Thanks Pete, I appreciate your thoughts. Probably the last 20 or so I have built have really been a challenge as my thumbs are really stuffed. Decided I had to fix the problem, so one at a time, the repair begins. Look forward to getting into full swing. The first one is the worst as I also had the knackered broken finger same hand fixed and the end joint frozen, I suppose I am a masochist to get 2 done at once, as they say in for a penny, in for a pound..
Pics show progression..