[PappyB]

Well, my "fix" didn't work and I'm not going to mess much more with it... may try something else, we shall see.

In the meantime I dropped an email to the U.S. distributor -- Historic Sales -- and here's the response I got (quite quickly I might add).

Hello Steve,

A replacement prop is being prepared by the manufacturer. The replacements will be sent to the dealers. Please contact the dealer from whom you purchased the model and they will send the replacement when it becomes available. We expect replacements in the near future.

Thank you for your concern.

Sincerely,
Historic Sales

So apparently a fix is coming so we just have to wait a bit....