My Little Ranger Build

[Robert_1967]

Well here how bad crazy bored I am, I went and bought a 1941 Ranger, like I don't have enough planes as it is, Thank God "IlovemybroncoII" is trading me me a 89 broncoII for all my planes, guess he will get a extra plane.

Well here is a few pictures

make shift building table

Laying the plans out.

The rudder and vertical stab pinned down.

Glued and wanting for it to set, then sanding time, alot of sanding.

Laying the Fuse out, have to do this twice.

Getting the Fuse all to gether, and hoping it straight

Some sheeting on the fuse.

The Pod for mounting the wing on.

The fuse and rear horizontal, forgot to take pictures of it on the board, also it's a flying tail, still need to do alot of sanding

Laying one of the Wing half down

Stack of ribs, I need BBQ sauce

All the ribs layed in and glued up

All the cross members layed out.
repeat the last few pictures, for the other half of the wing, so far this is 5 days of work and spending 10 to 12 hours a day building.

I have to do a bunch of sanding before I can join the two wing halfs, and also have to cut the elevator loose from the horz. stab., and cut the rudder loose from the vert. stab.

stay tune, same ranger time, same ranger channel

Robert

 

[ForOffRoadDriving]

that looks like some tedious work youre doin there, looks good i want to see the finished product!

 

[Robert_1967]

Well if "IlovemybroncII" brings the broncoII soon, I won't have time. also if I did finish it all the way, I can't decide on silk/dope or tissue/dope, it's a old style plane, and would not look right with film on it, also it's a electric motor plane and slow flyer.

Silk is a bit expensive, so it would have to be tissue.

Hardest part of the build is the sanding, just when you think you have it smooth, you need to sand it some more.


Robert

 

[Robert_1967]

here is the main wing halves joined together

Here is the tail section minus the rudder and elavators

Here is what the fuse looks like with the wings rubberbanded in place

now I just have to do a lot more sanding to get it smooth, then cover it, I'm going with a fake silk, and dope. Going to be mostly white with orange trim.


Robert