cutting " glass " for resin bodies

[Sixx]

I'd say I'm decent at it but I don't get em nearly as good as someone like Clay Kemp ( just to name one ). The fit isn't always straight, sometimes I get the dreaded glue mark, I guess I was wondering what/how you all are doing em. What thickness of clear plastic...lexan do you use, how do you get it to lay down in the channel to be flush, say like on a pro-mod drag car, what about on the inside...stock vehicle, I just need some tips to improve my windows, thanks Sixx

[High octane]

Derrick, a well stocked hobby shop will carry acetate in clear, smoke, and other colors which is great for glass in any kind of model car and the colored acetate is really good for gasser builds. I use 5 minute epoxy for all my windows as it has a strong bond and dries clear.

[MicroNitro]

Hey Sixx, Mr obsessive did a real good story in one of the older model cars on doing inside mounted glass. He glues little pieces of quarter round styrene on each side of the opening. Then the window piece is held in by it tight. It works great I just did it on a 66 Chevy I am building. I always glue a flange around the opening for the drag race style flush glass. If I remember I will make a glass pattern before I glue the flange in. Remember being the big thing there. I would be interested in hearing more hints as glass is hard to get looking correct.

[MicroNitro]

I just looked at your 2011 post. I will shut up now you are way better at glass than I am.

[MrObsessive]

Jim pretty much summed it up. I like to first make a tracing of the glass using a 3x5 card, then cut that out. I then lay that pattern over clear stencil sheet (acetate) and make a tracing on that-----the pattern is then cut out. As a few pics will show------I take half round stock of appropriate size, and glue them into place inside the A pillars. This will form a kind of "track" for your glass.

After the pieces have dried sufficiently, then I'll lay the 3x5 card pattern inside to see how well things fit. I could use the clear acetate pieces for this, but since i don't glue windows in until near the end of assembly, I can set those pieces aside for the time being-----or cut them to fit after I think the 3x5 card pieces will fit without a lot of drama.

And here's the glass after it's epoxied, and all shined up..............

I'll clean up any epoxy smears with alcohol, and wax..........and then I may add some very thin strips of electrical tape to simulate weather stripping around the perimeter.

If you'd like to see further detail of how this is done, visit my Fotki page here, where there's a complete buildup of the Turbine Car shown.

Hope this helps!