I would have bought it anyway if the seller had disclosed the damage to me cause the price was unbeatable. I am fluent with fiberglass work so I set out to repair the damage and strengthen the firewall.
First step was to clean up all the paint around the FW and Fuse junction. Did that and discovered I ran out of paint brushes so this thing is put off for tomorrow.
It's ashame that mfg. do not take the time to do it right. I read here about the gear mount plates not being bonded properly and now seeing how flimsy the FW / Fuse joint is. No reinforcement at all to such a critical area that takes a lot of beating . I gues that is the price we pay for being lazy and not building these models from scratch.