Model Collection Summary Page
This summary page contains various graphs, summary information and statistics regarding your collection.
Collection Manager: Manage your models, edit, delete and see a list.
Wish/Want Manager: Manage your wish and want lists. Edit, delete etc.
Trade Manager: Manage models you have marked as trade. Use this system to create a listing of your models for sale or to post lists to the forums.
Custom Manager: Edit/Delete and add custom models.
Add Wanted: Add a model that you would like to see produced.
Search & Add: Search the model
database and add results to your collection.
Print Collection: Print your collection, wish/want list in PDF or HTML formats.
Other Collections, Wish/Wants, Trades: Search for other users collections, wishes and trades
Preferences: Customize your settings and print preferences for My Collection.
Refresh Graphs: This link refreshes the pie chart
and the graph located on the summary page. The graphs are refreshed every 24
hours, click to refresh them manually.
My Preferences
Setup your personal preferences for viewing and printing your
collection. This section has its own
integrated help.
Collection
Manager
Setting Model as
Private or Public
To
set a model a in your collection to private or public,
click on the first icon that looks like a padlock. If the padlock is grey in
color, it means the model is public. If the padlock is gold in color it means
the model is private.
Setting Model For Trade/Sale
To set a model in
your collection to available for trade, click on the icon next to the padlock icon. This is shown as a
switch icon. The switch icon in grey means the icon is not for trade or sale.
The switch icon, dark blue in color means that the model is currently set for
sale or trade. Once marked as available for trade the model will appear in your trade manager.
Editing a Model
The larger icon with a pencil on a pad next to the trade icon is the
edit icon. This allows you to edit information on the model you entered when
you first added the model. You can modify:
- Comments
- Price
Paid
- Asking
Price (When for sale/trade)
- Private
Model
- Model
for sale/trade
- Purchase
Date
- Source
- Postage
Paid
- Duplicate
Model
Click “Update Model” and the
model will be updated and the changes will be visible when looking at your
collection.
Deleting a Model
To delete a model press the final
icon with a red x on a white page. You will be asked via a pop-up window if you are sure you want
to delete the particular model and will be given two options. “ok” and
“cancel”.
Extra Pages
Up to 200 models can be fitted on
each page of your collection at Wings900. There are arrows at each end of the
page numbers at the top and bottom of each page of the, my collection page that
allows you to view each page.
Wish/Want Manager
Setting Model For Trade/Sale
To set a model in
your collection to available for trade, click on the icon next to the padlock icon. This is shown as a
switch icon. The switch icon in grey means the icon is not for trade or sale.
The switch icon, dark blue in color means that the model is currently set for
sale or trade. Once marked as available for trade the model will appear in your trade manager.
Editing a Model
The larger icon with a pencil on a
pad next to the trade icon is the edit icon. This allows you to edit
information on the model you entered when you first added the model. You can modify:
- Priority
- Private
Model
- Maximum
Budget
- Comments
After that’s done, press “Update
Model” and the model will be updated and the changes will be visible when
looking at your collection.
Finding a Model
Clicking the icon with a magnifying glass means the database will go
and search to see if the model you clicked beside is available by other
Wings900 members or at Wings900 Preferred Retailers. If no one has it available then
you’ll need to search for the model outside of the Wings900 community.
Found a Model
This is the green check icon icon. If
you have found a certain model that’s in your wishlist, click this icon beside
it and it will bring you the same form you use to fill out when you add a model
to your collection. Once you pressed the button to add it to your collection,
the model will be moved from your wishlist to your collection.
Deleting a Model
To delete a model press the final
icon with the red X. You will be asked via a pop-up window if you are sure you want
to delete the model and will be given two options. “ok” and
“cancel”.
Trade Manager
When you mark a model available for
trade, the model appears here where you can manage how you advertise
the model.
Generate Trade List
This will auto-generate a a list of all
the models you want to sell and their prices. This can then be emailed to people or posted on the forums.
Post Trade List to Forums
This posts the Trade List to the for sale/trade forums of Wings900 and DAC.
You have to have an active working username and login this to work. The list
will update every time you edit a model in your Trade List.
Private Model
Check this box if you only want yourself to see this model included in your
collection. If you want the general public to see it in your collection, leave
it unchecked.
Model For Sale
or Trade
If the
model is available for sale or trade then check this box. Checking the box will make the
model appear for sale or trade in your collection, but only if the private box
is left unchecked (You can't advertise a private model).
Ebay
Automatically creates eBay descriptions for a model you are selling. These descriptions can then be pasted into eBay when creating a listing. Includes:
- Automatically fills in description similar to
that of the database model detail view.
- Ability to add your own general information and shipping details
- 20 free descriptions per year
- Can select stand, condition, box included, etc.
Sell
Clicking the $ icon, will take you to a form
where you can fill out the details of the model you want to sell. Pressing the
“Submit new Ad” button will create your add and send it to the Wings900 Classifieds and
Auctions section where it will be able to be seen by the general public but
only Wings900 members will be able to bid on it. If you were to mark your model
as not for trade or sale in the Trade Manager, the Ad will disappear.
Editing a Model
The larger icon with a pencil on a pad, next to the trade icon, is the
edit icon. This allows you to edit information on the model you entered when
you first added the model. The parts you can edit are:
- Comments
- Price
Paid
- Asking
Price (When for sale/trade)
- Private
Model
- Model
for sale/trade
- Purchase
Date
- Source
- Postage
Paid
- Duplicate
Model
Deleting a Model
To delete a model press the final
icon with the red X. You will be asked via a pop-up window if you are sure you want
to delete the model and will be given two options. “ok” and
“cancel”.
Custom
Manager
Allows you to add any custom made models or models that are not in the Wings900 database. To add a model to your collection, click on the “Add a Custom
Model” link at the top. You will be given a form to fill out so you can add the
model to your collection.
Search & Add
This takes you to the model database where you
can search for models add them either to your collection, or to your wishlist.
Print Collection
This page loads up for you to choose your
options of how your collection should be printed. i.e Landscape, Portrait, paper size, etc.
Select the options you want and then press “Print My Collection”. It is also possible to print out your
Wish/Want List by clicking the “Print My Wish/Want List”.
Other Collections
To view another collection click on the link
noted as “Other Collections”. This will take you to a small page with the list
of # through to Z. The letters/hash sign represent the starting number or
letter of a member’s username. For example, clicking on R will give you every
member’s link to their collection beginning with R. From there you can view each users collection, wish/want list and trade list.
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