Once that cardboard pattern looks like you want it to look, you transfer it to the steel, cut it and bend it, then weld as needed.
Pic 1, The cardboard pattern in place.
Pic 2, The cab reinforcing piece welded in place.
Pic 3, The formed sheet metal cover made from the cardboard pattern.
Pic 4, The cover welded in place.

That was short, one more.

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