Leopard 2A4 - scratchbuilt

[vanhasen]

I think the easiest way would be to move the battery into the hull. This might limit the amount of cables.
What is inside the hull? Motors with gearboxes, loudspeaker and...?

I will be able to replace the turret but keep in mind that I'm not a proffesional

[r32]

Just making sure

[vanhasen]

Hello everybody,
After a long pause I'm back - in fact I got back from a 3-month business trip before the Christmas, but well - there was nothing to report after such a long absence
Now I can show you what I was able do build despite the multidude of other task waiting for me at home.
I added some details to the turret and painted it to check if everything goes fine. Of course it doesn't - so I'll have to fix a few fake welds

















My travel was for me also an opportunity to "upgreade" this project a little. There are several items in my drawer which will for sure make it more interesting - FPV equipment and automatic pilot (Ardupilot)
If I'm lucky (and smart) enough I'll have a real HUD...

[emmasdad]

Blimey...... thats in a different league, fantastic. Gonna keep an eye on this build.

[vanhasen]

Not too much progres, but still it might be worth showing... Here is the rear deck I made:



And the rest - including some resin casted details - painted with the primer:

[Red Devils]

This is a great build, been tracking your progress keenly. I too would like to have a 2A4 in the stables, what's your secret? Eastern Front and I need to know. Have you checked out the pics I posted of our 2A4's?

http://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/forums/v ... 41&t=10777

Great build dude...

Derek

[vanhasen]

Hi,
Great thanks for the photos
I made CAD drawings for this model mysef - basing on carton model (FlyModel Leopard 2A4), plastic 1:35 scale model and photos. Some dimensions I took from drawings which I bought on ebay. So finally there is no chance that my model is accurate But for me - it's close enoug (especially that I have never seen the real Leo).

Recently I got a brilliant idea and I decided to share my plans for free.
One of colleagues already started his HIPS-based build, and you will find his progress here:
(http://rctank.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=683)
And mine:
http://rctank.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=233
I guess polish is not very popular language, but Google Chrome may help and you will also find a few interesting photos there.

At this moment files modified by Slawek are available on polish forum in the location:

http://rctank.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... ead#unread

And if anyone wants to use my non-modified version please PM me (english, french and polisch accepted ).

[vanhasen]

Another few steps made - Leo partially lost the beautiful red colour - most of the surfaces have been painted with base green.



I added mechanism wchich lets avoid hitting the deck with the barrel when turning the turret:



Turret wiring is not finished yet so voila - only photos for now. But it looks like it's a big chance it will work as planned:







And I started mounting the turret electonics - APM2.5 with "HUD" - minimosd, telemetry 3DR and FPV set:



Which today was concluded by a succesfull "test run"





There are still a few tweaks to be made - like HUD setup and moving the camera a bit forward.
I think that at the end I'll be able to run this model without RC set using a USB joystick (or two) and keyboard

[vanhasen]

You need to wait a bit longer. First I need to buid, then master the operation of my cnc

[sean Half-pint works]

I am speachless at this, One question is how the hell did you do the HUD thing?? Its given me half an idea for another project of mine (not tank related though!)

Sean