{"id":13267,"date":"2022-09-30T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=13267"},"modified":"2022-09-29T14:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T13:58:21","slug":"junior-takes-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Takes Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>As we push on with updating older models, we&#8217;re been slowly replacing ones which are tricky to cast or mould. One of these is the Kerberos space station, which is quite wearing on its moulds so that they need constant replacement. We&#8217;ve been working on a new version, codenamed &#8216;Kerberos Junior&#8217; for a while now.<\/p>\n<p>Today we&#8217;re unveiling the <strong>Orthros<\/strong> space station, which is very similar in design to the Kerberos but a bit smaller (roughly 2\/3rds the diameter of the Kerberos) and much easier for us to cast and maintain. You can see the difference between the Kerberos and Orthros below:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/orthroscomparison\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosComparison.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,444\" 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=\"OrthrosComparison\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosComparison.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosComparison.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosComparison.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"444\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosComparison.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosComparison-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering about the name &#8211; well, Kerberos (or Cerberus) was a 3-headed dog from Greek mythology; Orthros was a 2-headed dog, so 2\/3rds the heads for 2\/3rds the size !<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13267 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/orthrospacfed\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosPacFed-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"13269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/orthrospacfed\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosPacFed.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=\"OrthrosPacFed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosPacFed-720x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/OrthrosPacFed.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/sfs-6009\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SFS-6009-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"13270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/sfs-6009\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SFS-6009.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=\"SFS-6009\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SFS-6009-720x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SFS-6009.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Spaceships\/Stations\/SFS-6009.html\">SFS-6009<\/a> &#8211; Orthros Space Station &#8211; \u00a39.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we push on with updating older models, we&#8217;re been slowly replacing ones which are tricky to cast or mould. One of these is the Kerberos space station, which is quite wearing on its moulds so that they need constant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/junior-takes-over\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13270,"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":"Today a new space station model, the Orthros, replaces one of our older models, the Kerberos.","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":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-spaceships"],"views":1573,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/SFS-6009.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-3rZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7714,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/05\/the-return-of-the-hound-of-hades\/","url_meta":{"origin":13267,"position":0},"title":"The Return of the Hound of Hades","author":"Tony","date":"May 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As mentioned just before Salute, Phil has remoulded his Kerberos spacestation model which has been out of production for a while. 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