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Hi all
I'm Clive and I have never had any kind of interest in r/c tanks until I saw a Hobby Engine's Leopard 2A6 in 1/16 scale. Now I have gone and bought one and I should have it by next Monday, when I get the thing are there any great upgrades I can make to it to improve the tank. I've heard I can get metal tracks for it but is there anything else I can do and if so where can I buy these upgrades.
Cheers guys I will post some pictures of her as soon as she's here.

Clive

Clive welcome to the Forum, There have been too many instances recently of people getting ripped off by dealers, I strongly urge you to make it your first priority to go to the BLACKLIST, lots of well known names that we have found to be dishonest, underhand, or just unacceptable service, avoid them please, we also have a list of RECOMMENDED dealers, we buy from these people, as long as you check that their entry is a recent one you will get top service and all the help you need and if anything should go wrong they will go out of their way to fix it. If you are interested in a particular maker you will see we have pages for most of them on the Forum, if you go there you will see different builds of different Tanks where the upgrades that are used can be seen. We love answering questions, what we need is you to ask them and if you have any thing to contribute then don't sit on your hands tell us.Scroll down the menu and stop in at each site and discover lots of things that we believe are both helpful and interesting, enjoy this place but do be aware that penury will follow you like a loyal spaniel when taking up this hobby. shaun

Hi and welcome to the forums.
I was a total RC tank noob only a few months back..... Well i'm still a noob but a lot more experienced noob thanks to the advice found here... Have a good look round.

Be warned it becomes addictive!! 0 to 5 tanks in three months!! Including a Tamiya Leopard 2A6.

Not sure how much easy upgrades you will find for the HE Leo... You may have been better off spending the extra 50 quid for a Heng Long... That's very upgradable. Some cosmetic upgrade parts may be usable. I have recently upgraded a HE Abrams and still have a long way to go! Got it rewired for Heng Long electrics but the tracks on it are rubber and to change to plastic let alone metal you need to replace the gearboxs/motors/sprockets, rework the road wheels ... change the electrics/control board to Heng Long/Taigen or better. I chose to remove the tank recoil using a Dragon ATRC, split the gun barrel to remove the bullet firing mech in favor of a LED flash, drill out the MG and fit LED flash, change Led headlights, the barrel recoil also needs work ... The list goes on and at a cost!! Hence why I say you may have been better getting the Heng Long or even splashing out for a built Tamiya. But if it's a diy project your after then you have set yourself a fine but not impossible challenge.

Do take heed of Jarndice's advice though. It will save you in the long run.

Good Afternoon,
Welcome to the Forum, Clive. There are some threads here from a fellow named Tankbear that deal with upgrading the Hobby Engine tanks. As TKcommander says, it is a daunting task but not impossible. The most important thing is to take pictures to show us here and to have fun. ;o)
regards,
Painless

Welcome to the forum Clive. Enjoy ...

Derek

Hi Clive & welcome to the forum.
I don't have one but as I understand it the hobby engine
Tanks have rubber band tracks & bad electrics.
So it looks like you've made a lot of work for yourself
But hey, it might be fit for your purpose
Good luck dude & let us know your findings
Lister

Hi Clive,

Good to have you here

Gday clive
welcome you find plenty of good advice here mate