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Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:04 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
It has been a while since I last posted, most of my builds are finished, but I did find an early all metal tank, 1/10 scale, and probably from the 1980s it was in a sorry state that I have rebuilt
Now I am not sure if this qualifies for off topic so before I post anything I will wait for Kian to let me know
Regards Jeff
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:19 pm
by Bodo Langbehn
Hi Jeffrey,
maybe the Leopard was manufactured by Michael Pakolicz in Germany.
Cheers Bodo
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:27 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
Hi Bodo, that’s interesting it would be good to know it’s history, if I get the ok I will post some pictures
Regards Jeff
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 6:32 pm
by Adrian Harris
Sounds like this is the ideal place.
Can't wait till this tank makes it to the top of the list
Adrian.
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 12:20 am
by Stephen White
Adrian, agreed. I understand it comes just behind the Chieftain in the list. By the way, we used to say the Leo was a good tank as long as you didn't have to go to war in it. The armour was so good, you could go through it with a Black and Decker drill. Made a nice noise though. S
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 2:49 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
Well I have not had any adverse comments, so will try to post some pictures and describe the renovation, all major pieces cast from alloy and welded, torsion bar suspension, deck with a multi circular copper track with electrical brush pickups in the turret, a novel way to provide power to the turret without getting wires twisted, overall dimensions were good to scale but fittings were naive, electric motors driving rear sprockets, each unit could be adjusted for track tension, tracks were duel pad in a hard wearing plastic / nylon with steel pins, but rusted stiff, this is what it looked like
![Image](http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL814/8865292/22916331/413609316.jpg)
if this is of interest to anyone let me know and I will show its progress
regards Jeff
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:47 am
by Frank Breitenbach
Hi Jeffrey
I have three Leo from Michael Pakolicz at home. So I can say your Modell is definitely not from him. There are two other producers in the past: Veroma and Mr.Müller. Witch your manufacture was? – the tracks and the gearbox are looking like Veroma.
If you need spare tracks:
https://www.veroma-modellbau.eu/shop/te ... kette.html
kind regards
Frank
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:00 am
by Armortek
Jeffrey Goff wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2017 5:04 pm
Now I am not sure if this qualifies for off topic so before I post anything I will wait for Kian to let me know
Fine with this being in the Off-topic section.
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:01 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
Thanks Armortek,
thanks Frank, I managed to get some replacement track links from Veroma last year.
There were a couple of visual discrepancies on the tank, no side skirts, main deck with cast front mudguards, and the rear of the tank with a square telephone box, the 1A4 had a round t/box, so mudguards and t/box sawn off, and replaced, I also put in the armoured side sights in the turret and the engine decks cut out and hinged, some pictures to show progress
![Image](http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL814/8865292/22916331/413611693.jpg)
regards Jeff
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:30 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 12:41 am
by Robert E Morey
Awesome Jeff, Great restoration. You are getting quite a collection in the room there.
Bob
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:48 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
With the interest in the new Leopard kit, I looked back through some of my old posts, and realised all the photos were missing on my Leopard 1a4, so took a few this morning
regards Jeff
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:15 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
Thought I would share how the turret connects to the power, allowing it to turn continuously with tangling the wires
regards Jeff
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:01 am
by Chang
Hi Jeffrey,
Very impressive photos of your Leo 1 , on the large slip ring.
Can you re-upload those photos dated 24th and 25th of October 2017? They are un-available now.
Kind regards,
Lerh Chang
Re: Leopard 1A4
Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:17 pm
by Jeffrey Goff
Hi Chang, I will try to upload some pictures, I do not think I can match the sequence they were first on the forum, but will show how I found the tank and what I did to improve it
Jeff