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1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:08 am
by 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)
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:13 am
by flyboy_fx
Take it apart.
The swazi is backwards.
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:24 am
by Jnewboy
flyboy_fx wrote: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....
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:34 am
by 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.
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:33 pm
by 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
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:08 pm
by 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.
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:17 pm
by 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.
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:16 pm
by Jnewboy
yea those little 7.9mm mg's cant reach out and touch someone like a .50 cal can.
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:53 am
by 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
Re: 1/18 Me 323 Gigant
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:08 am
by 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.
