{"id":17277,"date":"2026-02-01T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=17277"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:14:12","slug":"back-to-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/back-to-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/back-to-printing\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Some good news &#8211; we&#8217;re finally able to resume 3D printing again after the enforced hiatus over the past couple of months. We&#8217;ve restored both the 28mm sci-fi range and our WW1 vehicles to the website, and we&#8217;re slowly building up stocks for the upcoming shows in Tonbridge and Newark.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SF28-260.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17038\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/10\/armed-and-dangerous\/sf28-260\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SF28-260.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=\"SF28-260\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SF28-260-1024x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SF28-260-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"Set of eight 28mm sci fi characters\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-17038\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16562\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SF28-211-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16562\" data-attachment-id=\"16562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2025\/06\/roboservants\/sf28-211-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SF28-211-2.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=\"SF28-211-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr Whitman discusses a medical case with the duty VCS-060.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SF28-211-2-1024x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/SF28-211-2-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"28mm sci models - human doctor talking to a white robot in front of medical equipment\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16562\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Whitman discusses a medical case with the duty VCS-060.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GW28-304.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14972\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2024\/07\/sturmpanzerwagen\/gw28-304\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GW28-304.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" 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=\"GW28-304\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GW28-304-1024x675.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GW28-304-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"28mm scale WWI A7V tank\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-14972\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GW28-303.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13254\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/09\/ford-model-t-ambulance\/gw28-303\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GW28-303.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" 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=\"GW28-303\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GW28-303.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/GW28-303.jpg\" alt=\"28mm scale WWI artillery piece\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some good news &#8211; we&#8217;re finally able to resume 3D printing again after the enforced hiatus over the past couple of months. We&#8217;ve restored both the 28mm sci-fi range and our WW1 vehicles to the website, and we&#8217;re slowly building &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/02\/back-to-printing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16947,"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":"Good news - we're finally able to resume 3D printing again ! 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This is a research lab full of workbenches, strange bio-tanks containing who-knows-what (one of which appears to have ruptured) and computers conducting nefarious experiments. And here are some handy shelving units holding all sorts of supplies. 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