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I figured I could make one .gif

The Beam.gif goes up & down

The Saucer still rotates

Sometimes things come out better than we planned -

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[Sometimes things come out better than we planned -]
Lol, and sometimes accidentally too!! No, I know you try and try again till it looks good.

I would tediously have to composite each frame of the beam onto each frame of the saucer to get an effect. Sometimes it gets more complicated too.

The final ‘look’ is what counts.