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The last two of the major powers’ Aeronef fleets to be upgraded are the US and Russia. Both are in hand, all of the masters are finished and have been moulded, production tins cast and at least half of the production moulds have been made. So for once we’re well on track to reach our target of having them released by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

These are the new US cruisers and escort vessels – fifteen in all. Nine of them replace existing models, but there are also six brand new models. These include a cruiser and two destroyers in the same style as the Lexington battlecruiser<\/a>, which will form a fast pursuit squadron.<\/p>\n

I’ve just finished painting them in the buff and white colours of the Great White Fleet, as you can see below.<\/p>\n

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I’ll show you the Russians once they’re painted!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The last two of the major powers’ Aeronef fleets to be upgraded are the US and Russia. Both are in hand, all of the masters are finished and have been moulded, production tins cast and at least half of the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"A preview of our next batch of Aeronef, fifteen new US cruisers and escorts","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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-previews"],"views":2227,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/US-Nef.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-328","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1211,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/09\/preview-scandinavian-aeronef\/","url_meta":{"origin":11664,"position":0},"title":"Preview – Scandinavian Aeronef","author":"Tony","date":"September 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I had meant to include images of the Scandinavian Union Aeronef models in yesterday's post, but time had overtaken me and I didn't get the photos taken (and, if truth be told, three of the models weren't quite finished). 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