Back in the early days of this build, a guy on the F@cebook Hurricane Group posted a vintage 80s Lockhart windscreen for sale, it was neon pink and I had to have it. The price was a bit salty but man, it was like concentrated 80s. I tried to come up with ways to mount it but eventually gave up and just decided to stash it for later.
Well, today is later. I printed up some TPU (flexible filament) spacers, ordered longer bolts and decided to just freaking do it already. I was worried about getting the mounting holes lined up so, so I pulled the black fly screen, centered it as best I could, and clamped the two together. I should have taken pictures, but I get excited and want to finish the work.
I used a hot pick and made pilot holes, even starting with a small drill bit, I had some chipping on the screen. Thankfully most of it is covered by the bolt caps, hopefully the cracks don't get worse.
Behold the cherry on top of my Cyberpunk style Hurricane:
I'm currently printing some taller spacers to test, with a higher infill so the don't crumple. Probably need to get some shorter bolts too. We'll see.
The pictures make it look more orange, but I promise you, it is very very pink. Now, I need to get back to the idea of making a new warning light cluster, using an LCD panel and Arduino with some cool animations, but that's going to take a lot of time.
Stay safe out there.
**UPDATE**
I printed a different sized spacers, taller on top works better.
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