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I'm glad that my material comment was helpful and I appreciate the comments.
You are very much like my DI (Destination Imagination) kids, as when we work with the teams we encourage them to look at the challenge, break it down into parts they can work on and find solutions. We highly encourage the process as that is where they learn, more from the ideas that don't work than the ones that do work.
Now I've been wondering, if or when you might make dimensional models available, it might be interesting to build a wood version to see what might have challenges in the final design. I realize that you are planning on a cardboard model but............................
If you are interested, the DI web site
https://www.destinationimagination.org/
vic