yesterday i received my real German panzer IV or III piece of track. its huge and its hard to get a good picture of it, the tank in the picture is a unfinished 1/35 panzer III

I recieved mine last weekend. How cool is it to own a real Panzer IV track link! Was yours a good bit rusty? I think that I am going to have mine sandblasted. Would that be a bad idea? If so what would you suggest doing?

Hey guys,
Where do you get all this cool Panzer stuff?

Too Cool! I'm interested in acquiring this paperweight also. Any hints / tips?

Thanks,
Mika

We got them from a guy who was selling them on E-Bay. A month or so ago, Sohcahtoa posted a message saying that he had just picked up a piece of memorabilia (I can't remember what it was now -- it may have been a Panther towing clevis) off of E-Bay and that his next purchase was going to be a Panzer IV track-link that someone on E-Bay had about 20 of and was selling. I decided that I wanted one and bought one myself. The same guy is currently selling a Panzer III/IV track link (the version with hollow guide teeth) now. Go here if you are interested.

mine was a bit dirty, i cleaned it in the bath tub with a tooth brush and a lot of the dirt came off. i let it soak for about a hour and then went at it.

i know nothing about sandblasting but isn't that a bit abrasive?