Hello!!!

I recently brought the AFV Club Stryker. I want to know if the vehicle has anti slip coating the same way as the M1 and Merkava have.

In case affirmative, in what places the coating goes???

Let's hope someone can help.

Best Regards.

It ould be easy to say any flat horizontal surface not including the bolt on discs, but even that would not be correct. If you're going to use the spray method, at least the Stryker family is the best candidate, as it seems to be the most uniform texture, unlike the M1 series or a lot of the MRAPs I've seen, where it can be quite unevenly applied. It's more a question of scale. Look at this photo - it's easily five time the width of the actual model. You're going to have to use very fine grit, and even then, if you scale the photo down to 1/35 the texture would all but disappear. Even so, I'll still put it on my Maxx Pro, but with very fine grain sand,

Hi Panzerfan,
that was my problem with the Stryker too! And this is my way to solve it:
Badger aluminum oxide abrasive on wet, waterthinned Tamiya paint and - after drying - fixed with a very very thin cement.
Here's the result:



Michael

...some more anti.slip-coating; this time on my LAV III:



in detail; trying to show the bolts of the removed cable guiding:




Michael

I've used spray can paint - Rustoleum Textured finish...terra cotta. Its a very fine finish, looks very convincing under finish coat.
Type a search at the top, its been covered w/ excellent pictures used on the Stryker family of vehicles.

I wish I could remember the guys screen name that posted it.

Here's the post..its on an Abrams, but gives you a great idea!

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/50656

the issue i have with my stryker's anti-slip is that any "texturing" i tried was way out of scale. when looking at photos of the real thing, i found that it was subtle even at 1:1 scale.

i am planning to simulate the texturing during the painting stage rather than make it a physical application. just my two cents. look forward to seeing your project. cheers, bd