The last big issue with the Big R kit were the bass drum hoops. You may have seen an earlier post, showing the smashed section of the batter hoop, which has been repaired. The front hoop suffered from quite a bit of the outer ply de-laminating, probably from the time spent in the shed. To make a long story short, the easiest way to repair this, was to remove the length of ply in question, and cut it into lengths that allowed for gluing and clamping using my custom brackets shown in an earlier post. This repair worked very well and, after using my paint pen, is not very noticeable.
Concerning the batter hoop, I used "Plastic Wood" to fill in the missing ply section. Worked really well. I took the advice of some members and decided not to use this section for the bass drum pedal. You'll see this repair in pictures to be posted very soon, showing the entire kit!
-Mark
