"Der Dicke"

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jcblom
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"Der Dicke"

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Beechcraft J35 c/n D-5580 was built in 1958 and was bought in 1962 by ex-luftwaffe general Adolf Galland, for his 50th birthday. Galland flew with D-EHEX, which he called "The fat one \ Der Dicke" until 1980, when the aircraft had 2320 hours. In 1981 it was sold to George D. Huss, the US ambassador to Bonn, who registered it as N222VH. It was damaged in a landing accident in Siegerland in 1986 and is currently in Thun, Switzerland, still undergoing repairs.
I used the textures by Marius Kramer to create the smaller windows of the J35.
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Chunk
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Fantastic work Jan!!! Does the fat one nickname come from the similarity of that blue from the plane and Goering’s ridiculous blue uniform?!? I know that Galland thought Goering was a fool...he was right. LOL!
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Piper_EEWL
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Great paint Jan! This looks absolutely amazing!
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Re: "Der Dicke"

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Another great paint job. I'm glad this one has been done.

While you'd think it more appropriate to fly it with the IO-520 engine fitted, I'll bet Galland would have fitted the bigger engine if it had been available. So that will be my choice of engine. :lol:


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