Mine came with two short black metal push rods for the ailerons. It then included two, long, white nyrods for the rudder and elevator[:'(]. It had a nyrod and tube for the throttle. I chunked the nyrods, except for the throttle, and replaced them with metal 2-56 rods. The thottle has to make a big bend to get to the carb so I kept the nyrod for that, but used a short piece of metal rod on each end for rigidness. For some reason, I had a heck of a time soldering the clevises on the black rods. The solder just didn't want to stick to them like on the bright metal rods.

It sounds like your nyrods are missing[X(].