Side covers are made from "Fragile Crap"....Fails if looked at sternly and does not seem to age well....Terrible choice from a company that was aiming at making high end machines!
Have repaired a number of panels using epoxy , fiberglass resin,mat and bondo. Surfaces are flat and broken out and missing sections can be bridged or replicated....
Have built jigs (frames) to locate the bolt holes so i could patch/glue a broken (i mean shattered) panel.
There have been a number of machines scrapped on this board and i keep a eye out for the panels. Have bought some that were marginally better than what i already had.
Sorry, no spare FP4NC panels here.
I have asked the usual German suspects about replacements, seems that if there are any replacements, the Germans are reluctant to let them go....Might be a good thing in a way because i doubt weather one could ship those panels here from Germany and have them arrive intact....One could easily pay dearly for some panels with shipping only to receive a nice box of dust and shards.
Think a good fiberglass guy could easily make a replacement if he had a sample that was relatively complete, even if it was just patched together it could provide a pattern..
Cheers Ross