1/18 Me 323 Gigant

[Jnewboy]

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)

[flyboy_fx]

Take it apart.
The swazi is backwards.

[Jnewboy]

Take it apart.
The swazi is backwards.

Maybe he got in a hurry to get it airborne

He should show a 1/16 Tiger coming out of the nose....

[aferguson]

tigers were too big...panzer ii was as big as they could carry. A halftrack towing a pak 40 would be cool.

Nice bird.

[maritime96]

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

[Jnewboy]

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.

[snake]

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.

[Jnewboy]

yea those little 7.9mm mg's cant reach out and touch someone like a .50 cal can.

[Panther F]

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.


- Jeff

[Jnewboy]

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.