Einar Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 (edited) This is my 1/144 scale Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C that I built ten years ago from a very old Airfix kit. It's actually the first airliner model that I had built after my youth in the 1960's. With this Trident model I got so hooked on airliners that I have so far built almost forty of them. The old Airfix kit has probably many errors that I didn't notice but the obvious one was that the kit's front landing gear's attachment point is erroneously in the centreline of the fuselage when the location is in fact 61 cm. to the port (4,2 mm in the model). The front landing gear turned up sideways and this unusual arrangement was caused by the need to have more space in the nose for the sophisticated avionics. (Trident was e.g. the first airliner with equipment for a fully automated landing). I modelled the Trident in the BEA "Speedjack" livery for which I ordered the decals from 26Decals. In order to make the blue shade of the cheatline match with the tailplane's colour I discarded the too light blue cheatline decals and painted instead the cheatline and the tailplane with Xtracolor BAE blue paint (the cabin windows were fortunately separate decals). I mixed the light grey shade of the lower side of the fuselage and sprayed the white parts of the fuselage with Humbrol rattle can white. The wings were painted with Vallejo red and Humbrol silver. Building the model was straightforward but quite a bit of puttying and sanding had to be done. In the 1980's I flew many times in business class with this nostalgic three holer between Helsinki and London Heathrow. Edited October 3, 2021 by Einar errata 50 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 A lovely build on the ancient Airfix, I’m tempted to buy one ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Very very nice work. You've produced a most attractive model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLCH Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Great work on the Trident, many happy days of looking skyward as a child seeing those red wings against the blue skies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, FLCH said: Great work on the Trident, many happy days of looking skyward as a child seeing those red wings against the blue skies. Thank you, Einar 1 hour ago, SAT69 said: Very very nice work. You've produced a most attractive model. Thank you, Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Wulfman said: A lovely build on the ancient Airfix, I’m tempted to buy one ! Wulfman Thank you Wulfman, Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Absolutely lovely. Was lucky enough to have a fair few flights on these splendid machines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Ooh, that's nice! Your first adulthood airliner model--that's really a milestone. What was it like to fly on these? Smooth all the way? Great job on capturing the looks of this beautiful plane. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Just now, TheyJammedKenny! said: Ooh, that's nice! Your first adulthood airliner model--that's really a milestone. What was it like to fly on these? Smooth all the way? Great job on capturing the looks of this beautiful plane. Alex Thanks Alex, Trident was a very confortable plane. Many times I had the privilege of travelling in the business class in the front of the cabin. It was really nice and quiet there! Cheers, Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Marvellous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 A well built model. You extra work on the blue has paid off excellently. Well done sir! Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 Lovely build Einar. It might be old but the Airfix Trident is still the basis of a fine model. I never flew on a Trident 1C but I did manage one flight on a 3B just before BA retired them. Flying in a rear-facing seat was very strange and I thought we were going to run out of runway but G-AWZJ rotated in her own good time and the rest of the flight was very enjoyable. I was surprised how quiet the cabin was since the Trident was noisy even by the standards of its time with a sort of "crackle" that could never be mistaken for anything else. Happy days! Dave G 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 It's another beautiful build, Einar. And here i am over here, still trying to get the fuselage buttoned up on my Super VC10.... david 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 7 hours ago, David H said: It's another beautiful build, Einar. And here i am over here, still trying to get the fuselage buttoned up on my Super VC10.... david Thanks David Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 8 hours ago, Skodadriver said: Lovely build Einar. It might be old but the Airfix Trident is still the basis of a fine model. I never flew on a Trident 1C but I did manage one flight on a 3B just before BA retired them. Flying in a rear-facing seat was very strange and I thought we were going to run out of runway but G-AWZJ rotated in her own good time and the rest of the flight was very enjoyable. I was surprised how quiet the cabin was since the Trident was noisy even by the standards of its time with a sort of "crackle" that could never be mistaken for anything else. Happy days! Dave G Thank you Dave! ..and yes, those were the happy days👍😀 Cheers, Einar 8 hours ago, ColinChipmunkfan said: A well built model. You extra work on the blue has paid off excellently. Well done sir! Colin Thanks Colin! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Vlamgat9 said: Marvellous! Thank you! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Absolutely stunning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Lord Riot said: Absolutely stunning! Thank you! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Young Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 That’s a lovely Trident Einar. Just goes to show that these classic kits can be made into something really good. It’ll be interesting to compare this with the new Eastern Express kit due out soon, although I think it may be a fair bit more expensive than the Airfix kit! Cheers, Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Andy Young said: That’s a lovely Trident Einar. Just goes to show that these classic kits can be made into something really good. It’ll be interesting to compare this with the new Eastern Express kit due out soon, although I think it may be a fair bit more expensive than the Airfix kit! Cheers, Andy Thanks Andy! I suppose the EE kit is much more detailed and accurate than the Airfix one but the price tag will surely be a lot higher. Cheers, Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Nice work again Einar. Always nice to see your builds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Vesa Jussila said: Nice work again Einar. Always nice to see your builds. Thanks / kiitos Vesa! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 What a lovely model, great work on this , this is such an attractive scheme too. Looks wonderful. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 9 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: What a lovely model, great work on this , this is such an attractive scheme too. Looks wonderful. Chris Thank you Chris! Cheers, Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Excellent work on an ancient kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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