Well, since I have a full glass of wine on the go here, I'll rewrite what I wrote the other day.
I now have a rear glass piece that I'm happy with and it's currently in a safe place with a wet coat of Future on it. Here's how I made it:
The raw material - a strawberry container. The strips already cut out are from previously aborted attempts.
To the blank strip were added 2 lengths of sprue CA glued to the ends like so. The reason will be evident in a minute.
The blank is secured over the form which in this case is the old, busted canopy section clamped in a vice.
Rubber bands and a paint brush are draped over the sprue pieces like this so that I can pull the softened blank down over the form. This contraption was devised for two reasons. 1) the plastic would not drape by itself, in fact it would curl upwards if not helped. 2) I had to get my hand out of the airstream of the hair dryer else I would get boined.
After applying the heat and pulling down, this is how it looked. Unfortunately the vice got in the way and the pull was uneven but this turned out not to matter.
The cut piece trial fitted:
That`s it for now. Hope to get some pics late tomorrow or Saturday morning if I get time to paint. Busy times (golf tomorrow), Warbird display at the airport on Saturday which I`ll post pics of, plus packing for the trip Monday. See you in a bit.