{"id":10215,"date":"2019-07-15T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=10215"},"modified":"2019-07-15T17:39:22","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T16:39:22","slug":"baby-eaglets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/07\/baby-eaglets\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Eaglets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/07\/baby-eaglets\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Off the production line this week are these two <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/HammersSlammers\/Eaglewing%20-%206mm.html\">6mm Eaglewing<\/a> VTOLs, the Demeter and the Perseus. <\/p>\n<p>The Demeter is a two-seater attack craft while the Perseus is a utility VTOL with room to transport an infantry squad in the cabin. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Eaglewing1_15mm_sheet.pdf\">Eaglewing <\/a>is a Hammer&#8217;s Slammers mercenary unit equipped primarily with VTOLs that operate almost as ground vehicles, flying nap-of-the-earth in combat zones to keep out of sight of enemy anti-aircraft weapons. Away from the front line they can fly higher and use their high speed to redeploy quickly as required. They also have a small number of conventional ground vehicles for mortar and artillery support.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10219\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/07\/baby-eaglets\/demeter-perseus-colour\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Demeter-Perseus-Colour.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=\"Demeter-Perseus-Colour\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Demeter-Perseus-Colour.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Demeter-Perseus-Colour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10219\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other users of the Demeter and Perseus include the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Texian1_15mm_sheet.pdf\">101st Texian Light Airborne<\/a>, a fully airmobile infantry unit, and the <em>Fian\u00f3glach<\/em> veterans of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hammers-slammers.com\/pdf\/Guardforce_OH_15mm_sheet.pdf\">Guardforce O&#8217;Higgins<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/HammersSlammers\/Eaglewing%20-%206mm\/HS6-2601.html\">HS6-2601<\/a> &#8211; Perseus HU.1 Utility VTOL &#8211; \u00a32.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/HammersSlammers\/Eaglewing%20-%206mm\/HS6-2602.html\">HS6-2602<\/a> &#8211; Demeter Attack VTOL &#8211; \u00a32.00<\/p>\n<p>Finally, just a quick notice that I&#8217;m away for a couple of days. We&#8217;re up to date with orders to the end of Sunday (15th) and I&#8217;ll be back on Friday to deal with any that arrive this week so there shouldn&#8217;t be much delay &#8211; I just may not be able to answer any emails as quickly as usual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off the production line this week are these two 6mm Eaglewing VTOLs, the Demeter and the Perseus. The Demeter is a two-seater attack craft while the Perseus is a utility VTOL with room to transport an infantry squad in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/07\/baby-eaglets\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10219,"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":[5,39,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6mm-sf","category-hammers-slammers","category-new-releases"],"views":2828,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Demeter-Perseus-Colour.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-2EL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10154,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/07\/six-specials\/","url_meta":{"origin":10215,"position":0},"title":"Six Specials","author":"Tony","date":"July 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"We have a some new bits and pieces for the Joy of Six on Sunday - all 6mm scale (of course !). 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