ORIGINAL: Rodney
Works fine if you get good (expensive unfortunately) magnets. You need rare earth magnets or at the very least Cobalt else the magnets are either to weak or to large. I especially like magnets for the smaller models but prefer weights (bags of shot) or lead ingots for the larger stuff. I guess I have to give it more plusses than negatives though.
Rodney, I realize this is an old thread, but I came across it in my web stats recently so I thought I'd comment on this. I'm not sure why you think rare earth or cobalt magnets are necessary. I don't have any of either and the system is the best I've used.
I use cheap cupboard magnets that I've listed on my site. They cost $0.55 each. For my purposes, they do get expensive though because I found that I need about 250 - 300 of them. But other than these magnets the only other magnets I use are some larger ceramic magnets I bought at Home Depot and Sears. They're about 1/2" x 1" x 1-1/2". I also have some magnetic strips I have attached to straightedges. It's about 3 bucks a roll. I haven't even used a whole roll of it yet.
Egor - Thank you very much for the kind words about my site. You went the long route to find the page though. I'll make it a little simpler.
http://airfieldmodels.com/informatio...oard/index.htm
- Paul
PS. I haven't received many suggestions for improving the system. I'd really like to hear other people's ideas about using it and with their permission, I'll post their ideas on my site and of course, give them credit. I'm sure there are other ways to use magnets that I haven't thought of and am always looking for new ideas.