{"id":11536,"date":"2020-09-04T09:42:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T08:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=11536"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:42:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T08:42:47","slug":"looks-like-weve-got-us-a-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/09\/looks-like-weve-got-us-a-convoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Looks Like We&#8217;ve Got Us a Convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/09\/looks-like-weve-got-us-a-convoy\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Today sees the release of new redesigned versions of our British Aeronef merchant vessels. The old models of the Pearless, Orama and Shillito have been replaced by new sculpts, all featuring resin hulls with metal parts &#8211; and looking much smarter with lots more detail, cargo cranes etc. The Orama, the largest of the vessels, has also been renamed the Frampton. These vessels play an important role plying the trade routes between Britain and the rest of the Empire.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11537\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/09\/looks-like-weve-got-us-a-convoy\/britishmerchants\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"BritishMerchants\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants-800x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants-800x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11537\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is also a fleet pack with two of each design plus a pair of escorting Osprey patrol Nef.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Fleet%20Packs\/VANFP-5001.html\">VANFP-5001<\/a> &#8211; British Merchant Convoy &#8211; \u00a322.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Merchants\/VAN-5005.html\">VAN-5005<\/a> &#8211; Pearless class Bulk Merchant Vessel &#8211; \u00a34.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Merchants\/VAN-5007.html\">VAN-5007<\/a> &#8211; Frampton class Bulk Freighter &#8211; \u00a36.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Merchants\/VAN-5008.html\">VAN-5008<\/a> &#8211; Shillito class Freighter &#8211; \u00a33.00<\/p>\n<p>Look out for more merchant Nef later in the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today sees the release of new redesigned versions of our British Aeronef merchant vessels. The old models of the Pearless, Orama and Shillito have been replaced by new sculpts, all featuring resin hulls with metal parts &#8211; and looking much &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/09\/looks-like-weve-got-us-a-convoy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11537,"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-11536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-imperial-skies","category-new-releases"],"views":1984,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BritishMerchants.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-304","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6750,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/06\/lufthandel\/","url_meta":{"origin":11536,"position":0},"title":"Lufthandel*","author":"Tony","date":"June 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Our focus has been largely on ground SF lately, with the 15mm and 6mm ranges getting a number of new releases. 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