{"id":12736,"date":"2022-01-18T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=12736"},"modified":"2022-01-17T18:39:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T18:39:48","slug":"back-to-the-space-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/01\/back-to-the-space-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Space Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We have a couple of new spaceships today that fill in gaps in the EuroFed roster.<\/p>\n

The first is the Voltigeur corvette, a small craft in the same style as the rest of the EuroFed fleet.<\/p>\n

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Voltigeur Corvette<\/p><\/div>\n

The second is the Aigle, a small dropship capable of carrying infantry of light vehicles. It came about when a magazine review of the Le Malin<\/a> frigate noted that it had a similar configuration to the Space 1999 Eagle Transporter. Now I hadn’t noticed that fact until it was pointed out, but from there it seemed an obvious next move to create a dropship in that style. The Aigle isn’t really all that similar to the Gerry Anderson vessel that inspired it – it has the same vague outline but that’s all.<\/p>\n

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Aigle Dropships<\/p><\/div>\n

SFS-450<\/a> – Voltigeur Corvette – \u00a31.00
\nSFS-470<\/a> – Aigle Dropship (x6) – \u00a31.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have a couple of new spaceships today that fill in gaps in the EuroFed roster. The first is the Voltigeur corvette, a small craft in the same style as the rest of the EuroFed fleet. 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