question re: curved plastic windscreen fabrication

[phil55]

i have a missing windscreen on a kit that im building...is it possible to fabricate one from another kit ? can clear plastic be reshaped without causing damage too it? ~`phil

[Fat Brian]

Clear kit plastic is so brittle it's almost impossible to reshape. Depending on what kit it is you can either try to find something that fits from a similar kit or makr your own out of clear sheet plastic. If you make your own you can shape a piece of paper until it fits and then cut it out of plastic. Maybe you could post in the wanted section and see if someone has what you need.

[phil55]

cheers brian .....thanks for your help!

[Ace-Garageguy]

There's a really excellent thread about making compound-curved windshields from the plastic large soft-drink bottles are made from. It requires some work, but the results are outstanding. It's not too far back in the 'tips and tricks' forum below.

Most windshields in post-'54 cars are compound-curved, meaning they have curves in two dimensions. Flat plastic will not replicate this satisfactorily, and the tutorial shows how to heat-mold clear plastic over a form to make a compound-curved part.

[Fat Brian]

Very true, if you can get a windsheild, even a bad one, you can fix it enough to make a heat formed copy of it.

[phil55]

great ...thanks for your help with this guys!