{"id":12064,"date":"2021-04-27T14:18:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=12064"},"modified":"2021-04-27T14:18:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T13:18:36","slug":"barrier-to-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2021\/04\/barrier-to-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrier to Entry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2021\/04\/barrier-to-entry\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Recently we remoulded the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Fortifications\/B15-1003.html\">15mm checkpoint model<\/a>; while doing so I couldn&#8217;t find the master for the concrete barriers that come as part of the set. So we had to get those reprinted, and at the same time we tweaked the design a little (they&#8217;re no longer slightly asymmetrical) and created a larger production mould so we can turn them out in larger numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Since they&#8217;re a handy item, very useful as cover for infantry or barriers to prevent vehicle access, we&#8217;ve released them as a pack of eight pieces. Each is 40mm long, making a total of 320mm per pack. At 12mm high, they&#8217;re also usable as 6mm walls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2021\/04\/barrier-to-entry\/b15-1006\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/B15-1006.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=\"B15-1006\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/B15-1006.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/B15-1006-720x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12065\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Fortifications\/B15-1006.html\">B15-1006<\/a> &#8211; Concrete Barriers (x8) &#8211; \u00a33.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we remoulded the 15mm checkpoint model; while doing so I couldn&#8217;t find the master for the concrete barriers that come as part of the set. So we had to get those reprinted, and at the same time we tweaked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2021\/04\/barrier-to-entry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12065,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New pack of concrete barriers in 15mm","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":[4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-new-releases"],"views":1784,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/B15-1006.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-38A","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3542,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/olivers-army\/","url_meta":{"origin":12064,"position":0},"title":"Oliver&#8217;s Army","author":"Tony","date":"March 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This is Checkpoint Charlie - and it's most certainly not cracking a smile. 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