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Hello all
Additional update, to be correct, a replay.
So first I loaded the pages with boom and stick slide panels to GIMP and removed the guiding lines for internal reinforcements
Then I cut the side panels and laminated with 0.6 mm cardboard (AKA cereals box cardboard, AKA paper modeller's magic wand)
Then I built the boom and the stick body parts. Threw in some 0.6mm cardboard reinforcements just to make everything stiffer
I intentionally made a small, about 0.5 mm protrusion of the bottom and upper parts. I will add a thin strip of paper simulating protrusion of metal sheet on the real digger. This protrusion is highly visible on the real boom and stick.
Then I made upper "lips" laminating them with 0.6 mm cardboard. Later the hydraulic cylinders will be connected between them.
Last pics show the difference between the proposed design and my rework. I guess the difference is clear.
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