Hi all,
just wanted to post som pictures of my HE Leopard 2A5 mod to HL. Please, if you see anything on the pictures you think is no good or would have done in a different way, let me know.

I bought a HE Leopard 2A5 and ripped out all the electronics, and on the outside I removed the sprocket and tracks. To make it run, I installed HL equipment.
- RX14 board, but I haven't installed the smoke unit yet (not sure if I do, because I think it is too noisy)
- HL US tank metal gear (first I bought the german style, my mistake when purchasing. Should have read more on hobbyhavoc. But got plastic gear off ebay, so that was solved)
- HL M26 plastic tracks. Used 3 tracks, and got some leftovers from the last. Guess it was +/-19 links extra, like some other of you have posted.
- HL M26 metal sprocket, spraypainted with grey primer and then black.
- Got some switches for battery selection and charging/driving/off. The switches are placed behind the side armor on the turret (liked the way it hides the swithces)
- Opened the drives hatch and made it slide to the side. Chargeplug is then easy to reach when either of the batteries needs charging.
- The cables I used are a not the best, a little thick, but used snap on/off cable shoes for easy separating turret from hull.
- The roadwheels was the worst job. Got a plumbers-pipe with the right dimensions. Cut it in 4-5 mm rings and used 2 for each roadwheel. Glued it to each half of the roadwheel and filled it with gelcoat before I painted them all. Finished off the roadwheel with black tape to make them look better (also read this in a thread).

To finish and make it more nice inside, I will replace som cables and plugs and aslo need to fasten batteries and board better. I also might add som idlers(?) for the track to rest on while running from the sprocket to the idler in front. This last I found in [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6707827/mpage_1/key_Leopard/tm.htm]another thread[/link] (liked the way Dima5 did it with his Leopard).

It doesn't run quit good yet (compared it to my HL M26), but hope I will figure that one out (voltage to the motors? bad roadwheels? break in metal gear and motors).
In the future I'm thinking of Elmod and IR Battle system, but need to do some more reading about this. The turret rotation and cannon elevation also needs some changes, has anyone done this?

So with forums like this, you always get goot ideas of how to...and what to... Thanks!

Beachboy