{"id":14352,"date":"2024-02-09T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=14352"},"modified":"2024-02-13T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T17:21:13","slug":"pacfed-supports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/02\/pacfed-supports\/","title":{"rendered":"PacFed Supports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/02\/pacfed-supports\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>We have two new vehicles for the <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product-category\/15mm-sf\/pacfed-15mm-sf\/\">Pacific Federation<\/a> (PacFed) in 15mm this week. Both the Quoll and Koala have been in the <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product-category\/6mm-sf\/pacfed-6mm-sf\/\">6mm range<\/a> for many years but never made the transition to the larger scale &#8211; well now they have.<\/p>\n<p>The Quoll is a large vehicle with a twin railgun turret plus a missile pack on either side of the hull. Although designated a cavalry reconnaissance vehicle, its firepower means that it&#8217;s ideal for fast strike missions, being used in hit-and-run attacks on enemy outposts or behind the lines against logistics and command posts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PacFedScouts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14386\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/02\/pacfed-supports\/pacfedscouts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PacFedScouts.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=\"PacFedScouts\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PacFedScouts.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PacFedScouts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PacFedScouts.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PacFedScouts-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Koala shares the same arrowhead grav skirts as the Quoll but with a different body mounting a pair of 10.5cm ECAP guns mounted high up on the superstructure. In its role as a tank destroyer, this allows the vehicle to fire from hull down positions with only the gun mounts in view. An alternative weapons load sees the ECAPs replaced by two Manta missile pods on the Koala-M.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/quoll-cavalry-vehicle\/\">SF15-707<\/a> &#8211; Quoll Cavalry Vehicle &#8211; \u00a38.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/koala-tank-destroyer\/\">SF15-710<\/a> &#8211; Koala Tank Destroyer &#8211; \u00a38.50<\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure &#8211; we somehow forgot to paint a Koala-M, so there are no photos, just the 3D image. But it is available, you can select the missile armament as an option from the product page.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for one of our occasional shout-outs to other manufacturers whose products make ours look presentable. The image above has a background by artist <a href=\"https:\/\/handiwork.games\/product-category\/backdrop-books\">Jon Hodgson<\/a>. This is the first time we&#8217;ve used one, and rest assured that you&#8217;ll be seeing more of Jon&#8217;s work on the blog in future. In other credits, the mat on which the vehicles are sitting is from <a href=\"https:\/\/geekvillain.co.uk\/\">Geek Villain<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have two new vehicles for the Pacific Federation (PacFed) in 15mm this week. Both the Quoll and Koala have been in the 6mm range for many years but never made the transition to the larger scale &#8211; well now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/02\/pacfed-supports\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14386,"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":"Two new PacFed vehicles in 15mm - the Quoll cavalry recce vehicle and Koala tank destroyer.","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":[4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-new-releases"],"views":1219,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/PacFedScouts.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-3Ju","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7456,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/03\/ocean-blue\/","url_meta":{"origin":14352,"position":0},"title":"Ocean Blue","author":"Tony","date":"March 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"As we've been hinting at for a while (starting with the Polyversal remastering work), our Pacific Federation 6mm forces have been getting a bit of a makeover to match their 15mm cousins. The overall configuration of each vehicle hasn't changed, but the original designs have all been replaced by sharper,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;6mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"6mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/6mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PR-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PR-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PR-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PR-2.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6934,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/09\/polyversal-pacfed\/","url_meta":{"origin":14352,"position":1},"title":"Polyversal PacFed","author":"Tony","date":"September 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In the recent Polyversal Kickstarter, one of the starter armies available featured our PacFed models. We're going to have to cast several thousand PacFed models to fulfill our part of the pledges, and we had already decided that we'd need to create some new moulds to do this. And we\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;6mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"6mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/6mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ocelot-CGI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ocelot-CGI.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ocelot-CGI.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Ocelot-CGI.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2037,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/01\/the-pacfed-are-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":14352,"position":2},"title":"The PacFed are here","author":"Tony","date":"January 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We've been teasing for a few weeks, but at last we've put the first of the new PacFed 15mm vehicles on the website for purchase. The two initial models are the Cougar and Wombat. SFS-701 Cougar Grav Tank - \u00a39.50 SFS-703 Wombat APC - \u00a38.00 The Ocelot light tank and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"CougarWombat","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CougarWombat.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CougarWombat.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CougarWombat.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1620,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/01\/on-the-eleventh-day-of-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":14352,"position":3},"title":"On the Eleventh Day of Christmas","author":"Tony","date":"January 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... A PacFed recce vehicle; Indonesian fighters; A control tower and store-house; 15mm bunker; 15mm Houses; Middle-eastern\u00a0buildings; Five German tanks\u00a0! Four Desert Buildings; Three Russian tanks; Two Flak Towers; And some houses from a far-off country. The re-designed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Minigwal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/D11.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/D11.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/D11.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2111,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/02\/pacfed-reinforcements\/","url_meta":{"origin":14352,"position":4},"title":"PacFed Reinforcements","author":"Tony","date":"February 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Assuming you've all recovered from the excitement of Phil's Land Ironclad Cake, today it's back to the more serious business of releasing new models. Early in December we published a post outlining our new releases for the next 2-3 months; so far we're doing OK, the 2mm buildings on that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SF15-706","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SF15-706.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SF15-706.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/SF15-706.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2083,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/01\/minigwal-first-casting\/","url_meta":{"origin":14352,"position":5},"title":"Minigwal first casting","author":"Phil","date":"January 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Well its not actually the first casting since it took a few spins to debug the mould. But its the first decent casting from the master mould of the new 15mm PacFed Minigwal fast attack vehicle. I need to make a couple of production moulds before we release it but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"minigwal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/minigwal.jpg?resize=1400%2C800 4x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352","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=14352"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14387,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14352\/revisions\/14387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}