Italaerei Me 321 Gigant

[Airframes]

In Post #22, in the second pic, top right hand side, it looks like there is only one door, opening outward (i.e away from the cockpit), with a central handle operating latches that locate into lugs on the starboard side bulkhead. The door gives the impression of being the same width as the opening, and I suspect the bulkhead and door combination acted as the seat backs - that is, the seats were pans only, presumably to accept seat-type parachutes (?). If that's the case then the harness and back-pad of the parachute would be acting as a seat-back padding.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice work so far!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Stop the presses! Terry is absolutely right! I was relying on a faulty memory instead of the actual Ref material I supplied! What a dolt! Sorry for the mix up....

 

[Bustedwing]

No worries, I'm apparently a bigger dolt ! After looking at the pictures you posted a dozen or so times I never even really noticed the door so I swaped it over to double doors before I had read any further posts. Kind of looks better I think but I'll re do it with the one door.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Sorry.

 

[Ohm-men]

Great stuff here! Esp like the scatch build tubular structure and cockpit!
Looking forward to see how this build unravels further...

 

[Bustedwing]

Well the cockpit is done. Added a few little bits and pieces but otherwise as accurate as I can find. A word of warning to the queamish, this kit is a bear, tons of teeny teeny parts that almost always break as you try to cut them fom the tree and the instructions do little in helping placing the parts. Getting the interior steel frame to line up is a horror show to say the least. If you want to discourage some one from building Models this is the kit for you !!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Well the cockpit is done. Added a few little bits and pieces but otherwise as accurate as I can find. A word of warning to the queamish, this kit is a bear, tons of teeny teeny parts that almost always break as you try to cut them fom the tree and the instructions do little in helping placing the parts. Getting the interior steel frame to line up is a horror show to say the least. If you want to discourage some one from building Models this is the kit for you !!

Really? Bummer...

 

[Bustedwing]

Well I can say I'm happy with it so far. I doubt a begginer would have much fun with it, the plastic is like glass !!

 

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far!

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wow that looks top notch!

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks great!

 

[Bustedwing]

Yeah it's going to be a cool bird when it's done. If you ever take this one on a few things. Part numbers are either wrong or there are typos in the instructions so test fit everything first. Also look very closely at the instructions as vague as they are to referance where parts connect. There are very fine raised lines where things like flap actuators etc should be mounted along with the RATO pods. They are very fine and easilly sanded off. Use a pin vise to drill small indents or holes to mark them so they can be found later. There's lots of very fine and small parts. I've taken to clipping the trees apart before using an exacto knife to free the parts from the tree. Had a few parts explosions leaving me searching the floor !!

 

[Crimea_River]

Despite the issues, you're doing a great job. It'll be impressive when it's all buttoned up and painted. For small parts on a sprue, I cut them off using a small razor saw. No breakage and no pings.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Well done!

 

[Bustedwing]

So just how big is it ?? Well stand back and I will show you !

Last night I got the center wing section done and it dawned on me IT'S HUGE. I put my 109 in the pics to give an idea of scale. I have the out board sections of the wings to finnish yet and with a bit of luck and free time I may be able to start blowing some paint on it this weekend. The canopy is vacu formed and needs a bit of cleaning up to fit as with the panel that fills in the back of the wings to the fuselage, it's not very convincing looking for a rag and tube so it needs a bit of help. Does'nt fit that great either. Onward !

 

[Airframes]

Heck, that's big !

 

[Wayne Little]

Not quite as big as the Bv222 but still a good size alright!

 

[Wurger]