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				1:1 scale tank parts
				Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:27 pm
				by paulmerton
				Someone told me diet cola was a cheap way to get rid of rust, so here goes!

 
			 
			
					
				Re: 1:1 scale tank parts
				Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:21 pm
				by AJWW2
				WOW..... did it work?
			 
			
					
				Re: 1:1 scale tank parts
				Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:28 pm
				by plasticboy
				I like to know as well, did it work? 

 
			 
			
					
				Re: 1:1 scale tank parts
				Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:20 pm
				by pickelhaube
				I am sure it did not.
But elbow grease and a wire brush do.
			 
			
					
				Re: 1:1 scale tank parts
				Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:32 am
				by paulmerton
				The phosphoric acid in the diet cola seems to have worked reasonably well for the Panzer IV track link.  I just wiped it off with a ball of aluminium foil and the metal coloured stuff appeared as if by magic.
There are some hard scaley bits on the Panzer II track, though, so I think I'll have to chip those off and try it again. I guess it might be hard mud instead of rust.