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Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 11:03 am
by Death Head
Picked this bad boy up from Parcelforce this morning

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Also been collecting parts and paint for the last few weeks for the build

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And a radio

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Just waiting on upgrade idler adjusters and few other bits then I can crack on

:S

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 11:10 am
by Death Head
First plan is to read the manual for the next few days :lolno:

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 12:20 pm
by billpe
If it helps, on the tamiya website you can get the PDF version too.

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 2:00 pm
by Death Head
Cheers, I'll go download a copy, I'm gonna start on the gearboxes later and begin cleaning all the plastics

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 4:43 pm
by billpe
Looking around for more references I found this: http://www.tamiya.de/CommonFiles/Dickie ... eitung.pdf

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 5:26 pm
by Death Head
Cheers, I will check the link out

Just finished the gearbox off

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No problems at all and I'm very happy with the fit and finish :)

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 2:30 pm
by Death Head
A little progress, but nothing interesting to report

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Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 6:57 pm
by Death Head
Moving along well

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But now waiting on my bearing kit and upgrade idler arm

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 4:35 am
by MPFIEND
Nice progress,
I am watching this as I have one to build later in the year, so I'm looking forward to seeing this come together

Keith,

Re: Death's Leopard 2 A6

Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 3:57 pm
by Death Head
Bearings turned up today, so set about building/fitting all the suspension and wheel parts

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My upgrade idler arms is waiting for me at the PO for tomorrow, so I can crack on with that at the weekend :D