I picked up some glass slide covers to use as broken glass in dioramas. But I was thinking perhaps I could use as windshield or window glass.

Any ideas on how to cut this thin glass to shape?

Thanks!

It is glass, albeit very thin. And it cuts just like window glass...

Place the cover-slip on a flat, solid surface - I use a nice piece of smooth wood - and score the glass with a new, sharp glass-cutter tool, and carefully pick your glass up and snap it along the score-line. I do this with a pencil as a prop and line the score up close to the pencil and gently press down to "bend" the glass. Because it is very thin, using a flat tool to evenly press down across the piece works best.

This should do well for rectangular or other window-panes with straight sides.

Bob

If you're actually using slip covers and not slides the glass is paper thin. Any broken pieces are like jagged razor blades, so some caution is needed. It might be better to super-glue the window frame to the glass and then cut around the frame before shattering it (if you want broken windows!). I first saw the results in a 1/48 scale model RR mag article. It really looked amazing!