My buddy put well over 300 flights over 2 years on his Right-Flyer 60T. Eventually, the brass hinges on the elevator actually wore through and let go (we noticed it on the preflight).
We dug out those hinges and replaced them with CA hinges and it flew for another year before he gave it to his brother.
He did break the fuselage at the landing gear block on his first solo landing, but that was the only incident until he gave it to his brother. It really did need re-covering, but it still flew just fine.

He now has 4 years on a Global Tequila 40 and Global (Modeltech) Sukhoi 40... the Sukhoi has always been one of those planes that I just didn't "trust" from day 1 and have expected it to pile in on nearly every flight. Covering looks like heck, you can see wood soaked with fuel, the cowling is cracked all over the place... yet it still flies.
He's also got a Tornado 40 with a Magnum .61 that he bought used at about the same time he bought the Sukhoi. It's his primary Salton Sea plane (dry lake) and has outlasted 3 engines.

He just built a Vectorflight Extra 300 and loves it. I was so impressed that I bought the Sukhoi.