Bodywork - patching suggestions

[OrangeSport]

Hi, had a mishap cutting out a shell for my Hornet, and I now have a cut about 2mm long which goes straight up at the point the the body goes around the front suspension arm. The actual shape is cut out fine around the arm, but there is the small cut which is a pain. The body is going to be pretty much a display shell.

My plan is to spray it up, cover the split on the outside with a tiny bit of sellotape (or maybe a small sticker) and on the inside cover it in a thin layer of ShooGoo with a small off-cut from the shell pressed onto it (inside the body) along the line of the crack. I think that should hold it firm and be plenty strong enough (especially for a body which will hardly be run). Does anyone have any suggestions of a better way to do this? I don't really want to scrap the shell....

Thanks

ps - sorry if I don't acknowledge any replies quickly, am and and about quite a bit 'till the weekend....

[digitrc]

Hi, had a mishap cutting out a shell for my Hornet, and I now have a cut about 2mm long which goes straight up at the point the the body goes around the front suspension arm. The actual shape is cut out fine around the arm, but there is the small cut which is a pain. The body is going to be pretty much a display shell.

My plan is to spray it up, cover the split on the outside with a tiny bit of sellotape (or maybe a small sticker) and on the inside cover it in a thin layer of ShooGoo with a small off-cut from the shell pressed onto it (inside the body) along the line of the crack. I think that should hold it firm and be plenty strong enough (especially for a body which will hardly be run). Does anyone have any suggestions of a better way to do this? I don't really want to scrap the shell....

Thanks

ps - sorry if I don't acknowledge any replies quickly, am and and about quite a bit 'till the weekend....

If it is only a small mis-cut in a shell that isn't going to get much use, I doubt you need to do anything. But if you feel you must do something, a shoo-goo patch is a sound idea, or you can get some body repair tape which is very thin aluminium tape - Tamiya do it amongst others.

[OrangeSport]

Thanks....