Christa Posted Wednesday at 05:36 AM Posted Wednesday at 05:36 AM A recent item on Traders Board pitched me into my unmade Wingnut Wings boxes. A deal was done. Then I learned that lovely website has disappered. WNW website was the most generous, attractive, informative and inspiring kit manufacturer's website I have known. I enjoyed hundreds of visits for a decade or so, all free. I honour its creators and sustainers, especially because it was available after 2020. WNW's website enticed me to 1:32, I think in 2011. I am still there. I am still a Wings Wingnutter. Not surprisingly, when WNW closed, employees were unforthcoming about the company's activities. Can anyone now tell the story of that superb website? Whose idea was it? Where did the photo archive come from? Where might it be today? Has any other kit manufacturer offered a comparable facility? When was it withdrawn? Could it became available again? What thoughts? Chris 2996 Victor, Archimedes and Iain 3
Kagemusha Posted Wednesday at 08:02 AM Posted Wednesday at 08:02 AM I noticed it had gone about a month ago, meant to post, but you've done such a better job than I would have. Christa 1
LSP_Kevin Posted Wednesday at 08:17 AM Posted Wednesday at 08:17 AM Well, the domain is still valid, and still resolves to the proper location. Upon arriving there, I'm greeted with an internal server error, with a status code of 500. This tells me that the Wingnut Wings server has had a conniption, and there's no one there to fix it. Which means that it's less likely a deliberate pulling of the website, and more likely just an error that no one has even noticed, let alone can fix. Which also means it isn't likely to come back, even if its disappearance was unintentional. Kev Christa, KiwiZac, Martinnfb and 3 others 2 4
Iain Posted Wednesday at 10:04 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:04 AM The repository of Instruction Sheets is still accessible - try Googling for 'Wingnut Wings SE5a instructions' (or any of the others) and you should get straight to a download link for the .pfd instructions file. Might be useful for someone - probably to disappear shortly. Backs up Kev's thoughts... Iain Kagemusha and Christa 2
mattlow Posted Wednesday at 10:20 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:20 AM I imagine the entire WNW site is available via archiving services such as the Wayback Machine... That said I've had a look and while it says it has archived the site several times, I cannot figure out how to access it.. Matt nmayhew and Christa 2
Iain Posted Wednesday at 10:23 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:23 AM Wayback Machine is useful - but in my experience it rarely has an entire site archived - and can be a bit 'crunchy' at times... Edit: just having a play now and not getting anywhere - so far one page found but no images archived that I can see just now. Iain mattlow and KiwiZac 2
Iain Posted Wednesday at 10:34 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:34 AM Closest to anything so far on Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20160204145438/http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/product?productid=3096 Not really much use. Doesn't help that it's hellishly slow for me this morning! Iain
Iain Posted Wednesday at 10:46 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:46 AM I did just manage to get to some Brisfit thumbnail images from the last link I posted - but it times out at the moment trying to open - so I don't know yet if the full image has been archived. http://web.archive.org/web/20220625143713/http://www.wingnutwings.com/ww/productdetail?productid=3096&cat=1 Iain
mattlow Posted Wednesday at 10:54 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:54 AM Hi Just found this on a quick trawl... Link to forum on WW1 aircraft. Chap has archived content, not website... so all photos. instructions etc. Just downloaded a 2Gig zip file... didn't take very long at all. https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11163.msg207207#msg207207 Matt Iain, Christa, mgbooyv8 and 1 other 1 3
Iain Posted Wednesday at 10:56 AM Posted Wednesday at 10:56 AM Great find Matt! Downloading some of that now... 😁 Iain mattlow 1
Iain Posted Wednesday at 11:04 AM Posted Wednesday at 11:04 AM Just downloaded the photos archive from that link Matt - took a while to zip before downloading - but appears to have worked well and I now have photos on my Mac... A lot faster than Wayback Machine - which appears to still be pondering on the meaning of life and the duality of defunct websites. Iain mattlow and Christa 1 1
mattlow Posted Wednesday at 11:33 AM Posted Wednesday at 11:33 AM Ido wonder if the site could return if the owners were made aware... It is kind of Peter J's memorial to the brand and I suspect the cost of maintaining it would be absolutely minimal... Could be hosted alongside the Vintage aviator site? Anyone know Peter's email address? Matt Christa 1
Christa Posted Wednesday at 11:34 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 11:34 AM I don't suppose one of you blokes has got Sir Peter Jackson's mobile number at all? Maybe a brief text could see the glitch fixed like. 2996 Victor, nmayhew, Shoggz and 1 other 4
Iain Posted Wednesday at 11:39 AM Posted Wednesday at 11:39 AM Well - the wingnutwings.com domain is due to expire on the 24th of August if nobody renews it... Iain
mgbooyv8 Posted Wednesday at 12:08 PM Posted Wednesday at 12:08 PM Then it will probably be gone... Matt, great find! I've just downloaded all the stuff, so now I'm sure i have everything from the WNW website Cheers, Peter Iain and mattlow 2
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