There have been some pretty cool movies made showing the results of detailed work from structural phage biology that makes at least these aspects pretty accessible.

For example, check out this movie showing how the moving parts of this specific phage work together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41aqxcxsX2w

Or this one showing the motion of another phage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy42CoyqKjE

I love how you rendered the tail sheath! It looks like it functions in a twisty way just like gene product 18 of phage T4