Need some advise recreating damage

That doesn't sound like an automobile....

Maybe you could replace sections with thick aluminium sheet

to make holes in plastic, if you have a motor tool, grind away from the inside and when it's really thin, use a hobby knife to rough up the edges and apply paint. be careful it doesn't melt.

This car i replaced the fenders with aluminium sheet (thicker than alu-foil), i pressed the foil over the kit part to get the shape, then back filled with epoxy to hold it's shape. the hood was just melted, but it doesn't look like damaged metal, so don't do it that way.

Thanks for the suggestion OO. I never thought of using actual metal. I bought some sheet styrene of varying thicknesses to simulate the differences in deck and armor, but metal would bend much easier and stay where bent.

Great looking werck you have there.You car guys certainly have talent.

you might also want to ask in the Science Fiction category

http://tk386.com/aws/Battle_Damaged_Enterprise/slides/DSC_5497.jpg

Wow that look cool OO. Is that your build?

Oh !

You Boo-Booed ! This needs to be in ships .But you did get some nice help .The metal you get for roasting is a little thin  but it can be used. K and S - .010 Brass sheet is better and stiffer , But after annealing it's pretty malleable .

TB, thanks,

I added some more metal to the damaged area. I don't know if it was noticeable, but....

I actually posted in here following a suggestion to a question I posed in the ship forum. The suggestion being that the car guys, as well as the aircraft guys, would know some methods to create damage. I have    received some useful tips from both forums.

Steve

You Know M.C.

I knew you would get some good advice here . I have to add this though . Using Roaster foil super glued to a hull that had been modified especially for this , I was able to create the excessive " Oil - Canning " evident in a ships side after a close encounter with blast concussion  It looked neat !