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I have a Nintendo Cabinet that has a missing chunk out of the front left corner and a lot of erosion at the bottom of the kick plate.

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I'm wondering what the best approach is to repairing this. At one point, previous owner tried using bondo which didn't hold and looked like a mess.

The way I see it, I could take one of two paths:
  1. Use acrylic strips to reshape the rounded corner on the front with Bondo. Apply Bondo to the kick plate, but ensure that it forms a nice edge.
  2. Cut the corner off a few inches back and join it to a new piece of particle board with biscuits and wood glue or 5 minute epoxy. Similarly, cut a few inches off of the bottom of the kick plate and join to new particle board.
I have little experience with Bondo or joinery, but I'm open to learn. If anyone has a better suggestion, I'm open to that, as well. Thanks.
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