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So, here we have it – the first of this year’s not-Salute releases. As an opener, we have the might of the Ottoman Air Fleet – the Constantinople class Dig Battleship. This model replaces the older design of the same vessel, which was previously called the Abd\u00fcl Aziz*.<\/p>\n

The Aziz is large semi-rigid airship with an armoured superstructure. The main armament consists of two huge circular turrets, with an impressive secondary battery in the superstructure and the lower gondola.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned earlier this week<\/a>, all of our new releases which had originally been intended for Salute will be discounted for the first three weeks of sale by 7.5%; in addition, the same amount will be donated to HEROES<\/a>, a fund set up to help frontline NHS staff as they battle the Covid-19 outbreak. So the Constantinople will be discounted by 68p, and for each sale we’ll donate the same amount to HEROES – this will run until April 24th.<\/p>\n

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VAN-2001<\/a> – Constantinople class Dig Battleship – \u00a39.00<\/span> \u00a38.32<\/p>\n

* – it appears that the name Abd\u00fcl Aziz throws up all sorts of red flags within PayPal – every time someone orders one of these, the payment is held back while it’s checked to make sure we aren’t funding terrorist organisations or sending money to banned countries ! So to avoid delays like this, it just seemed safer to rename the model…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, here we have it – the first of this year’s not-Salute releases. As an opener, we have the might of the Ottoman Air Fleet – the Constantinople class Dig Battleship. 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