She lives!
Had a few bits turn up from HK & Heliguy this week, stocked up on spares 
I ended up stripping the heli right down and made a good few tweaks including drilling out the tail control slider, moving the boom a wee bit to tighten the belt and cleaning down the head while fixing the bell control arm.
It was really tempting to throw on a load of upgrades I have sitting here ready, but I am holding back for when I can do some circuits and 8s, plus I might as well use up some of these plastic spares first ;P
Wow, now that I have stripped, cleaned and re-lubed all the head, swash and washout the heli flies like new. i think the straight feather shaft is also helping ;P
Only had time for a quick spin up and tweak but I well impressed with the results, I’ll do a few packs tomorrow and let you know how I get on