I agree with you on that, John. It really irks me about these cheap, crappy, gimmick tools that "our" manufacturers sell to us. Especially the larger companies who can afford to put out a better quality tool. They're still trying to convince people that there are "miracle" tools that will allow anyone to make a contest-winning model even though they basically have little skill.

I guess that's all part of the learning process, but in the mean time these companies are making a lot of money selling crap that has never worked for anyone, but people are desperate to try.

OK, so on to higher quality stuff...

for those of you who were asking about my building board, I drew up a fixture with dimensions. What I didn't note on the drawing is that there are four magnets on each - two on each side. I'll note that on the drawing when I get a little time. In the mean time, here's a link to the drawing. It prints out well, but looks blocky on the screen due to it being fairly high resolution (300 dpi).

http://www.airfieldmodels.com/inform...et_fixture.tif