Tamiya Leopard 1 A4 Build and Restoration

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qatmix
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Tamiya Leopard 1 A4 Build and Restoration

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Hi All,

I am new to Tanks and have recently picked up this Tamiya 1 A4 Leopard. As you can see it has had a long and eventful life. The goal is to restore this Tank to run well, replace the missing parts / add some more. Then to hopefully update it with a working turret and maybe more.

Along the way I will probably need to make some 3D printed parts to maybe make the tank run a bit better.

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First up I have cleaned the tank internals and ensured that the gears have nothing stuck between the teeth. I do intend to remove the gearbox completely, but at the moment I an not clear on how to remove the main drive sprocket to help remove the gearbox. I think the end cap is glued on.

The chassis had no inner return rollers, so I drew up a return roller. However instead of it just rotating on the wheel, I designed it so that a 630 bearing would fit inside so that they would have less rolling resistance. They are then held on with a simple 3mm bolt.
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I also made a replacement H15 inner mount as there was one missing.

I still an missing an outer return roller, the issue I have is the inner fitting, as these do not use 3mm screws to be held on like the inner ones.
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Nice work with the 3D printing of hard to get parts. I should do more of this myself - need to find time to edumacate myself on 3D design.
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If you want the wheel files I can send them to you.
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Sadly I don't have a Leopard 1, but I do have a 3D printer than doesn't get used as much as it should.
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