, and enjoying it for whatever it happens to be. Considering the fact that it should only weigh about 1500lbs, handle like a kart, and that hot rods are usually an evolutionary journey - I'm comfortable and confident in the fact that it should be a nice little hot rod, that gets better and better with time...
I like my rounded roof but when I count up the cost of actually producing it, it looks a little out of balance for the less intense of the two projects. I had already modeled the ragtop version, so I decided to see if I like it. Compared to finishing the rounded roof to paint quality and then giving it a layer of exposed cosmetic carbon fiber, the rag top would just require stretching fabric over ribs, resin coating it, then laying up the composites - which wouldn't have to be paint quality final finish (speaking of waves and ripples, not fabric texture), because it's supposed to look like it's fabric stretched over ribs...
No final decision on which one yet, but this makes more sense on paper and would help me get to Goodguys (Columbus) easier.
