My Panzer Track Link

[sandgroper]

Great stuff, what an assortment! Looks like with a few more bits and a bit of effort you could be driving it to work!

[panzerhunting]

Thank you. This is just one part of the collection. especially in the face of major tank battles were in place.

[Paul D]

Attachment 267054Attachment 267058Attachment 267055Attachment 267056Attachment 267053Attachment 267057Hi. Here same from my 'rusty' collection.All come from Hungary.

Some postage costs there !!!

[nemps]

Russian T20 or T26 or T27, Stug III "Ostkette", Sdkfz 251

[panzerhunting]

Very nice collection.Where you find this all???




My Panzer V links set from Ballasagyarmat,HU.

[Javi E]

hi dear friends,

i have these two panzer track links, i would like to clean them but i have not idea of how to do. any ideas will be welcome, take a look at the condition, they are relic items found in Estonia.

[panzerhunting]

Hi.
Very nice two pieces of history.
Panzer III-IV tanks used this type.

You know clean them with acid or fire!
Normal fire better,after all rusty pieces come dont!
Acid sometime make diferrent colored markes!

If thay will nice,need some oil or WD-40/anti rusty safty/! you use on sureface!

Regards

[Javi E]

fire?????? its the first time i know this method, and what kind of acid? does the electrolisis works?

[panzerhunting]

You make normal fire place on outdoor,from wood,burns down!


Put in they smolder woods and waithing 15 mins!
After you using hammer careful!
All rust come down!
You will see nice ,if you useing oil on hot metal!
I used 20% clorid acid, every 2 minutes need checking!!!!!!!
Very dangeraus staff!!!!!!!
Regards
let me see if you ready!

[Matt L]

Except that your tracks aren't that bad and probably don't need any harsh treatment; a nice stiff wire brush or oxalic acid dip is probably all you really need. My local hardware store has these round wire brushes with a shank for putting them in a power drill or the like for $3 or $4 and they work great- so long as one wears safety glasses and a dust mask. Fire, electrolysis, or hydrochloric acid are all rather extreme or difficult to work with and really unnecessary unless the object you have is very, very rusty and beyond that it's reasonable to clean by hand.

Tank tracks are sizable chunks of cast steel- they're pretty stable and would take a very long time to degrade badly- and unless you see bright orange rust, the oxidation present is probably fairly stable. A wire brush will remove all the loose rust, and that's the stuff to get rid of since it is loose- everything else is actually what's protecting the steel from further degradation. The thing is 70 years old, a combat relic so looking its age and looking like it was dug up are part of the charm of these relics I think- so getting rid of the dirt and obviously loose rust is just cleaning- no need to go further and affect the charm