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1930 Mack AK Rigging truck, and AC dumper


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I've been slowly working on the rear suspension. There is still much to be done, but I can at least mock it up now. I started roughing out the shackles for the lower leaf springs. I will add a few more layers of thin styrene and putty to get them completed. After that, I will start on the upper leafs.

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How do you cut shapes out so cleanly?

Ben

Don't let the finished work fool you, there's a lot of filing and sanding involved. At times when I have to make multiple parts the same shape, I cut them out bigger, glue them all together with just a tiny drop of super glue to keep them together, then file and sand them all to size, then slice them back apart with my exactly knife. That's how I made the rear spring hangers, and multiple other parts on this build.

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