{"id":10087,"date":"2019-06-07T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=10087"},"modified":"2019-06-07T08:31:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:31:22","slug":"luft-kreuzers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/luft-kreuzers\/","title":{"rendered":"Luft Kreuzers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/luft-kreuzers\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/index.html\">Aeronef<\/a> update programme continues today with the release of five new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Germany.html\">German<\/a> cruisers. Three replace the existing models, while the Hansa and L\u00fctzow are new designs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10099\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/luft-kreuzers\/luftkreuzers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,599\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix SL280&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558906565&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;8.45&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LuftKreuzers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The K\u00f6ln is one of the oldest German models in the range and both it and the Emden had small cast-on turrets. The new versions have separate turrets and much more detail. The Prinz Heinrich model has a twin heavy turret up front along with a smaller one aft.<\/p>\n<p>The Hansa is a variant of the Emden hull, but with two larger turrets in place of the latter&#8217;s battery of small turrets, plus torpedo tubes along the flanks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/luft-kreuzers\/van-325\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-325.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VAN-325\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-325.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10090\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The L\u00fctzow is a heavy <em>Flottenkr\u00fczer<\/em> with five larger turrets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10089\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/luft-kreuzers\/van-326\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-326.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VAN-326\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-326.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/VAN-326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10089\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Germany\/VAN-303.html\">VAN-303<\/a> &#8211; K\u00f6ln class Heavy Cruiser &#8211; \u00a33.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Germany\/VAN-306.html\">VAN-306<\/a> &#8211; Emden class Light Cruiser &#8211; \u00a32.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Germany\/VAN-314.html\">VAN-314<\/a> &#8211; Prinz Heinrich class Heavy Cruiser &#8211; \u00a33.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Germany\/VAN-325.html\">VAN-325<\/a> &#8211; Hansa class Torpedo Cruiser &#8211; \u00a32.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Germany\/VAN-326.html\">VAN-326<\/a> &#8211; L\u00fctzow class Fleet Cruiser &#8211; \u00a34.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Aeronef update programme continues today with the release of five new German cruisers. Three replace the existing models, while the Hansa and L\u00fctzow are new designs. The K\u00f6ln is one of the oldest German models in the range and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/luft-kreuzers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,46,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-imperial-skies","category-new-releases"],"views":3008,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-2CH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10240,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/07\/croiseurs-francais\/","url_meta":{"origin":10087,"position":0},"title":"Croiseurs Fran\u00e7ais","author":"Tony","date":"July 26, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This week we're updating all of the cruiser classes in our French Aeronef fleet. This includes the cruisers Jeanne la Pucelle and Formidabile, and the commerce raider classes L'Epee and Fl\u00e9che. 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But that's all the more excuse for another post today with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Aeronef&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Aeronef","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/aeronef\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/VAN-2304-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9947,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/04\/british-escort-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":10087,"position":3},"title":"British Escort Update","author":"Tony","date":"April 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The last batch of Aeronef release from Salute are the redesigned British cruisers and escorts. The British get eight new models, replacing the Exeter heavy cruiser, all frigate and destroyer models plus as a bonus there is the the brand new Medusa class Armoured Cruiser. 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