Leopard 2A6 Upgrades

[Tankbear]

Got myself the new HL Leopard 2A6, nice tank but a few upgrades are required as per usual HL.

First here’s some pictures













Idle wheels adjuster




Inside Turret


First upgrade was replace the white metal gearboxes and motors with some better quality black metal versions and some Jamara 480 LiPo power motors. Sorry no pictures here.

Next the turret turn is very slow due to the large turret gear so I’ve changed the turret turn motor to a white capped motor rated at 3v 13,100rpm. Again sorry no pictues.

Next up I wasn’t planning on using the airsoft and since it encroaches into the lower hull during elevation that needed to be resolved so simply cut the bottom half off.



Whilst I had the turret in bits I added a LED flash, and cut some extra teeth in the turret gear to give 360 degree rotation.

Next I removed the electronics, and added a Tamiya speaker which required some of the lower hull cutting away to fit. Also added an IBU2 controller between the speaker and battery box to avoid any clash with cables in the turret turn gear.



That’s all I’ve done so far, but plenty more to add.

Ian.

[Phil]

Looking interesting, quick question where do you get IBU2 controller from?

ta

[wibblywobbly]

Did you make that speaker box? Its the neatest one I have seen?

[Tankbear]

The Speaker looks to be a Tamiya Panzer IV unit....

Cheers!

Correct. Although the KV1 one looks same but has different part number

Strangely I was after KV1 version (for my Asiatam KV1) but couldn’t find one, as like I say the Pz4 looked identical so got that thinking it be small-ish, turns out it is too big for the Asiatam metal KV1 hull.

Ian.

[Tankbear]

Looking interesting, quick question where do you get IBU2 controller from?

ta

At the moment the distribution of the IBU2 is still been setup. So for now need to contact Ivano in Italy (PM me if you need more detail ) Plan is to have a UK distributor of the IBU2 but until everything is setup don’t want to publish too much.

Ian.

[Tankbear]

Been busy recently so much work on the Leo.

Anyway last week my high speed high torque motor arrived, bit smaller than expected so wasn't thinking it be up to much.



I was correct to weak to turn the turret.

So from one extreme to another.

Cut up the gearbox and added HL track motor.





Works great from a battery, but the electronics don't appear to want to power it. So think some electronic speed controller to power it is next plan.

Ian

[Tankbear]

After all these months I finally got round to adding all the extra bits to my Leopard this evening.







Ian.

[PainlessWolf]

Good Evening, Tankbear,
Nice to hear from you on this one again. It certainly is a great! looking tank and with all the extras you are working on should be impressive in the outdoors as well. Happy Holidays to you and yours, Sir
regards,
Painless