Nowashocki

First, I wrapped strips of paperboard around the frame and components and covered with plastic packing tape. Then I put on several layers of 3" fiberglass and West System resin over the whole thing - like a cocoon. Then I took a cast cutter and cut through the fiberglass diagonally on both sides and pried the fiberglass off. Then i bolted the two sections back on using some existing fittings on the frame and put a 1" fiberglass tape strip along the bottom edge of the top shell so it overlapped the bottom shell by about 1/2". More plastic tape was put on bottom shell to keep the wet resin and tape from sticking. This made a perfectly matched "overlap" to keep the two sections aligned. I was going to put a few screws through this overlapped section but it fits so well I didn't need to. Finally, I used a 3" roller to apply a thick layer of West System "microballons" onto the cases and sanded them smooth. Repeated, drank a beer. It took a long time and it was not much fun but it does work well.