{"id":17883,"date":"2026-08-14T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=17883"},"modified":"2026-08-12T15:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T14:50:07","slug":"messing-about-in-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/08\/messing-about-in-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"Messing About In Boats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’ve had a couple of river patrol boats in our 6mm Neo-Soviet range for a while. They’ve been crying out for an update so we’ve remade the hulls as one-piece resin models with lots of extra detail. The BKRL River Gunboat has two Bizon tank turrets with plenty of anti-tank firepower, while the Fire Support version has a Bizon support turret along with a twin gatling air-defence turret and a Vihkr 12-round rocket launcher for indirect fire.<\/p>\n

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BKRL River Gunboat (l) and Fire Support Boat (r)<\/p><\/div>\n

To oppose these, the Pacific Federation (PacFed) get two all-new patrol vessels. The Palawah has a forward turret with either twin light cannon or a railgun, and a missile launcher aft. The Warramunga has the same missile launcher or a heavy railgun mount for’d, with a landing platform for an Angelshark<\/a> attack VTOL.<\/p>\n

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Warramunga (l) and Palawah (r)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Warramunga with embarked Angelshark VTOL<\/p><\/div>\n

We’ve also found another use for the recently released Agri Colony platforms, this time as naval jetties. We might have to make a few more specifically for this use.<\/p>\n

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PacFed patrol boats tied up in dock.<\/p><\/div>\n

SF300-1212<\/a> – BKRL River Gunboat – \u00a34.00
\nSF300-1212a<\/a> – BKRL Fire Support Boat – \u00a34.00
\nSF300-713<\/a> – Palawah Gunboat – \u00a34.00
\nSF300-714<\/a> – Warramunga Patrol Boat – \u00a34.00<\/p>\n

This is the first of several batches of 6mm watercraft that we’re planning in the next couple of months; on the way we have some landing craft, plus a few civilian vessels. We’re intrigued to see what you all make of them – do 6mm SF gamers want\/use watercraft ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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