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Early Leopard 1
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 4:46 pm
by jhamm
Hello,
completed today
Leopard 1 of 2.Batch August 1966
Base: Tamiya
Turret: Emma shop
Gearbox: Tamiya Leopard 2
Electronics: Beier SFR-1-D
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:11 pm
by LordPanzer
Great looking ! How did you set up the Turn rotation and barrel elevation if you did so? Also what type of material did you replace treplace the black rubber with between between the mantlet and the turret?
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Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 5:55 pm
by jhamm
Hello,
take a look at
https://www.der-emma-laden.de/deutsch/leopard-1/
There you see the turret, rotation unit and recoil-unit.
Elevation is done by a servo, also the flaps of the rangefinder.
The tarpaulin between the turret and the mantle is a piece of linen.
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:21 pm
by BarryC
Fantastic work sir!
Barry
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 7:43 pm
by tankme
jhamm wrote:Hello,
take a look at
https://www.der-emma-laden.de/deutsch/leopard-1/
There you see the turret, rotation unit and recoil-unit.
Elevation is done by a servo, also the flaps of the rangefinder.
The tarpaulin between the turret and the mantle is a piece of linen.
Great looking Leo. I found a large shotgun cleaning patch that I'm making the tarpaulin out of on the IS-7 mantlet.
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 8:16 pm
by Jimster
I love it! Such a classic German tank and very well modeled!
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:28 am
by Soeren
Thanks JHamm for posting this. I got my 2A7 kit from HPK shortly before he discontinued. Glad to see that some other shop now offers those kits again.
Your Leopard I looks fantastic, do you hae a video of it as well?
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2022 4:48 pm
by jhamm
Soeren wrote:Thanks JHamm for posting this. I got my 2A7 kit from HPK shortly before he discontinued. Glad to see that some other shop now offers those kits again.
Your Leopard I looks fantastic, do you hae a video of it as well?
Maybe tomorrow at the PTI-Meeting...
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2022 1:19 am
by Shagnifico
That is fricken awesome! I can’t believe these are still being sold new in the box. I just got a remote control version off eBay. So I may be bothering you about the Beier settings soon. Did you buy metal tracks for it? The tracks look like they are going to be a pain to assemble, I’m debating buying the metal tracks.
Re: Early Leopard 1
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:35 am
by jhamm
Shagnifico wrote:That is fricken awesome! I can’t believe these are still being sold new in the box. I just got a remote control version off eBay. So I may be bothering you about the Beier settings soon. Did you buy metal tracks for it? The tracks look like they are going to be a pain to assemble, I’m debating buying the metal tracks.
Yes they are the metal tracks from kenny kong.
They are heavy, very heavy and make up about a third of the total weight.