I have been reading about the embossing powder method of anti slip coating over at idf-in scale and am wondering if anyone here has any experience with that? What kind of EP have you used, regular or superfine? Any suggestion would be welcome as I am in the dark here. Cheers.

Hi Damon,
I don't know about using embossing powder, but I found an excellent product for anti-slip surfaces. Vallejo 26232 Sandy Paste is a grey acrylic paint with an ultra-fine grit in it. You just paint it on and you've got your anti-slip surface. It's perfect for it.

Sorry Matthew on changing your name like that. opps.

Rustoleum has a product under the American Accents label call Terra Cotta that works great. I used it to do the anti skid texture on my Challenger II. Might not be course enough for IDF stuff, but otherwise it works well. Hope this helps. "Q"

Mr. Toms has the idea. This is the easiest way and it is acrylic. You can mask of the area, paint on with a brush and it dries quick. Comes in a few colors such as 26.219 "Brown Earth", 26.218 "Dark Earth", & 26.217 "Desert Sand". If this isnt enough you can simply paint over with a few thin coat to get the exact color you are looking for.

Another alternative that may suit your needs would be the Games Workshop textured spray paint. The texture supposedly varies based on how far away from the model you hold it. I have yet to use it, but plan to try it out on my Tamiya Challenger II build.

One of our club members also uses this product with very nice results. I was impressed with the ability to easily mask it to achieve the factory-applied look and the fact that it actually isn't too "rough" and out of scale looking.