Yep... thanks for the suggestion... from doing a bit of research, i've concluded that my best course of action is the following
A) Contact Museum
B) If Museum replaces, goto E, else goto C
C) Cut a piece of steel wire about 2mm thick 1in long
D) Use hot glue to fix the wire to the rod in the fuselage
E) Be happy and fly for many many days, but watch out for the wind.