{"id":11700,"date":"2020-11-06T10:08:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T10:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=11700"},"modified":"2020-11-06T10:08:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T10:08:08","slug":"anson-ahoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/11\/anson-ahoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Anson Ahoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/11\/anson-ahoy\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>We had a very good response to the news of the website reopening at the end of last week, which has kept us busy filling orders. However, we want to get back to the business of releasing new models, since we&#8217;ve built up quite a backlog over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re starting today with a new Aeronef model, the British Anson class Battlecruiser. It&#8217;s comes in at an impressive 110mm long, as large as an Albert class Dreadnought although not as hefty. She mounts two triple turrets and a pair of superfiring twin turrets, along with a more than respectable secondary battery, and boasts an impressive turn of speed for a vessel her size. In Aeronef however, she does suffer from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Gaming\/Aeronef\/Rules.html\">&#8220;There Seems To Be Something Wrong With Our Bloody Ships !&#8221;<\/a> optional special rule.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11701\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/11\/anson-ahoy\/ansonrelease\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AnsonRelease.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=\"AnsonRelease\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AnsonRelease-720x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AnsonRelease.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AnsonRelease.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11701\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Great%20Britain\/VAN-130.html\">VAN-130<\/a> &#8211; Anson class Battlecruiser &#8211; \u00a38.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a very good response to the news of the website reopening at the end of last week, which has kept us busy filling orders. However, we want to get back to the business of releasing new models, since &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/11\/anson-ahoy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11701,"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":"The Anson - a new battlecruiser class for the British Aeronef fleet","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-11700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-imperial-skies","category-new-releases"],"views":2603,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AnsonRelease.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-32I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10087,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/06\/luft-kreuzers\/","url_meta":{"origin":11700,"position":0},"title":"Luft Kreuzers","author":"Tony","date":"June 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"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 both it and the Emden had small cast-on turrets. The\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\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/LuftKreuzers.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11639,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/10\/still-working\/","url_meta":{"origin":11700,"position":1},"title":"Still Working","author":"Tony","date":"October 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We may be temporarily closed to orders, but development of new models goes on. We haven't released anything new for a couple of weeks (because we knew that the break was coming) and had already built up quite a backlog of new releases. Something like 70+ new models are lined\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\/2020\/10\/VAN-130.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VAN-130.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VAN-130.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/VAN-130.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9591,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/02\/pacific-thunder\/","url_meta":{"origin":11700,"position":2},"title":"Pacific Thunder","author":"Tony","date":"February 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Today sees the final part of stage #1 of our programme to update all of our older Aeronef models. The final one of the big six major powers, the USA, has at last received the planned overhaul of their three older capital ships. The Texas, Maine and Lincoln battleships have\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\/2019\/01\/Maine.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Maine.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Maine.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Maine.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8812,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2018\/06\/avanti-italia\/","url_meta":{"origin":11700,"position":3},"title":"Avanti Italia!","author":"Tony","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We seem to be on a roll with our Aeronef updates as we gradually redesign the range. In between the major fleets, we've also found time to update some of the other fleets, and this week the Italians get an upgrade with new versions of their two battleships. The Re\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\/2018\/06\/VAN-1801-250x141.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VAN-1801-250x141.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VAN-1801-250x141.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/VAN-1801-250x141.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1211,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/09\/preview-scandinavian-aeronef\/","url_meta":{"origin":11700,"position":4},"title":"Preview &#8211; 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). 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":11700,"position":5},"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. The cruisers and the Arethusa\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\/2019\/04\/Cruisers.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cruisers.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cruisers.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cruisers.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11703,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions\/11703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}