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Matt Whisenant

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Lenexa, KS

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  • skysurfer808

    Dear Matt;

    Great collection and a wonderful site.  I'm looking forward to being part of an online diecast community again, as I used to post under this screen name at www.modelhangar.com.  My collection is predominantly military at traditional plastic model scales of 1 32, 48 and 72 with a few 144s and a single Hobbymaster 1/200 C-54.  I have a rather large collection and fortunately an understanding lady who lets me enjoy the hobby.  Looking forward to discussing our hobby more with you all.

    Aloha

    Skysurfer808

  • bob james

    Hi Matt,

     

    Thanks for the welcome!  I have never belonged to any chat groups, but Troy talked me into joining when the group was just starting.  You can see that it has taken me several weeks to join the group.  Since it's taken me a number of weeks to join I was just not sure about joining.  Now you can see that I have no clue as to how chat groups work and I'm slowly getting help from Matt and I will talk with Troy of Troy's Toys when he's back at the shop.

     

    I really liked the photos of your collection and your display of the collection.  I hope that when I'm ready to work on display room or my man cave that it will turn out as nice as your display of aircraft.  I just purchase a short time ago a display case from a person selling it in Abilene, Kansas.  It was an early MatchBox display case with glass all around the case with all it's lighting.  I just need to work on changing the sign on the top of the case.  I've got some ideas as to how I want to display the aircraft which I hope that I will be in a 2 or 3 years. 

     

    I have 38 large tubes for all the 1:72nd scale models and the larger 1:72nd models like the bomber are taking up 1/2 of the walking in closet.  This is taking up 1/2 of the closet space and Mary Ann hasn't said anything, but there are some hints about the situation.  I have about 30 large boxes of 1:72nd scale models.  I hope you don't mind me writing so much but I just am so WWII Aircraft of WWII History.  When ready and basement is ready I will build a WWII American Airbase with P-51 Mustang in Europe using the 352nd Fighter Group called the "BLUENOSE BASTARDS of BODNEY"!  

     

    Cheers, Bob

     

     

     

  • Brian Sherman

    Me too! The red-100 is so nice. The 707s look pretty good too, I have ochre. It's such an ugly color it looks cool. The 707, 757, or 777 could make any livery or color look good, IMO.
  • Brian Sherman

    That's awesome!!! WOW, thank you! I can't tell you how fun it is for me to be able to have a place to post pictures of my collection, and chat about the hobby! This site has really re-energized my enthusiasm for this hobby and I'm really honored by your selection! Thanks again!!
  • JEAN-FRANCOIS QUILLIEN

    Woooowww!
    I'm far away from your impressive collection and lacks personally some more glas shelves for my planes!!!
    Estonishing!
    Regards fron France
    Jeff
  • bob james

    Hey Matt,  No one has come up with answer to my question on my site and how I got into collecting Diecast Aircraft.  I give them out there a little hint.  Have the members check-out the landing-gear and have them send the answer to you.  Then you can give them to Troy or bring them to Troys on some Sat.  I get to Troy's sometime around noon if you want to meet me there and I'll bring a couple of model by from my 1:48 Scale Mustangs.  Cheers, Bob
  • bob james

    Hi Matt, I forgot to mention that they would have to look at a Franklin Mint P-51 Mustang and it's landing gear.  I'm sorry to forget that part in my last message to you.  Cheers, Bob

  • Ron McCune

    Thanks Matt....Glad to be here!!   Love the Hobby and nice to know there are many others that have the same "addiction"....

     

    Have a Great Weekend....>Go Packers!!

  • JEAN-FRANCOIS QUILLIEN

    Thank you so much, Matt!

     

    I lack Glas shelves to improve the show!

    I joined some photographs too of my armor and military vehicles, as well as my reference docs. It"s really a mess in my 2nd floor!!!

     

    Kind regards

    Jeff

  • Mike Sousa

    thanks matt.
  • Bryce Rea

    Matt did you sell your TWA 747?
  • JEAN-FRANCOIS QUILLIEN

    Thank you very much, Matt! I noticed that numbers of my photos are not detailed enough. I think I will erase them and replace with more precise ones, with less models on them.
  • Mike CAGE

    Well Jolly-Roger has arrived in his own special custom plane. I sit on one side and reps from the Tortuga Airforce have the other. So far no engine failures.

    Thanks for the welcome Matt. I'll add mor contributions after finding my way round.

  • Brian Sherman

    The AWA is nice but, either the Delta or the Piedmont are my favorite/ the best one I have.
  • Ted Traikovski

    Matt! LOVE your cabinets man! Wow, I could hang out at your place all day! :)

     

    Just joined and looking forward to being a life-long member on your site!

     

    Cheers,

    Ted Traikovski (I'm canuckwingnut on 400 SH and wings900) and I'm runwaymodelz on Squidoo and Ebay! :)

     

    http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz

     

     

     

     

     

  • Ted Traikovski

    Matt!

     

    The site is awesome! Great stuff bud! I was thinking of sending you a message asking if I could help with the site on a volunteer basis? Anything I can do to help.

     

    I am relatively new to the hobby (5 years now), but that doesn't mean that I don't have the passion. I have started a Squidoo lens about the hobby and I'm always looking for help and partners. I am really looking forward to being an active member on your site. I will spread the word and help you whenever and for whatever you need.

     

    I also have some business ideas that I'd like to bounce off you if you are interested. You cabinets are great and the newsletter is wonderful idea!

     

    http://www.wings900.com/modeldatabase/mycollection/collection-15040...

     

    http://www.squidoo.com/runwaymodelz

     

    Cheers,

    Ted

  • Jon Thorne

    Really nice!!! I love those L-1011's. I just bought my first 3- two 7474 and one A388, came in the mail today. I'm now looking and ordering more. I can see this getting out of hand. Nice cabinet to they look really good in there; keeping them safe and clean.
  • Ted Traikovski

    Hi Matt,

     

    Sorry for the late reply. I LOVE that Southwest 'Florida One' video...it's excellent! Thanks for commenting!

     

    I will respond to your other email this week as I am pretty busy these days. I'd love to contribute to the site. Also, I am contemplating forging some business relationships on here as I would like to make the move to becoming a Distributor or an online shop, etc...Do you have any experience in this Matt or even know someone?

     

    Cheers again! :)

     

    Ted (runwaymodelz)

  • Ted Traikovski

    Matt,

     

    I want to thank you so much for creating the banner for me and featuring me on your main page! Very very nice of you man! I have amended my blog to hilight your site as well. Take a look and tell me what you think okay? I'm really excited about the future of MAC.com!

     

    Cheers buddy!

     

    Ted

  • Tobin Gardner

    Hey there Matt! Sorry for slacking. I hope to start utilizing banners in the near future, but here's what I can do so far, as well as more info with your link on our small, but growing forum: 

    http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Friends_and_Sponsors
    Thanks,
    Tobin

  • Samuel

    Hello everyone, greetings from Mexico!
  • Louis Martin

    Hi Matt, Thank you for the welcome, I appreciate it

     

    Lou Martin

  • Daniel R.Carneiro aviationcombr

    Thanks.
    I have about 260 models (mostly brazilian, latin american and portuguese airliners)... it will be a hard job taking pictures of each one and upload it!

    Greetings from Rio de Janeiro

  • brian calkin

    Thanks Matt for welcoming me in, I hope to make a useful contribution as I figure the routine out. Cheers!
  • brian calkin

    hi, Matt, great thing you've got going here! I hope to be a active  member Cheers!
  • Rich S

    Hi Matt,

     

    Thanks for the welcome.

     

    RS

  • Kai

    thanks for the welcome matt! i understand now about the magazine. this site has become amazingly robust! if i can lend a design hand for the magazine in the future (provided i have time) let me know. i would love to do it.
  • Karun Gupta

    Thanks a lot Matt!!
  • Otávio Santos

    Hi Matt

     

    Nice to see you here. Thanks for the warm welcome.

     

    Cheers

     

    Otavio

  • Gabe Armstrong

    I know... maybe in my spare time
  • LiLi Oster

    Thanks Matt !
  • Peter Gabb

    Thanks for your welcome. Have lived in Kalispell MT.for over 11 years. Collector of diecast airplane for many years. My local airport in the U.K.was London Stansted which I saw develop over the years from 1967 to its current level of activity. My Wife was P.A. to the M.D. of Heavylift Cargo Airlines which proved interesting to me with their Shorts Belfasts,Conroy Guppy, and eventually the Volga Dnepr AN 124's  Not so much activity here locally at Glacier Park International after Stansted!..
  • Jill Shelton

    Hey thanks Matt:) And Teddy is the Best!! His love for airplanes has been rubbing off!
  • Jill Shelton

    Thanks Matt:) And yes, My Teddy is the Best!! His love for Airplanes and models has started to rub off!!
  • kat

    My dad recently passed and enjoyed many years building an extensive model airplane collection.  Many of his planes were flown only once and all have motors and controllers in perfect condition.  My brothers and I are planning to keep a few as heirlooms, but we are interested in appraising the value of his collection and selling the majority.  There are also several models still unopened in the box and his collection dates back at least thirty years. Can you offer some advice on how to best go about this?
  • CaptJSuayan

    Thanks for the welcome Matt!! Glad to join the site!!
  • Ole Bjorn Jensen

    Hi Matt.

    Thanks for your welcome. Look forward to quite some interesting moments on the forums.

    All the best.

  • Rich Reinhart

    Thanks for the Welcome Matt...great to be here
  • michael

    Thanks for the welcome Matt
  • Joshua

    Thanks Matt =]!
  • Jeff Grams

    Thanks Matt!
  • Caleb Hays

    Matt, I'm on a Mac and I'm able to load the site... I don't think it's an OS X-specific issue. Perhaps DNS issues?
  • Caleb Hays

    We just did some testing using screen sharing... If we manually set his DNS server to 4.2.2.2 instead of the ones from his ISP, then MAC loads... so I think it's a problem with his router maybe? Or perhaps the route his router is using...? Anyway, I hope it gets worked out.
  • Chan

    Thanks alot Matt !! :)
  • Stuart Willard

    Thanks I appreciate it
  • Sérgio Brito

    Thank you Matt , very good site i feeling in home.

    Best regards
  • Sérgio Brito

    Thank you 
  • Conor Clancy

    Thank you!
  • mario jimenez

    thanks for the welcome, Matt....im impressed by your number of collection...its incredible...wish i had so much space and room for such beautiful models...by the way at present, im to 1/72 military aircraft diecast model and just begun collecting 2 years ago....i love collecting in the future civil airline aircrafts too....with so much beautiful liveries of foreign airlines....surely cant get enough
  • Jason Venu

    WOW love the cabinets, I too am looking at getting a propper cabinet in stead of placing the  planes on shelves. Get tired of wiping the dust of them.