I would like to know a way to recreate anti-skid texture to armored surfaces in scale... I've heard about a product called Mr. Surfacer (or Mr. Finisher?) and a different technique that uses some sort of glue and a paintbrush; but to be honest I have no clue how to do it... any tips from you guys?

Thanks,
Mario M.

I did the anti-skid surface on a M2 Bradley with fine sandpaper once. Tried it first with glueing fine sand on to it, but it was messy and didn't look good.
The sandpaper was better, just cut into the desired shape and glue it on with CA glue.. Tricky part is to make the sandpaper's edges disappear..

Next time I'm gonna try the following: Apply some glue to the desired region, give it time to soften the plastic some and than create the surface with a toothbrush or an old paintbrush. Problem is the rought surface must consist of a lot of tiny pits/tips, so I think a toothbrush would create holes wich are to big...

A friend of mine suggested the use of baking soda, but I didn't try it yet. Think it would have the same problems as with the sand...


Just some ideas, hope they are usefull to you....

At risk of self promtion here ...but have you thought of CASTaCOAT...it was designed for this type of thing....someone else could help out here chaps....Model Supply Team retail it as do others

Heck - self-promote away! Tell us all about it! I'd love to find something that works great too!

Gunnie :-)

I would love more infomation on this product. Please! Please! Please!

Yes PLEASE... I'm very interested too. I've still got a big pile of modern kits waiting to be anti-slipped...

hi all textured surfaces can be done by the methods all ready mentioned but there are two other ways , for seat covers or canvas , use liquid polly to soften up the area and then apply a dry clean cloth and leave for 20 sec , peal off and hey presto cloth impression , anti skid is the same method but use the sandpaper grit or sand face down on the softened plastic and again leave 20 or so seconds and lift cleanly off again it leaves the impression behind , as always practice on scrap plastic first .

Liquid polly is just another name for glues like testors or tamiya thin ..you know not the tube stuff but the one you put on with a brush..

Rick

hi try this , take a piece of scrap plastic card and paint on a large amount of glue or as we brits say liquid poly and leave for a few sec then place a piece of scrap t shirt on , leave for 20 sec and peal off , give it a try it is not as hard as it seems , cheers ian

Here you are guys...CASTaCOAT

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Alasdair

Looks good... thanks for the info. BTW, any good retailers in Europe?

Mario M.

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Im a bit late to this one but cast-a-coat is perfect for creating textured surfaces. I have used this material for several things from rolling into milliput to make rough weld seams, texturing stone signposts to even making those textured metal surfaces. This stuff is ideal and is very easy to use (AND remove if you get it wrong - you cant correct melted plastic!).

If you look through the gallery work of slaphead or his stuff in the rivet review board you will see some of the amazing things he has done with this. For me his best is still the woolly jumpers on his soviet figures! :-)

Lee