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Magnetic Cowling Attachment in 10 easy steps.

How easy is it to use rare earth magnets to hold your model's cowling in place? MAN contributor and expert scale builder and designer Sal Calvagna shows us how. Neodymium magnets are members of the rare earth family and made from a combination of iron, boron and of course, neodymium. They were developed by General Motors and Sumitomo Special Metals in the early 1980s and are the strongest permanent magnets to date.  These magnets are...

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