Waco UBF 2 Restoration
Restoring the Waco UBF 2
Fuselage at Forrest Lovley’s many years ago
Wings, center section
Typical hardware condition after 8 years in salty environment near Atlantic
For some reason ailerons in original restoration never got painted
Original center section – note flat paint which didn’t match the fuselage
Original paint on wings did not include N numbers which we added after painting
Painting N numbers
Note bubbling at tapes which was present throughout wings and empennage before 2nd restoration
Original speed ring was cracked due to overtightening. This is new ring before polishing
Speed ring during polishing process which required 40 hours of labor.
Exhaust during polishing by Jamie Lyons
Empennage disassembled to sand and repaint horizontal
Fuel system valve was replaced to all both tanks to feed simultaneously
Unpainted control sticks – we painted
This will clean up nicely!
Note abrasion damage to strut which will require sanding, and repainting
Salt abrasion on prop
Note rust which was sanded off, primed, and repainted
Both lower ailerons were damaged by ground contact, replaced, and painted
All corroded hardware was replaced with new stainless steel
Fuselage
Fuselage
Fuselage
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