CT Modeller Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Trident 1C G-ARPK British Airways, Heathrow, 1970s This is the Airfix kit, of course, but this was refurbished after an original build back in the early 90s. The original build had the classic Red Square BEA livery, but it’s white paint (enamel in those days) had gone a fetching shade of cream. I had also attempted extended flaps, spoilers and droop but was never very happy with it so in the refurbish I glued everything shut, filled it with Milliput and gave it all a good sanding, re-profiling the old Airfix wing in the process. This is what it used to look like : This time around I also added about 4mm to the fin chord (the original never looked right), added some wing root fairings (they’re very different port and starboard by the way) and generally tidied up the shapes of most things. Why didn’t I put those classic BEA markings back? Mainly because I bought 2 other Tridents to do the red square and speedjack versions....sometime... My original plan was to do G-ARPF again, but then found out that it never made it to the final BA scheme and hence G-ARPK! Chris 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hi Chris, great refurbishment work! I am not really an airliner man, but I a soft spot for the Trident, as I used to travel a lot in it many, many eons ago. Beautiful result!!! JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Great refurb! Looking forward to your Red square versions. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinSK Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Before and after ...I like both ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Very neat result of the refurbishment – looks like a commercial desktop model. I'm not an airliner man, either, but I do admire modelling skills in whatever form. 😉 Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 One of my favourite airliners - despite its faults. Nice rendition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 I used to like travelling in the Trident. I thought it the working mans Caravelle (belt and braces) and not quite the panache..... but a nice aeroplane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 It looked good before but looks great now. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Beautiful looking Trident. Like this a lot, and the before version looked pretty neat too. Cheers Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCH Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Great looking Trident ! 26 decals ? if they were how were they. Lots of noise and smoke ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Excellent job Chris. It's good to see you've added the wing-fuselage fairings which are very often overlooked. The extra fin chord also makes quite a difference. I hope we'll see the Red Square and Speedjack before too long. Dave G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 That's a great result Chris. Looks like I'm not the only one looking forward to the other liveries. Thanks for posting Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbofan Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Hi Chris, Great job you've made refurbishing the old girl, I agree with Dave regarding the extra chord on the fin, it really improves the whole look of the model. Along with the work you've done on the wings and fairings that's a pretty decent 1C! Looking forward to your Red Square and Speedjack Tridents. Cheers, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 9 hours ago, FLCH said: Great looking Trident ! 26 decals ? if they were how were they. Lots of noise and smoke ! Yes they are 26 Decals. Worked beautifully as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Fantastic build! both great colour schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Really cool! You don't see many of these, love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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