F-14 Beacon Mechanism

My first priority was getting dimensions and pictures from someone that had a mechanism.  I started drawing up the parts that would be needed and made sure it would fit in the 3D world.  I had prototype parts cut on the plasma table at work to build the first mechanism to test in my machine.  I wanted to make sure that I was able to recreate the curvature of the reflector as this would be the major hurdle to overcome building a reproduction.