I concur with Chipper, plastigage used with the babbitt bearings is only an indicator of the clearance, not a solid number to rely on.

When I rebuilt the '28 engine in my one ton truck (Lurch), I needed to take a little material off the middle bearing cap in order to close the gap on the crank.

I did not use a file. Instead, I flat sanded it, putting a sheet of 400 grit emery cloth on a flat steel plate and carefully sanding the bolt flanges down a little.

I think this procedure is safer than using a file where you can easily take off too much material and end up with the flanges not perpendicular to the bolt holes.

Here's the post that describes what I did, along with a few pics: Flat sanding a '28 middle main bearing cap

Cheers, Dean