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February 2002

February 03-February 09: Remember that ToyTractorShow.com's next Live Chat is with David Ruppel Owner of C&D Models is this Tuesday February 5, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. CT. This chat will be used to discus 1/64 models only. C&D Models has an all new product line and this your chance to ask about current models and give your input on future models. E-mail your 1/64 questions for Mr. Ruppel to Jason Hasert at toytractorshow@hotmail.com. Please title your e-mail C&D Model's chat question and only e-mail it to the above address as it may be missed at the webmaster account. On the night of the chat only Jason Hasert will post the e-mailed questions, everyone else may watch but not post unless asked to. It is important to follow these guide lines in order to have a successful live chat. TTS News began in January 2001 and has grown to become one of the most popular features on ToyTractorShow.com. Because of the increasing popularity of the news page a new TTS News page has been created to allow the page to load faster. The old news has been archived on the Toy Talk page. This week marks the next step on Don Campbell's 1/32 grain cart building class. This week we start getting ready to build the cart now that we have all the patterns. It is not to late to take part in the class. Go to www.doncampbellmodels.com for all of the class information. Make sure to take the TTS Poll and choose which Steiger 4wd series you would like see as a 1/16 Precision Classic 4wd. You can choose the Series I, Series II, Series III, 1000 Series or Case International 9100 series. New in TTS Custom Toys is Andre Phillips’ 1/64 IH 1480 combine. If there was 1/64 Precision model’s Andre has certainly made one. The interior of the cab is just like the real thing. Andre has a CaseIH 2366 and New Holland TR 99 combine on his project list. Jason Jeffers has created the often requested New Holland TV-140 in 1/64 from Ertl’s Genesis body. Jason makes his TV-140s complete with silage grapple loaders and haybine headers. KPJ800 has created a nice detailed IH 815 combine, 1/64 John Deere lawn mowers and 4010 with a 237 mounted picker. KPJ is working on another CIH custom project that should surprise everyone latter this spring. Mark B. has sent in his display for everyone to enjoy. Adam Heinbuch has created a computer based image of the John Deere 7820 based upon the reported updates the popular 7010 series frame will under go. Brandon Casebier is the latest TTS Featured Collector. Brandon is very talented in building detailed displays and is a John Deere fan. In New Toys news Ertl has produced a 1/32 scale CaseIH 2388 with Chrome plating to help celebrate 25 years of Axial-Flow technology. This model fits in-between Ertl’s 1/64 chrome 2388 and Scale Models 1/16 Chrome 2388. For those of you interested in how government influences farming visit The Atlantic Firm weekly ToyTractorShow.com AG update by going to http://theatlanticfirm.com/id43.htm. The feature tractor of the week is the John Deere 7520. The feature link of the week is http://jetstar.minneapolis-moline.com/main.shtml .

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