Unpainted metal, often the highly polished skin of aluminum aircraft. Specialized paints (such as Testors Metallizer, Alclad II, and SnJ) can be used.
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NOSE WEIGHT
Weight hidden inside the nose of aircraft models with tricycle landing gear to keep them from tipping backward onto their tails. Also called ballast.