Small update (bit delayed)
Last wednesday Lex and I spent a whole day fitting a fairing about 60 cm in length by 6 cm in width beneath the windscreen. But oh boy it looks fantastic. Progress is not so obvious as the last few months but she is now fully skineed and work is progressing on the canopy framing.
Any tips how to form perspex for the “brow” panels?
Cheers
Cees
Hi Cees,
Firstly, may I congratulate you and Lex on your continued progress. Its brilliant to see this Halifax appear before our eyes.
To answer your perspex question, do you have any good photos of the original “brow” panels? If the “brow” part has single curvature, this will be easier to form, however, if it has double curvature this following method will still be possible…. just a little harder to make the mold!
The cheapest method, is to make a drape mold in the shape of the inside form of the panel, and coat it with a fine felt mateiral. Any curvature on it, will have to be slightly smaller than required, to allow for the perspex relaxing when it cools. You will need some halogen lamps to warm the sheet, and when pliable enough, then you will have to hold it down over the mold untill it cools.
You will have to learn the process by trial and error, but this is easier to do than trying to blow mold for example.
Hope this helps.
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