Tried a clear epoxy in the channels.  It might not be hard enough, but JB weld was more expensive.  Lions are curious how much force is actually being exerted on the melting parts.

The nozzle clogged near the bottom of the nose, leading to some ugly welds.

Burned a few cones & added a wire to support the chopsticks. 

Then the nose melted & the epoxy reinforced sections melted slightly less than before.

The lion kingdom's 5 year old roll of PETG ran out during the nose, after the nozzle clog.  The new roll had a lower printing temperature & a lower melting temperature it seems.  There's no point in using PETG if it's the same melting temperature as PLA. 

The next step is going to be heat resistant PLA.  The problem is heat resistant PLA reviews are all sponsored & they're not allowed to show the melting point of competing materials.  They're only allowed to show a PETG of unknown melting point melting faster than HT-PLA, but as shown, modern PETG's can melt more easily than PLA.

Given the history of 3D printing being little more than a search for higher temperature PLA, if HT PLA really worked, there would already be no other type of PLA.