I too was on a budget and just was lucky on some of timing of my purchases I guess.
The benefit of chop strand is that it flexes a little, that will help with the bridge between metal and fibreglass body as well as reinforcing the join. Filler does only that, put on to thickly you will get stress cracks later on, probably after the beautiful paint job is complete.
Another tip suggestion which I wish I had done upon reflection is a thin layer of glass fibre matt bridging windscreen frame to kit body. I will be OK as I used chop strand and skimmed with filler for final surface only.
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