I am interested in collecting some DC-10s from Northwest Airlines~ I have googled some information on the mould, and everyone is saying that Aeroclassics has the best DC-10 mould, but WHY? I know that there are AC, GJ, and DW that have NWA DC-10s. How would you rank them? Which one should I get?
I think, according to some photos online, all three looks pretty good.
AC and GJ has really good details on the Fuselage.
But AC's engines does not have many details, while GJ's NWA's belly looks yellowsh.
DW's landing gear looks bad, and does not have good detail on the fuselage.
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I still think that the later DW's are pretty good as they had plastic wings & engines which were more realistic than the GJ version that has metal wings which, to me, look a little too thick.
Thanks Bigprop. Well~ I'm not thinking of getting the DW version though~ As I already have many DW models, I want to get something that might be new to me .
Also, I am also wondering if anyone knows the meaning of the little circular logo following the NORTHWEST logo on the fuselage of NWA's planes. It has the text "Worldwide Reliability" and both KLM and NWA's logo. The flight I took in August, 1998, from Detroit to LA was operated by a DC-10. Does anyone know if the plane I took should have that little logo? Cause the NWA DC-10 from AC has the little logo, while the GJ one's does not. Thanks
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I have the Northwest/KLM DC-10 from GJ and it doesnt look 1/2 bad. I agree with bigprop up there the wings look a little think, But i can live with it. Thats a good question^^^, I will ask a friend and get back to you on that.
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I am interested in collecting some DC-10s from Northwest Airlines~ I have googled some information on the mould, and everyone is saying that Aeroclassics has the best DC-10 mould, but WHY? I know that there are AC, GJ, and DW that have NWA DC-10s. How would you rank them? Which one should I get?
I think, according to some photos online, all three looks pretty good.
AC and GJ has really good details on the Fuselage.
But AC's engines does not have many details, while GJ's NWA's belly looks yellowsh.
DW's landing gear looks bad, and does not have good detail on the fuselage.
Hi for me the overall shape of the aeroclassics seems better then the Geminijets version the nose cockpit windows etc etc. I myself only own the dragon wings Dc-10 and I think they did a very beautiful job on that model so if it were me I would get the aeroclassics version then the Gemini jets version.
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Before the Aeroclassics DC-10 mould came along, there were no complaints regarding the Gemini Jets or Dragon Wings models of the type. I have some of each and they are just fine. The Aeroclassics DC-10 has just that extra bit of detail, but really they are all good. The only 'DC-10 dog' is the Tucano Line mould, which has a poorly shaped third engine intake and deep panel lines throughout. I have just one in THY - Turkish Airlines delivery scheme and will patiently wait to replace it if Aeroclassics release one.
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Comets still missing- Dan Air (4 & 4C), United Arab Airlines/Misrair/Egyptair, Kuwait AW, Sudan AW, East African AW, Saudi Royal Flt.
Caravelles still not made: Luxair, Air Algerie,SABENA (final scheme), Libyan Arab Airlines, SAS ( SCANDINAVIAN titles scheme)
Ilyushin IL-18s still not made: Tarom (billboard,) Malev (1st scheme),Cubana, Balkan/ Tabso-Bulgarian Air Transport,
Also, I am also wondering if anyone knows the meaning of the little circular logo following the NORTHWEST logo on the fuselage of NWA's planes. It has the text "Worldwide Reliability" and both KLM and NWA's logo. The flight I took in August, 1998, from Detroit to LA was operated by a DC-10. Does anyone know if the plane I took should have that little logo? Cause the NWA DC-10 from AC has the little logo, while the GJ one's does not. Thanks
The NW/KLM logo was applied to the fleet during the days of the NW/KLM alliance. The GJ DC-10 does not have the logo because it has the SkyTeam logo aft of the cockpit windows. When NW and KLM joined SkyTeam, the Worldwide Reliability logo was replaced with that of SkyTeam. If you're going for 1998 accuracy, you'd want a model with the NW/KLM logo.
Certain AC DC10 with a fixed nose gear will give you trouble. I have three of them that came a broken nose gear [craddle too tight?] and I have not found a way to repair these... Too bad, certainly when they have cost around USD 50 [Pan Am]...
Afterwards, the nose gears have been added separately to the box. Which has solved the problem.
But the short version is---GJ's mold is an early DC-10-30, while AC's mold is a late DC-10-30. If the real plane doesn't match the mold, then it's not that accurate. (it still irks me that AC's release of KLM is painted it up as an early variant, when KLM did have late variants too--it could have been an amazingly accurate release, one of the most-accurate DC-10's in all of 1/400--but instead they exactly copied what GJ did with the earlier livery---but that only worked on GJ because GJ had an early-version mold)
PS---if you want a DC-10, Dragon's DC-10 mold (all versions) is the best of all IMHO. Overall nose and tail shape are dead-on. Plus they actually have both -10 vs -30 wings, and -10/30 vs -40 tails.
Don't knock Dragon Wings! They have two kickass Northwest/Northwest Orient DC-10's in the "thermometer" livery. One is even a replica of the "test plane" and features some "DC-10" titles.
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Thanks for everyone's responses.
After looking through David's "Ultimate DC-10 / MD-11 Guide"
Seems like DW's DC-10 is now more attracted to me, comparing to AC and GJ.
Now lies the question. Whether I should get the one with the KLM/NWA logo or not.
The only info I have for the flight that I traveled with was the range of time, which is in August 1998, and the flight was a nonstop flight from Detroit to LA, operated by a DC-10.
Seems like a good idea is to get both the DW and GJ one, and then wipe off the little "Skyteam" logo on the GJ's version, so I will have both the planes with/ without the KLM/NWA logo~
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