{"id":16027,"date":"2025-03-27T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=16027"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T09:12:50","slug":"space-jockeys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/space-jockeys\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Jockeys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/space-jockeys\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Keep those Salute orders coming in, folks &#8211; as we mentioned last time, the website is now setup for orders for collection at the show for UK and overseas visitors. And the sooner we get the orders the better, so that we have enough time to prepare them.<\/p>\n<p>Onto more new stuff for release at the show, and more new 15mm figures. This time a set of four starfighter pilots, two with their sidearms drawn. They&#8217;d be ideal for a scenario rescuing the crew of a downed fighter, or as background characters on a starship. Like the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/red-shirts\/\">starship crew<\/a>, they have been sculpted by Martin Baker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16028\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/space-jockeys\/sf15-025-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" 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=\"SF15-025-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-2-1024x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-2-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-16028\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16029\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/space-jockeys\/sf15-025-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" 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=\"SF15-025-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Starfighter Pilots&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-1-1024x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-1-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-16029\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep those Salute orders coming in, folks &#8211; as we mentioned last time, the website is now setup for orders for collection at the show for UK and overseas visitors. And the sooner we get the orders the better, so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/space-jockeys\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16028,"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":"A new pack of 15mm starfighter pilots joins our Salute roster, ready to roam the galaxy in their tiny snub fighters.","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":[4,14,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-previews","category-salute-52-2025"],"views":1135,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SF15-025-2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-4av","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16234,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/pilots-and-security\/","url_meta":{"origin":16027,"position":0},"title":"Pilots and Security","author":"Tony","date":"April 23, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Easter has delayed us getting some of the shiny new things we released at Salute onto the website, but we're getting back to it today with a couple of 15mm figure packs. 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Last time we checked we had ages, now there are just (checks calendar) 17 DAYS !!! We've already had a few orders for the show, but we're always happy to take more. 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