Great work with the tracks, looks really authentic… 
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That looks fantastic👌
I must admit to having the same trouble with the suspension arms on mine,with the AA interior and metal tracks I actually had to pin them because of the weight.
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Cheers Johnny, I seriously hope I never have to do Friuls again. They were nearly the end of me. I’ve glued both the idlers and sprockets Jacko, hopefully they will be enough to handle the weight of the top run of track..
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The suspension arms on my Warrior kit cracked and broke off from the Turpenoid \ Oil paint wash I did on it! I had to CA glue every one of them. Weird plastic. They are fragile things!
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Well I’ve finally got the cover on the basket and painted. The cover is silver foil from a wine bottle with etch scrap hooks on the basket. Small D rings made from fine copper wire secures the cover to the basket edge, just like the real thing. I used some of the AK cam net to simulate the rolled up net in the basket pushing out of the side. I wanted to get it done and painted but now realise that I haven’t done the buckles or strap ends for tightening it up. I’ll have to have a look at how to do those 'cos they will be ridiculously small and I don’t want to ruin the work already done. It also needs gloss coating and a pin wash done on the straps and some shading.
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Accurate-Armour are still selling these on their site:
I have a different set of theirs that just has the buckle and loose end of the strap. I don’t see them on their site any more though.
Of course back in the day everything was scratched:
I find this product in various widths to be extremely useful:
That pic reminded me that there are some straps on the etch set that I won’t be using. Not exact but the scope for trashing my work goes down immeasurably.
Those look like Bradley tie downs. Let me know if you need more.
Really nice job on the basket cover, that looks spot on and the tiny bit of cam net showing works so well. Definitely the nicest Warrior I’ve seen built up.
Thanks guys, luckily there are five buckles and straps on the etch set so got enough thanks.