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Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the first
Wings900
family newsletter! First up: some news (appropriately enough).
 To
expand the resources available to our members, the Wings900 family (Wings900.com,
DiecastAircraftForum.com,
Scale600.com,
ModelAirports.net
and DiecastWings.net)
are announcing the formation of a partnership with Toy Collector (www.ToyCollector.com).
The success of our model database, collection system and discussion
forums will
be expanded in the upcoming months to include new sources for news,
users and
data.
The Toy Collector mission is to
build the ultimate site for collectors the world over - one which combines
discussion forums, news (more about Toy Collector's reports on the Nuremberg Toy
Fair later), blogs, galleries, videos, competitions and more to provide the most
complete collecting experience on the web - no matter if it is toys, models, or
diecast. Additionally the site has ToyPedia, an unparalleled wiki-based
encyclopedia that will ultimately contain information about every toy and model
ever made and a marketplace dedicated to collectibles. The site will also
feature a collection management system and filtering technology to allow users
to set their site preferences to only see content that is related to their
interests. So if all you want to see are 1/500 scale planes or only Boeing 737s,
then you'll be able to make that happen!
So take a seat, fasten your
seatbelt, and enjoy the ride!
Now let's take a look at what's
been happening over the last month...
Wings 900
 In
the reviews
section, our most recent reviews include some great stuff from Herpa,
including the Qantas
747-400, TAM
Brasil MD-11 and Rossiya
Special Flight Detachment IL-96-300, all in 1:500.
Notable 1:500
forum chat has included discussions about the New Release Herpa
Lufthansa A319-114 and S7
Airlines A310-222, as well as one man's luckiest
find ever. Over in 1:400,
hot topics have been JET-X
Products, the Drop Zone
Diecast Shop and AeroCla$$ics
March releases while 1:200
discussions have featured Aero le
Plane models, the Skyline
Northwest Airlines Jetstream-31 and a pair of
finished customs - a Delta 777 and 757 Salt Lake City 2002.
Speaking of customs, plenty
going on over in the Custom
Models forum too, including threads on a Spanair
MD-83 "Star Alliance", Spirit of
Manila Airlines MD-82 and the WMaquetes
Custom experience.
DAC
 Over on DAC,
1:400
chat featured JC Wings
April Releases and the Continental
Eco-Skies Jet. In 1:200,
we had the Gemini
Pan Am L-1011 and the Virgin
America A320 (and others) while the 1:500
forum saw the IF 500
March New Releases posted alongside much else including some SQ Model
questions.
Notable Military
Model Aircraft postings included threads on 1/35
scale J-10 models, current production C-5
Galaxy and the SR-71
Rapid Rabbit, while the New
Arrivals Board had plenty more Herpa, including the Luftwaffe
A340-300, TAM
Brasil A330-223 and Qantas
Airways B 747-438.
Scale 600 & Toy
Collector
 On
Scale
600, meanwhile, discussions were had on LinoJets,
buying
1:600 models in the US and one particular balsa
wood 1:600 model... And Toy
Collector featured LaToya's plane-centric
reports back from the 2010 Nuremberg Toy Fair, including Herpa
Wings' upcoming models,
new releases and prototypes, Corgi's
2010 plans, plus more from Socatec,
Dragon
Wings and much else besides!
Hope you enjoy & see you
next month!
The Wings900 Team
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