Repaired front ball tray finished product

[Microbus99]

Ok Guys,

This isnt perfect but it will do.

It's certainly better than the 2 pieces I was holding in my hand after the guy I bought it from broke it carrying it to my car. Yes, I was Pi$$ed.

I couldnt find the corner of the tray near the "N" and had to recreate it. This took many hours to do and several "retrys" after it would break in my hand while working on it. Model glue just wasnt strong enough. It did however hold it together while I reinforced it with epoxy and bondo.

I dont have any pictures of the broken pieces before I started working on it because I didnt think to document this repair. Lets just say I was too much in a hurry to make it better again.

Let me know what you think?

[mudfud]

nice job. did you repaint the whole thing to match? what kind of paint and primer, to get it to stick?

[JACKSJE4]

Amazing repair!!!

[Microbus99]

I used a plastic "adhesion promoter" by Duplicolor and "Tropical Turquoise" enamel from Hobby Lobby. Yes its completely repainted.

There are many coats of both on here. I sanded between coats. Probably 3 of the primer and 5 of the color. Its pretty solid.

It wont scratch with a finger nail. We'll see how it holds up over the long term.

[hanabi]

Wow that must have been really disappointing when the guy broke it,

But you've certainly made an excellent job of repairing it

Looks great!!

[NJ_Mike]

If you didn't tell me it was broken, I wouldn't know. I'll bet even up close no one would notice. Excellent work.

[Ikaria]

Looks great! A repair to be proud of! I like the color too.

[pinball wizard]

nice repair job.did you use something like duraglass or kitty hair as the filler ?

[emmadog]

Very impressive!!! Just goes to show that pretty much any repair can be made to these machines with some ingenuity.

[Microbus99]

nice repair job.did you use something like duraglass or kitty hair as the filler ?

No, I used epoxy putty for the corner and fiberglass Bondo for the top/inside of the tray for reinforcement. Just gluing the pieces together will not hold.

You could probably plastic weld it as well but you would still need to sand it down, use a filler, and repaint. Thanks for the compliment!

[Moparformances]

it looks better then allot of unbroken ones i have see

If you didn't tell me it was broken, I wouldn't know. I'll bet even up close no one would notice. Excellent work.

[digital1]

Great work!

I like the color also.

[heavyguitarman]

Good job - do you feel like working on my car?

[dishpan]

The talent of our members continues to amaze me. Well done!