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I chopped the top of my 1956 F-100 and now need to make a new windshield. My original thought was to just cut down the stock one, however, in the process of chopping the top it changed the lines of the windshield to where the stock lines are no longer a match.
The rear window I was planning on cutting some thin plexiglass to shape. The front though is curved. Should I cut and possibly heat up the plexiglass to allow it to bend?
Thanks for any tips!
I want to do the same thing for my tornado chase vehicle. I found some very thin acetate from a package that originally held a comb-and-brush set for a little girl’s doll and I was going to try that.
I need to make one for my old Revell 2 - Ton Truck too.
I figured out how to get the shape of the curve and angles, just not the final part to glue in place.
I’m working on it though.
So does anyone have tips that has done it?
I like the idea of using the thin plastic from the boxes toys come in.
bump
I did just that on my last project (a 53ish F100) using the packaging that berries come in (strawberries to be exact). It so thin that it bends and glues very easily. And cuts using ordinary scissors.
I tried the toy packaging but it was WAY too thick.
If you want to see the results click on the link in my signature “Cooper’s Lumber Mill”.
John
Thanks for the tip! I am going to try that.
I tried this and it worked out really well. I first attached the acetate stock to the outside of the kit windshield with lots of small clothespins, then heated some water to very hot but not boiling! Dipped the whole ball of snakes into the hot water for about five or six seconds, then rapidly dipped it into cold water that I had put in the sink. Then I let it set for a few days or so; I may have done this right before I caught my most recent cold last month, in which case because I felt too lousy to model, the windshield wasn’t touched for more than a week.
The new windshield was ultimately dipped in Future.