Italeri 1/72 Me-321 Gigant

[jeaton01]

At Joe's request, here's my rendition of the Gigant.  Still have a 323 in the stash but after 14 years I still remember the pain inflicted by this one.  Here's the build log:  goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/me321/me321.html

I certainly have a love/hate relationship with Italeri, all the airplanes in this post are Italeri, the Hasegawa kit had not been released when I did the Zwilling.  The ambulance is from Academy which does great 1/72 wheeled vehicles, and the Sdf 232 and Flak 88 are the 1/76 Airfix kits.

[stikpusher]

Now if somebody was to make the Hamilcar glider…

Beautiful work John! The Gigant was an incredible piece of aero engineering for its time.

[406 Silverado]

I was going to reply to this earlier but had to get ready for work. Quite an awesome build and quite a subject. I LOVE these aircraft and this one looks great!!!!

[Joe Rix]

Whoa! That is truly marvelous John. The Gigant is beautifully done and with all the additional equipment it really looks the part. The Zwilling is quite impressive in its own right. Thanks for sharing all of these great builds with us.

[jeaton01]

Thanks, all. Glad to do my part to keep things rolling. Just don't make me do another Italeri kit right away, the Hasegawa 1/72 B-47 is enough of that on my plate for the moment.

[moparmadness]

Oh my John, that’s a smart looking 321! I remember this Gigant as far back as I can remember. Too complicated for my level of patience!

[jeaton01]

Yeah, right Chad. I'm sure you could do it better than me. I don't really have any patience, I just don't know when to quit so I have to keep going! Thanks for your kind comment.

[jeaton01]

May 1, 2023 10:51:50 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Now if somebody was to make the Hamilcar glider…

Beautiful work John! The Gigant was an incredible piece of aero engineering for its time.

Carlos, there is a 1/72 resin kit of the Hamilcar made by Planet.  It's about $140 and all because of you I just ordered one.   I've tried to get it before but it was always out of production.   So far I've done the 321, the CG-4A, the Horsa, and the Hotspur.  I have several other Geman gliders in the stash, and at least one Russian WW II troop glider.

[moparmadness]

John, how did she go together? Was it a pretty straightforward build?

[Medicman71]

Wow! Those are some really nice builds John!

[Tojo72]

Wow,that's really cool,I like the 88and Famo,helps you appreciate the size of ot.

[jeaton01]

May 17, 2023 19:55:02 GMT -5 moparmadness said:

John, how did she go together? Was it a pretty straightforward build?

It is a typical older Italeri kit, needing careful fitting and attention to seams and sink marks.  Lots of small parts with fits or locations that are not well defined and fragile once installed.  But once done it sure looks like a 321.  The CG-4A and Horsa are about the same, along with the Zwilling.

[buddho]

Beuatiful builds, one and all. The Gigant has an appropriate name...wow!