{"id":16134,"date":"2025-04-10T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=16134"},"modified":"2025-04-10T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:21:00","slug":"kido-butai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid\u014d Butai"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>If you spotted this at the bottom of another post the other day &#8211; well done ! We posted a slightly blurry image of a bright red spaceship, which I&#8217;m sure many of you twigged was an addition to our Japanese fleet. It&#8217;s the Amagi carrier, which sizewise matches up to the Iwari dreadnought. It&#8217;s accompanied by two new fighter types, the Katana interceptor and the Bisento attack fighter. We&#8217;ll have stocks of these on Saturday, along with some Japanese carrier group packs<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153913898-scaled-e1744312613789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/pxl_20250410_153913898\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153913898-scaled-e1744312613789.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,771\" 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=\"PXL_20250410_153913898\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153913898-1200x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153913898-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-16180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16134 gallery-columns-3 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\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/pxl_20250410_153919917\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153919917-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153919917-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153919917-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153919917-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-attachment-id=\"16182\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/pxl_20250410_153919917\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153919917-scaled-e1744312660169.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,771\" 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=\"PXL_20250410_153919917\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Bisento attack fighter&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153919917-1200x675.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16182'>\n\t\t\t\tBisento attack fighter\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/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\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/pxl_20250410_153928304\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153928304-250x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153928304-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153928304-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153928304-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" data-attachment-id=\"16181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/pxl_20250410_153928304\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153928304-scaled-e1744312639248.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,771\" 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=\"PXL_20250410_153928304\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Katana interceptor &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153928304-1200x675.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16181'>\n\t\t\t\tKatana interceptor \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>SFSP-1503 &#8211; Japanese Carrier group &#8211; \u00a324.00<br \/>\nSFS-1510 &#8211; Amagi class Carrier &#8211; \u00a312.00<br \/>\nSFS-1560 &#8211; Katana class Interceptor &#8211; \u00a31.50<br \/>\nSFS-1561 &#8211; Bisento class Attack Fighter &#8211; \u00a31.50<\/p>\n<p>If you were wondering, the <em>Kid\u014d Butai<\/em> (&#8220;Mobile Strike Force&#8221;) was the Japanese navy&#8217;s tactical designation for its combined carrier battle groups at Pearl Harbour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you spotted this at the bottom of another post the other day &#8211; well done ! We posted a slightly blurry image of a bright red spaceship, which I&#8217;m sure many of you twigged was an addition to our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/kido-butai\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16180,"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 carrier and fighters join our Japanese space fleet in time for Salute.","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":[14,65,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previews","category-salute-52-2025","category-spaceships"],"views":1337,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250410_153913898-scaled-e1744312613789.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-4ce","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16200,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/04\/first-of-the-flood\/","url_meta":{"origin":16134,"position":0},"title":"First of the Flood","author":"Tony","date":"April 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, that was a pretty good Salute - it seemed to be very busy throughout the day. 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