Hi all. Started the upgrade of my Hobby Engine Leopard2-A5 this morning.
I was hoping the metal gearboxes and Pershing tracks would arrive yesterday, but this didn't happen so I'm going to replace the electronics today and use the stock runing gear.
First a word of warning, make sure your screw driver is an exact fit or you will strip the heads of the screws holding the hull sections together. They are made of very soft metal as I have found out to my expense. []
The hull is held together with six screws. When you eventually get them out you will find, considering the size of this beast, a very cramped interior.
The main board is fitted just forward of the battery box and held in place by 2 small screws, the receiver board is fitted just below the main board and is also held in place by 2 screws. The battery box top cover is held in place by 6 screws. As all of these pieces are redundant I didn't bother with any pics and discarded them.
It is my intention to mount the HL main bord and receiver board inside the cavernous turret, therefore negating the need to make the lower hull watertight. This will involve lengthening the power feed wires to the main board but that isn't such a big deal. At this time I have simply connected up the HL electronis temporarily to the stock motors to make sure all is well. And it is, I have proportional control.