Thanks to Flexpat , who put a BUNCH of time into creating a 3D model of his 23 Sceptre project , and was willing to share the model - I am able to do a little preliminary work to see what my mods may look like prior to starting to cut any materials.
What I'm aiming to do is remove the windshield and replace with a fiberglass cowling that is a little steeper in the front and tapers back into the angle at the back end of the windshield base. Two possible looks are completely flat in the front which means a little more glass work or just add the cowling above the current windshield base which I think will be easier and doesn't look too bad.
Here are some images below of what this might look like. The added on part would be same color as cap and you would not see a seam on the sides.
The windshield was plenty heavy (115 lbs) and hoping that I can keep the weight in check by not over building. There will be much weight coming out of the stern with the engine removal (1300 lbs?) so need to be careful not to screw up the balance.
Lot of details to work out and I'm sure I'll stumble a couple times along the way. I could easily take a different path and turn it into a Savage type set up but want to do something different and keep all that open cockpit space open.
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