17th-Aug-22, 12:54 PM
(17th-Aug-22, 05:58 AM)Anthony B Wrote: Chappy - how do you do the complex glasswork for the 2D (and others) ?
I make vacuform windows using one of those dental machines off Amazon. I use 3DP bucks which are smoothed and sometimes primed before use. The Mirage was done this way.
I suspect the question really is "How do you make the shapes for the form/buck". The best answer is to have a file with separate glass sections, as that makes it easy.
Lacking that, fitting shapes to the body can work, but involves some shaping CAD work. AlexisinGreece has done a nice tutorial for using Blender, which is free and very powerful.
In some situations I have used CAD to cut the cabin off the body and use it as a "negative" buck. This works, but requires upsizing and more trimming for the glass to fit.

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