{"id":16348,"date":"2025-05-14T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=16348"},"modified":"2025-05-13T22:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:31:10","slug":"lets-explore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/05\/lets-explore\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Explore!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/05\/lets-explore\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Today&#8217;s offering is the largest model in our new 28mm range &#8211; in fact probably the largest in any of our ranges.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16040\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16040\" data-attachment-id=\"16040\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/the-brigadier-goes-exploring\/explorer-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-1.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=\"Explorer-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;SL-52 Worldranger &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-1-850x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-1-1024x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-1-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16040\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SL-52 Worldranger<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s the Altair SL-52 Worldranger, an eight-wheeled, all-terrain explorer vehicle. Its fully sealed cabin makes it ideal for hostile environments with non-breathable atmospheres and the life support module allows up to fourteen days operations with four crew.<\/p>\n<p>The rear cargo deck has a capacity of up to 1250kg, and can be used to carry additional fuel, water and oxygen to further extend the vehicle&#8217;s range.<\/p>\n<p>The model measures a whopping 160x110mm by 80mm high on its eight wheels and is 3D printed in grey resin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16041\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/03\/the-brigadier-goes-exploring\/explorer-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-2.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=\"Explorer-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-2-850x478.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-2-1024x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-2-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-16041\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/product\/sl-52-worldranger\/\">SF28-103<\/a> &#8211; SL-52 Worldranger &#8211; \u00a348.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s offering is the largest model in our new 28mm range &#8211; in fact probably the largest in any of our ranges. It&#8217;s the Altair SL-52 Worldranger, an eight-wheeled, all-terrain explorer vehicle. Its fully sealed cabin makes it ideal for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/05\/lets-explore\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16040,"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":"The largest model in the new 28mm range has arrived on the website - the SL-52 Worldranger 8x8 all terrain explorer vehicle.","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":[64,13,17,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-28mm-sf","category-3d-print","category-new-releases","category-salute-52-2025"],"views":1266,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Explorer-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-4fG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16360,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/05\/16360\/","url_meta":{"origin":16348,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;You need that shiftin&#8217; ?&#8221;","author":"Tony","date":"May 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"If you need something shifting, then the 25th century equivalent of a forklift is the power loader. 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