{"id":11782,"date":"2020-12-18T09:41:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T09:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=11782"},"modified":"2020-12-19T11:27:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T11:27:27","slug":"from-russia-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/12\/from-russia-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"From Russia With Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/12\/from-russia-with-love\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>We&#8217;ve made it &#8211; our final new release of the year, and the last leg in our epic quest to redesign\/resculpt the Aeronef models of the six major powers. Today sees the release of the Russian cruiser and escort forces, with six redesigns and two brand new models. You can see all of the new models below, along with the two smaller vessels released last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/12\/from-russia-with-love\/russianescortrelease-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RussianEscortRelease-1.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=\"RussianEscortRelease\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RussianEscortRelease-1-800x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RussianEscortRelease-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RussianEscortRelease-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RussianEscortRelease-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RussianEscortRelease-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two new craft are the Kronshtadt Heavy Cruiser, an enormous beast the size of a small battleship with new twin turrets. The other vessel is the Burnyi destroyer, fitted with a forward barbette and torpedo tubes.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a new Fleet pack with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-514.html\">Poltava Dreadnought<\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-515.html\">Admiral Nakhimov<\/a> battlecruiser plus escorts, and a new Russian Escort Flotilla pack with eight destroyers (although I&#8217;m afraid we still have no flying stands so the packs are without these for the the moment).<\/p>\n<p>The small Russian barbettes have been redesigned and are available in packs of 12, as is the new cruiser turret on the Kronshtadt. There are even some new flags, the Imperial flag and Naval Jack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Fleet%20Packs\/VANFP-502.html\">VANFP-502<\/a> &#8211; Russian Fleet Pack #2 &#8211; \u00a321.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Flotilla%20Packs\/VANFP-513.html\">VANFP-513<\/a> &#8211; Russian Escort Flotilla &#8211; 10.00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-501.html\">VAN-501<\/a> &#8211; Petrapavlovsk Class Cruiser &#8211; \u00a32.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-502.html\">VAN-502<\/a> &#8211; Archangelsk Class Dig Cruiser &#8211; \u00a33.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-504.html\">VAN-504<\/a> &#8211; Dobrovolets class Destroyer &#8211; \u00a31.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-505.html\">VAN-505<\/a> &#8211; Derskyi Heavy Destroyer &#8211; \u00a33.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-507.html\">VAN-507<\/a> &#8211; Smolensk class Seaplane Tender &#8211; \u00a32.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-511.html\">VAN-511<\/a> &#8211; Strashchni class Destroyer &#8211; \u00a31.75<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-516.html\">VAN-516<\/a> &#8211; Kronshtadt &#8211; \u00a34.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Russia\/VAN-517.html\">VAN-517<\/a> &#8211; Burnyi &#8211; \u00a31.75<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Flags\/VANF-503.html\">VANF-503<\/a> &#8211; Russian Imperial Flag &#8211; \u00a30.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Flags\/VANF-504.html\">VANF-504<\/a> &#8211; Russian Naval Jack &#8211; \u00a30.50<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Accessories\/VAN-7051.html\">VAN-7051<\/a> &#8211; Russian Single Barbette (x12) &#8211; \u00a31.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Accessories\/VAN-7052.html\">VAN-7052<\/a> &#8211; Russian Twin Barbette  (x12) &#8211; \u00a31.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Aeronef\/Accessories\/VAN-7057.html\">VAN-7057<\/a> &#8211; Russian Twin Cruiser Turret (x12) &#8211; \u00a31.50<\/p>\n<p>Having finished with the major powers, we&#8217;re off in a completely new direction with Aeronef in 2021. News of this coming soon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for new releases this year &#8211; next Friday is of course Christmas day, and we have better things to do then, as we&#8217;re sure you all do!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made it &#8211; our final new release of the year, and the last leg in our epic quest to redesign\/resculpt the Aeronef models of the six major powers. Today sees the release of the Russian cruiser and escort forces, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/12\/from-russia-with-love\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11787,"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":"More new Russian Aeronef - this time, 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}},"categories":[3,46,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aeronef","category-imperial-skies","category-new-releases"],"views":3393,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/RussianEscortRelease-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-342","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9947,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/04\/british-escort-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":11782,"position":0},"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. 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