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Hello everybody
A small update this time.
I was trying to find transparent sheet that would fit this model. Remembering that the front windshield frame is thin but the windshield is panoramic ( it was first panoramic windshield in Soviet made trucks). This all means that the transparent plastic has to be thin but not too soft.
I had a wonderful 0.3 mm plastic that works very well in vacuum-formed canopies. But it is too thick and stiff.
So, I searched... Found a nice 8x10 cm plastic from my kids' markers wrap. Pretty stiff but only 0.18 mm thick. So, I could continue.
First I added the inner wall with a handle bar. Then continued with doors, windshield and cab back wall.
The back wall got me sick. Made from 3 parts, two lower have a very intricate curvature with a top part added. Everything is edge glued. I stopped counting how many times I tried to fix these parts after 10...
In the end I got something that looks acceptable...
Doors didn't cause any trouble, need to be very careful with inner cuts. Sharp knife is a must here. I even managed to leave the separating frame between the roll down part and the front swivel part. We're talking about hairline about 0.5 mm thick...
And no special trouble with the windshield.
Then I tried to connect the doors to backside wall, no real advance here so I stopped before I cause damage
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