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squall280

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I recently repaired both a Super Hang On Plastic(had several chunks taken out of both sides where screws would have went) and the tail fin for the deluxe power drift(was missing the entire one corner and the entire front portion). it was very inexpensive and evne thou i am not done i just wants to get people's opinons.

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Could you elaborate on your method and what you're using to do the work? Are you stitching in patches with epoxy?
 
So my way of going about it was a way i used to do when i worked in a body shop. The person referred to it as auto-stitching. your would drill holes in the surrounding area and then make a grove to the outer edge this way when you zip tie a piece in you can bondo over it without any bumps or irregular marks showing. what i did was take a plastic arizona tea jug and cut the shapes of what were missing out of it. then i would stitch those piece in with the original piece. then layer with bondo. this give it more strength. if you can;t tell in the hang on pic the biggest fix is where you see the reflection of the light. i just have to lightly sand that and do a few more coats of paint. the tail fin is at about 50 percent done. still have to knock it down a bit and form it.
 
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