Seat of the pants engineering of a "working" hood hinge

[89AKurt]

This should be a photo-etch detail, I made most of the parts from aluminum, the steel is from a scavenged dead electronic device.  Mini rare-earth magnets are the key.  Pet peeve of mine, especially with this otherwise nice kit, no hinge detail at all.  Putting the hood on the table is lame.  I hope it looks real enough to work, but the plastic pins would break the first time.

Explaining the magnets:

[oldnslow]

great looking hinges

 

[ChrisR]

Cool!!

[Mattilacken]

Epic mate! Working on the trunk hinge on my impala but I have a problem that the hinge does not lift out but it goes inward to the glass and makes it to stick.

[Bainford]

That is an exceptionally good looking hinge. About the best I've seen. Beautifully crafted.