Repairing the Falcon

[Hudson 57]

My first post here for a while, I hope everyone's well.  I'm a big Falcon fan and have restored/rebuilt/tinkered with at least a dozen over the years.  Much has been written about the weak spots the Falcon possesses - in my experience the two issues that crop up on virtually every single rebuild are - cracked front arms and front suspension mounts broken where the shocks attach.  As such, I was wondering if anyone had ever tried to fix these problems - over and above glue/epoxy etc?  

I've seen a few vids on plastic welding using black cable ties and wondered if this could be a solution for the front arms? (of course cracked arms are a problem for many a vintage Tamiya).

I have no clue about making metal parts but I keep thinking that a metal plate with the extrusions for fitting the shocks could be pushed into the exterior upper recess of the shock tower (which seems a strong fixing point)??

Of course there's 3d printed parts now which perhaps negates all aforementioned thoughts!  I couldn't quite bring myself to pull the trigger on these as I don't think they look quite right?! (I'm a bit of a purist) and they're also quite pricey.

I literally have a bucket of used parts with at least 10 shock towers all broken in the same place but otherwise perfect, and same again for the front arms.

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

[GToddC5 1654]

Before I found a perfect one, I started with two basket cases. First I bought the 3D printed parts, then thought about it and wasn't thrilled about them, so sourced original parts trees. It's a heck of a rabbit hole to fall down, with restoring these. Good Luck!