Fixing the rudder yoke on a 1/96 Merriman Skipjack

[roedj]

David,

I recently purchased a third hand (at least) 1/96 Skipjack. There was some damage in shipping - hopefully I can fix it all. One of the things that got broken was the rudder yoke.


I intend to solder the broken collar back on with ordinary Sn/Pb solder using a brass rod to keep alignment.
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Is this a reasonable method or should I just buy a new one from you? Perhaps you've improved the design.

Dan

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

David,

I recently purchased a third hand (at least) 1/96 Skipjack. There was some damage in shipping - hopefully I can fix it all. One of the things that got broken was the rudder yoke.
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I intend to solder the broken collar back on with ordinary Sn/Pb solder using a brass rod to keep alignment.
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Is this a reasonable method or should I just buy a new one from you? Perhaps you've improved the design.

Dan

Dan,

Your methodology is the same as mine, but for one big difference: I use an aluminum tube to hold the wheel-collars in position during the soldering operation. That way the solder won't stick to the mandrel as the union between wheel-collar and U-shaped yoke is made.

Go get 'em, Tiger!

David,

[roedj]

David,

Aluminum - good idea - thanks

Dan

[roedj]

the repaired yoke

Below are the pix of the broken 1/96 D&E Skipjack rudder yoke before ...


and after...


Dan