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Here's my Eastern Express 1/144 Trident 1C, with British Airways decals from 26, just finished in the Baby Boomers group build. Quite a nice kit - I have another in the stash (in an X-Scale box) and I'm looking forward to building it. Build thread is here: thanks for looking Julian
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This is a Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C, G-ARPR of British European Airways. On 10 June 1965, while operating Flight BE343 from Le Bourget to Heathrow, this aircraft made the first fully automated landing of a commercial airliner carrying paying passengers. However, my model will show the aircraft as it was in May 1968 with a natural metal rear fuselage. Like this! The kit is the venerable Airfix 1/144 kit, suitably modified. Decals are from the Two-Six sheet 44034 Taken from the mould and boxed long before the parts had cooled! No damage to the parts though. Okay, hold on tight, rider! Here we go, two, free, four...