Welcome to Airfield Models

Airfield Models is my personal web site for model builders and those who appreciate the art of model building.

News About My Magnetic Fixture System (Pricing and Availability)

Main Points of Interest

• Radio Control, Display and Control-Line models — Articles and hundreds of photos.

• Articles for Model-Builders — Lots of articles including these series:

  • How-To's — Building and finishing techniques and tools you can make.

    • Make a Magnetic Building System — Extremely detailed information about the best and fastest method for building very accurate model aircraft.

    • Purchase My Magnetic Fixture System II

  • Model-Building Tips and General Philosophy — Build attractive and unique models that work properly.

  • Model-Building Tools — The trick to good craftsmanship is not always having the right tool, but having it helps a lot.

  • Construction Materials — What I know about what I build models from.

  • Model Aircraft Glow Engines and Fuel Systems — Learn to run your engines reliably so you can have fun flying.

  • Model Airplane Math and Design Theory — Not only so you can design your own, but to help you understand why model airplanes do what they do.

• Frequently Asked Questions — Common or interesting model-building questions that I've been asked.

• Items for Sale — Magnetic Fixture sets, kits, tools, etc.

• Miscellaneous References and resources (links) — Photos of related subjects and links that provide more information.

• My Elite Infantry keeps pests out of the shop — He's fierce so don't mess with him.

Note 1: 

My vision is getting noticeably worse.  All my modeling life I've been trying to find the Holy Grail of magnifying glasses — even when my vision was a lot better than it is now.

So right off the bat I'm going to save you some time, frustration and money.

You do not need any kind of magnifying, lighted headset-type magnifying glasses to work with tiny modeling pieces.  What you need is a couple sets of reading glasses and good lighting in your work area.  I was snowed for so long by the modeling suppliers who tried to sell me all kind of modeling magnifiers and they all pretty much are expensive, a pain to use and don't work that well.  Reading glasses work great - even cheap ones.

You're Welcome.

Second Note:

I'm not a journalist.  I've never been to Journalism School.  I know nothing about Journalism.  But I think there's a rule that says if you change anything you've already published that you're supposed to clearly note that.  I'm reading through this site for the first time in a long time and finding all kinds of typos and things that are badly or oddly worded and fixing them.  I'm not making any notes about it.  If I change my viewpoint on a thing then I will but I'm not noting small things I'm fixing like changing "it's" to "its", for example.   So some page dates will be recent (as of this writing) but that doesn't indicate new or changed information unless noted.  Mostly it's just fixing misspellings and weirdly phrased things.

Work is what I do for the love of it.  A job is how I pay for it.

- Paul K. Johnson

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