WhiteWolf McBride

Feb 2 2006, 03:39 AM

Ok... now I'm flipping out... WHY?

Cause I just bagged ANOTHER Leopard 1A4 for $155 US shipped:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=6033854248

This thing appears to have been a shelf queen, and NEVER painted, not had its prized rubber mantlet guard installed (meaning its PRIMO for replication) Ok, now I'm gonna flip out - I just read the PayPal ID - I sold it to this guy about 10 years ago! WILD : I'm getting my Leo back!

Now I'd like to put out a call for any Tamiya Leopard 1A4 owners... I'd like to form some sort of mutual support group. Why? Well, many of the parts are no longer in-stock at Tamiya. As such we can only count on private trades, private sales boards, and eBay. And more than a bit of self-interest, as I now own ~two~ of the babies!

To that end I would like to invite you to come to the Yahoo group I moderate for Grauwulf - The Armor Salvage Yard:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ArmorSalvage/

I'll soon post all my Leo 1A4 spares, and I invite ~all~ the Tamiya Leopard 1A4 part owners (even if you don't own a 1A4) to post their parts lists for sale so we can keeping these pre-DMD babies going. I'll also replicate the post here in the Wanteds/Sales/Trades thread under a hopefully ongoing 'Leo 1A4 Support' thread (with Outcast's permission of course)

I hope to have the chance to recast the rubber mantlet guard, as the one inbound appears as if it was never installed and is not dry-cracked. Anyone know who can replicate 'em?

WhiteWolf McBride
- owner of ~two~ Leo 1A4's now
- moderator of Armor Salvage