{"id":14755,"date":"2024-05-10T15:31:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=14755"},"modified":"2024-05-10T15:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:31:43","slug":"big-in-japan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/05\/big-in-japan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Big in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Time for probably the most eagerly anticipated of our Salute releases (at least by people who didn’t get to Salute !) – our new Japanese spaceship fleet. They had a very good reception at the show, so we’ve held them back a little in order to create some stock<\/p>\n

This initial release has 8 vessels in with prominent ring structures and some wicked looking turrets on the two capital ships. The Iwari class Dreadnought is one of the largest spaceships we’ve produced – longer than the Argos space station !<\/p>\n

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SFSP-1501<\/a> \u2013 Japanese Heavy Fleet \u2013 \u00a324.00
\nSFSP-1502<\/a> \u2013 Japanese Strike Fleet \u2013 \u00a324.00
\nSFS-1500<\/a> \u2013 Iwari class Dreadnought \u2013 \u00a312.00
\nSFS-1501<\/a> \u2013 Takao class Battlecruiser \u2013 \u00a39.00
\nSFS-1520<\/a> \u2013 Kasuga class Heavy Cruiser \u2013 \u00a34.00
\nSFS-1521<\/a> \u2013 Yubari class Light Cruiser \u2013 \u00a33.00
\nSFS-1530<\/a> \u2013 Nadakaze class Destroyer \u2013 \u00a32.00
\nSFS-1540<\/a> \u2013 Hinoki class Frigate \u2013 \u00a31.50
\nSFS-1541<\/a> \u2013 Murakumo class Torpedo Frigate \u2013 \u00a31.50
\nSFS-1550<\/a> \u2013 Ushio class Corvette \u2013 \u00a31.00
\nSFS-7055<\/a> – Japanese Turrets (x12) – \u00a31.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time for probably the most eagerly anticipated of our Salute releases (at least by people who didn’t get to Salute !) – our new Japanese spaceship fleet. 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