Mea Culpa and Halogen lights

I can't believe I did this, but I did, and need some suggestions.

It was cold in my garage where I attempt to build my models. I put my nearly finished Dornier Do17z bomber under a 150 watt Halogen light, about two and a half feet away, and in less than a minute it melted the top half of the wing. It's not bad really, (ok, it's really bad) about 1 inch wide and thankfully outboard of the engine nacelle and no harm at all to the underside.
This thing has been my obsession for about the last three months, and I have so much time into it that I really don't want to abandon it.

Should I -

1. Fill in the void with squadron putty, sand and blend it smooth and repaint that area. (I'm afraid that the putty will shrink over time and look terrible later).

2. Cut away the damaged plastic on the upper wing half and scab in a piece of styrene, then sand and blend.

3. Send it to someone and have it fixed.

4. Throw it away and finish the second one (same kit) I'm working on.

Keep in mind that these are old Monogram OOP kits. I bought them on Ebay.

If you could see it before the damage you would understand why I want to salvage it. I have some pics, but don't know how to post them right now.

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.



Bottom line
Patience = virtue
Halogens = BAD

Please help, Stinger