I have the opportunity to do another Tiger Model build/review, this time is the Panhard VBL's big brother, the AMX-10RCR. Again, we have a "Crack the Box" by Jim and an in-box review from Gino(HeavyArty). There is also a build blog by Olivier(pilote14), so again, I won't bore you with all the good and bad things with the kit although I will point out things that I notice that hasn't been said already.

In step 2, it calls out to sand of some details which I guess are for the other version, so I started there.

The real thing doesn't have much anti slip say like the Abrams or Bradley has. According to reference pictures on Primeportal, the AMX-10RCR has anti slip only on the top surfaces of the turret, the 2 pieces covering the smoke grenade launchers, and 2 places on the hull, the front and around the fuel caps.
After putting the lower and upper hull and turret together, I masked off the area where the anti slip goes. I used Mr. Surfacer 500 and a flat brush cut real short to stipple the Mr. Surfacer on. Some guys airbrush the Mr. Surfacer and some stipple it. I like to stipple it because it causes a more rougher surface.

great job !
congratulations !

I never actually thought of using Mr. Surfacer to create anti-slip in this way- I've used to texture masonry and rough concrete before by stippling but never thought of using it like this!

Fantastic stuff Pete- plus your excellent photos should prove to be a very handy reference for anyone wanting to add the texturing to this vehicle.