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- AB, a/b - airbrush. The air powered paint applicator!
- ABS - a type of plastic. Often used in figures. Cannot use styrene glues on this.
- AF - Airforce -
- AFV- Armored Fighting Vehicle
- AM - after market. Things like wheels, engines, seats - anything not included as a part of the kit.
B- BMF - Bare Metal Foil. Can be a brand or a type of finish
- Braille Scale - Usually refers to 1/72 or smaller.
C- CA, Cyanoacrylate - commonly known as "Super Glue". Many brands now. Usually three viscosity levels, thin, medium and thick.
D- Decanting, Decant - a process of emptying paint from a spray can (rattle can) into a jar so that it can be used in an air brush. See the thread on http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/viewtop ... f=63&t=425
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F- Fiddly Bits - those little bitty parts that are small, hard to hold and can be frustrating to install.
- Frets - Sort like the plastic sprues that contain the model part. They usually contain the PE or photoetch parts.
- Frisket film - a sheet or roll product that can be used to make stencils, stickers, and a number of things.
- Future - known by several names over time in the marketplace. Currently found as "Pledge with Future Floor Shine" or something like that. Used to give models a clear, glossy finish for decaling, etc.
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H- HB - Hobby Boss
I- IP - Instrument panel
- IPA - Isopropyl Alcohol - a good cleaner and thinner for acrylic paints
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L- LHS - Local hobby shop
M- Ma.K. - Maschinenkrieger
- MEK, Methyl Ethyl Keytone - a "hot" plastic adhesive. Quite strong, and regulated.
N- NIB - New In Box
- NMF - Natural Metal Finish - Usually on aircraft.
O- OOB - Out of the box - refers to building a kit using what came in the box. No AM or after market.
- OOP - Out of production. A dastardly tactic used by producers to charge higher prices and gougers on ebay to exploit the masses...
P- PE, Photoetch - Usually an after market purchase, but may be included in the kit. frets of parts such as cockpit dials, placards, hinges, seat belts, storage, etc.
- PS - Photoshop a useful photo editing program from Adobe.
- PVC - Polyvinylchloride - a type of plastic. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride
Q- Quarter scale - term for 1/48 scale
R- Rattle cans - traditional cans of spray paint. They rattle when you shake them to mix.
- Revell-o-Gram, Revellogram - a contraction of Revell and Monogram. . . kit manufacturers
- RoG - Revell of Germany. European arm of the Revell company.
S- SdKfz- Sonderkraftfahrzeug, special purpose vehicle
- SH - Special Hobby
- SIB - Sealed in Box
- SOB - Straight out of the Box.
- Sprue - the plastic frames that hold the parts of your kit. Save these for other uses.
T- Tamigawa - a contraction of two manufacturer names, Tamiya and Hasegawa
- TMMI - Tamiya Model Magazine International
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- Vintage - This is an over-used term applied to old kits being sold by folks. Some are truly vintage. To me, the original 1961 Phantom P-51 Mustang from Monogram is a vintage kit. The 1974 issue of the blah-de-blah is not.
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- Wash, washes - mixtures made up of paint colors and thinner. These can be commercially bought or made. Used to create shading, wear-tear effects, weathering.
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