The restore continues at a pace that is slower than I would ideally like ..
There are quite a lot of ‘moving parts’ in this project and it’s nit just a case of ‘go out and buy sonething’
The engine is in .. but may need to come out again so we can see if it’s possible to angle one of the rear cooling pipes to make the pipe feed miss the mounting brackets … getting the engine in ..with all it’s rubbers and multiple angled brackets and bolts was a bit trickier than the ‘out in 30 mins’ Jabiru !
Bob, at Priory, suggested leaving the engine in its mount and simply removing the 4 mounting bracket bolts from the bulkhead .. way easier
The repaired wing is now hanging in my garage at home to allow final finish and prep for recovering
The upper tank edge ribs are in place and capping Beech strips going in which has meant I can now measure the balsa rear trailing edge. This will then allow the ply Oratex landing plates to be fitted and the running of the fuel line from the top tank downwards.
At the same time, I’ve had Will helping review what is the best way to repair or replace the scuffed Oratex on the tail feathers.
He decided that removing back to a rib line was best bet, which means a bit of cleaning up, glue application will give me a good strong termination point for the small repair above (rudder) and outer edge (elevator). Ironically, both these were scuffed NOT in the crash but in the claim lift to turn her back over from upside down
The elevator trim tab is almost complete and just needs the hinge shaping around the tube-rib
Finally, the change of some aileron mount end brackets- which was spotted by the factory, will be completed in the next few days.
My very dear friend Christophe who lives just South of Paris has been a great help !
I have been working closely with him to help contact possible sources in France who have several Rangers with conversions to Rotax 912s and so have exhausts and cowls and cooling specs that could really help progress…
Jersey Sherwood Ranger 
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