Mortyman From Norway, joined Aug 2006, 3228 posts, RR: 2 Posted (4 years 5 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 12289 times:
I know the MD 11 is longer than the DC 10, but what about the fuselage width . Is the DC 10 wider than the MD11 or is it only the lenght of the MD 11 that makes it look that way ?
Smcmac32msn From United States of America, joined May 2004, 2211 posts, RR: 5 Reply 2, posted (4 years 5 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 12272 times:
Mortyman From Norway, joined Aug 2006, 3228 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (4 years 5 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 12226 times:
Thanx
But then my 1/500 scale model from Herpa of an Scanair DC 10 is seriously different from one of my MD 11 models... and I don't think it's just because the MD 11 is longer ... The DC 10 looks fat and heavy compared to the sleek MD 11.
Mortyman From Norway, joined Aug 2006, 3228 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (4 years 5 months 6 days 4 hours ago) and read 12142 times:
Quoting CARST (Reply 7): Perhaps one of your models isn't 1:500... i had some other models too with the wrong size which didn't fit in the fleet of my other models.
Says 1/500 on all the boxes to my various MD 11's and DC 10 models. I only have the one DC 10 model though.I had expected it to be shorter wich is was, but not that it would be so wide.. Maybe it's an optical illusion...
NA From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9603 posts, RR: 10 Reply 11, posted (4 years 5 months 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 11996 times:
That are older models.
I have a Herpa DC-10 and MD-11 from the New Generation series built since about 2003. They fit together, fuselage width the same, just the nose of the DC-10 is odd.
These models are build in China, not every model is done right. After long years Herpa still doesnt get the grey belly right on the Lufthansa A330s/340s, and the freight door of the LH Star Alliance 744 is missing. Also the red on the Qantas 744 is different than the tone of the A380, wings colours are sometimes wrong and so on.
Here is the deal... in the real world the DC-10 and MD-11 both are 19'-9" wide. The quality of your models leaves a little to be desired. It's a model.. they are not exact....I have seen some models offered that look nothing like the real aircraft.. very poor copies. Some look pretty close. I have a large collection of Embraer factory models and see several things that are not exact... close, but working with these aircraft everyday I see as wrong.
To be honest.. looking at your overhead picture it looks more like an L1011 lines, so maybe they modified a mold. Look at the nose area. The SAS is all wrong.. closer to an L10 nose, then a DC-10 nose. The sweep on the wings is different on the SAS then on the KLM... look at the size of the Horz. Stab... the KLM looks to be much closer to correct size.
[Edited 2008-12-15 12:13:59]
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NA From Germany, joined Dec 1999, 9603 posts, RR: 10 Reply 18, posted (4 years 5 months 6 days ago) and read 11523 times:
Quoting Timz (Reply 16): Don't forget the actual DC-10 tailplane is 20% longer than the MD-11's.
I think you are mistaken. I have superimposed DC-10 and MD11 longlense sideviews with minimum distorsion and beside detail modifications the tailfin of both are identical. No way there is such difference. The odd small fin on top of the rear part of the tail-mounted engine makes the MD11s tailfin is even longer than the DC10s!
But what exactly do you mean by that, 20% longer? The tailfin, no, cant be. And the tailcone of the MD-11 is longer than the DC-10s, not the other way around, thats easy to see.
Smeg From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2008, 157 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (4 years 5 months 6 days ago) and read 11487 times:
Quoting NA (Reply 18):
I think you are mistaken. I have superimposed DC-10 and MD11 longlense sideviews with minimum distorsion and beside detail modifications the tailfin of both are identical. No way there is such difference. The odd small fin on top of the rear part of the tail-mounted engine makes the MD11s tailfin is even longer than the DC10s!
But what exactly do you mean by that, 20% longer? The tailfin, no, cant be. And the tailcone of the MD-11 is longer than the DC-10s, not the other way around, thats easy to see.
I think that there is a confusion in terms here!
Horizontal stabiliser "wingspan" is smaller on the MD-11 than on the DC-10 in real life (by about 20%). This is also reflected on the photo of the models from above.
FX1816 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1400 posts, RR: 5 Reply 21, posted (4 years 5 months 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 11345 times:
The only thing that I would add is that comparing models by Herpa can be quite difficult as I have a few in my collection and, no offense, but Herpa models are by far the lowest quality I have come accross. Try comparing Gemini or Dragon Wings DC-10's and MD-11's they would appear much closer in dimensions to eachother. Having worked around alot of DC-10's and MD-11's I can say that Dragon Wings does the best job making them with Gemini right there with them. Although my favorite now is the Hogan Wings 1/200 scale MD-11!!!
TrijetsRMissed From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2097 posts, RR: 6 Reply 22, posted (4 years 5 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 11255 times:
The No. 2 engine on the DC-10 is more sweptback and the MD-11 has the screwdriver tailcone, both of which are not clearly visible on the models. In short, not everything is 100% on the models, but the cabin width is the same.
DUALRATED From United States of America, joined May 2008, 1001 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (4 years 5 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 11240 times:
Your dc-10 is taller than your MD-11 thats how you know the scales are off.
FX1816 From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1400 posts, RR: 5 Reply 24, posted (4 years 5 months 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 11153 times:
Quoting DUALRATED (Reply 23): Your dc-10 is taller than your MD-11 thats how you know the scales are off.
They are the same scale, they are both 1/500 scale Herpa models but the older generation Herpa models did have quite visible inaccuracies.
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25 Milesrich: This topic should be changed to "Fuselage width on Herpa models of the DC-10 and MD-11." As several above pointed out, the fuselage is the same. The M
26 CanadianNorth: In real life the fuselage widths should be the same. Solution here is get out a vernier and measure, then you'll know for sure. No thought process inv
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