1/18 Me 323 Gigant
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1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Ok Pickel, after the Horton....
This is not photo-shop guys, This SOB built this..
Its actually closer to 1/14 with a 157" wingspan....
I thought a 1/18 one was way to insane at 122" wingspan...
My only question is after he flies it how does he get it home? Fly it??
(maybe thats his backyard)
This is not photo-shop guys, This SOB built this..
Its actually closer to 1/14 with a 157" wingspan....
I thought a 1/18 one was way to insane at 122" wingspan...
My only question is after he flies it how does he get it home? Fly it??
(maybe thats his backyard)
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Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Take it apart.
The swazi is backwards.
The swazi is backwards.
"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better."
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Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Maybe he got in a hurry to get it airborneflyboy_fx wrote:Take it apart.
The swazi is backwards.
He should show a 1/16 Tiger coming out of the nose....
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tigers were too big...panzer ii was as big as they could carry. A halftrack towing a pak 40 would be cool.
Nice bird.
Nice bird.
i never met an airplane i didn't like...
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Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Wow that is a great model - Here is a link to a picture of a real one unloading some cargo. - They apparently made several hundred of these aircraft.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... tladen.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... tladen.jpg
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This is the grandfather to our C5A and C130, its the first I know of with the opening nose like that. Built for operation "Sealion" the invasion of England as a troop transport glider, was never used and so the existing airframes had motors slapped on.
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That is a pretty cool model, of a monster of an airplane.
A good try by the Germans, but it was a sitting duck if there any enemy fighters around.
A good try by the Germans, but it was a sitting duck if there any enemy fighters around.
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yea those little 7.9mm mg's cant reach out and touch someone like a .50 cal can.
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The video of this is so scary ... I mean, to really expect something like this to fly (normally), let alone with cargo.
Are there anymore pictures of the model Jnewboy? Thanks for sharing.
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Are there anymore pictures of the model Jnewboy? Thanks for sharing.
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yea I found the info and pic here..
http://www.aviationtrivia.info/Messersc ... Gigant.php
Lots of other cool pics and other 323 builds
Its one of my all time favorite birds, out of reach though in 1/18, but the FW-200, JU-88, He-111, B-17 & B-24 are not and should be made.
http://www.aviationtrivia.info/Messersc ... Gigant.php
Lots of other cool pics and other 323 builds
Its one of my all time favorite birds, out of reach though in 1/18, but the FW-200, JU-88, He-111, B-17 & B-24 are not and should be made.