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Patience, and practice. I think I may try my hand at this the next time I'm really bored. I have a pretty much unlimited supply of pieces to experiment with, It's been awhile since I played with the techniques so I'm sure I'll destroy some perfectly good material too but on the bright side it won't cost me anything.
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Just thought I'd pop an update in here as to how my screen reshaping went.

I bought some 5mm perspex from a plastic wholesaler and cut it to shape. I heated it for 15 minutes at 180 degrees C. The perspex is very workable at that temperature and forms readily.



I made myself a jig in the same shape as the Tiger Tall Screen and clamped the hot perspex into it to shape it:



I then cut the perspex to a more attactive shape and mounted it:




As this was just a protoype it is very rough around the edges, and the perspex is a bit rippled. It is very hard to work with and it keep looking neat and tidy, but with more practice I think it's possible.

The screen has made a massive improvement to the buffeting problem I had, so I'm pleased, even if it looks a bit "ugly".
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