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Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: November 1st, 2014, 8:31 pm
by Dazzled
Laminate Floor Goblin: A relative of the Carpet Monster. Thrives in carpetless areas, possibly occupying interdimensional wormholes through which errant model parts disappear forever.

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: November 1st, 2014, 8:35 pm
by Dazzled
Slust: Large quantities of fine powder that accumulates in a modellers slippers during prolonged sanding sessions. Particularly associated with Italeri kits.

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: November 1st, 2014, 8:39 pm
by Dazzled
Rigger's Twitch: A common nervous disorder among biplane modellers.

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: November 2nd, 2014, 1:42 pm
by Dazzled
Up The Jumper: Popular method for smuggling kits past the household authorities. Not usually successful with 1/24th scale kits.

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: November 3rd, 2014, 10:22 pm
by iggie
Jack-in-the-Box : Closely related to the above technique, but sneakier; it requires the complicity of a supplier to conceal smaller kit boxes inside one larger kit box, hence reducing the visual impact of an arriving parcel

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: February 14th, 2015, 1:18 am
by Ratch
Your link to the ATF is broken :cry: Here's a new one...
http://www.airfixtributeforum.co.uk/;
Also the ABC isn't in the Glossary. I know A is acquired and B is built, but what is C? Perhaps someone could add it :ha:

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: February 14th, 2015, 3:35 am
by JohnRatzenberger
Fixed & Added - Thanks, Ratch !

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: September 6th, 2015, 2:32 pm
by Patty
I have so enjoyed reading this thread!
I am fluent in "Dolls house and miniatures talk" (DHAMT)I have special words that help in all sorts of Model making situations. These special words don't always work in really bad fitting situations but, I feel a lot better having let rip!

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: September 6th, 2015, 4:37 pm
by Beowulf Shaeffer
Ratch wrote:Your link to the ATF is broken :cry: Here's a new one...
http://www.airfixtributeforum.co.uk/;
Also the ABC isn't in the Glossary. I know A is acquired and B is built, but what is C? Perhaps someone could add it :ha:
i have always took c to be 'binned/sold/given away/disposed of'

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: September 6th, 2015, 5:36 pm
by JohnRatzenberger
'C'hucked ....

Re: Glossary Chat

Posted: September 6th, 2015, 10:30 pm
by JamesPerrin
or Charity mate...

Modellers New Dictionary...add your own

Posted: September 3rd, 2019, 10:57 am
by Purplethistle
Do you find yourself looking for a succinct phrase or expression to express a concept or situation related to modelling? Fear not! Here is a chance to find the words you're looking for to put into a nutshell a set of circumstances that any fellow modeller can relate to.

Observation Post - The moment when you have just posted a 'Finished' photo and immediately spotted some error or omission that was hitherto unnoticed

Particle Acceleration - The law of nature that dictates that 'The smaller and more irreplaceable the part, the greater the distance it will travel when it pings off your tweezers'*

*Tiny transparencies like 1/72 HUDs and position light covers will often turn up in a completely different postcode/Zip Code once the kit has been finished