I left out the picture of me soldering the clevis to the blank end of the 4-40 pushrod.



I like to solder one end & use a screw clevis on the other. That eliminates any possibility of the clevis backing off so jam nuts can be eliminated. The threaded rod will not back out of the nylon push tube. It is just like a nylock nut in that respect. The "metric" screw clevis from the kit was just the right size to slip over the blank end of the 4-/40 rod

I picked up some 3/16" X 3/8" basswood from the LHS to make a tray for the elevator servo & I'll use some 1/32" birch ply to make a mounting surface for they Rx. I had to go to the HDWE store to get some 10-32 blind nuts for the main gear. I am using 10-32 nylon wing bolts in lieu of the steel bolts to attach the main gear in the hopes that a hard noise down landing won't result in pulling the bottom of the fuselage apart.

I bought that little butane torch @ the local ACE Hardware store a while back. It's awesome for soldering landing gear, "Y" pushrods & clevises.

One fill is enough to do quite a bit of soldering. It fills W/a standard butane lighter fuel can. If I remember correctly, it was less than $5.