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On 5/21/2020 at 3:23 AM, Patrick Matthews said:

No question, this is a challenging part... almost as bad as stainless steel cutwaters!

 

But it is possible, and is easier in larger scales. The pictures here are for a 1:8 scale model, and all is done by hand (by a friend, who has alien powers). The plastic windscreen is sandwiched between brass frame parts, which are secured with very small watch screws. Note that the plastic is curved in a single direction, not compound curved... the cross section is an "extrusion" in the direction of the center frame. The intersection of this extrusion with the deck is tricky!

Work with brass... it can be polished and plated... silver and "chrome" paints will never look good. You can do a convincing job with brush-nickel plating. This takes nothing more than clean polished parts, a special solution, and a metal acid brush connected to a 3V source. You may get even nicer results by going to a jeweler for a pro polish job and then rhodium plating... rhodium looks just like chrome, and jewelers regularly replate rhodium rings and such, as the rhodium is a bit soft and wears off over time. 
The shiny parts shown here were 3d printed in brass (printed waxes, used in lost wax investment casting), and then professionally polished and rhodium plated. 

I have also used the 3d brass printing process to make older style windscreen frames, see examples below.
 

Hi Patrick.  I keep looking at your pictures.  How did you manage to bend the lower inner frame so nicely?  By using heat?  Or was it cut in that shape?

Thanks for all comments.  Nice work there Pat.  Previously - as can be seen on the attached picture - I have used a brass pipe, bended it to the right shape, and then milled a track for the plastic glass.  A jeweller did the chrome.  However, this was very difficult to do, and I don't think it looks tip top.

Any suggestions how to make a metal frame for a windscreen for a model of a daycruiser a'la for instance a Riva?