{"id":3519,"date":"2014-03-16T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=3519"},"modified":"2014-03-14T13:02:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T13:02:21","slug":"its-been-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Been a While &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Ages, and ages (and ages) ago we previewed some masters of our Neo-Soviet SF vehicles in 15mm (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/07\/15mm-bizon\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/04\/za-rodina\/\">here<\/a>). Some of the prototypes even got as far as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/neu-celle\/\">seeing action<\/a>, but only glimpses of it. In fact it was two years ago (two years !) that we first showed these. This is a long time, even by our glacial standards, for something to reside in <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Development_hell\">Development Hell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But, what&#8217;s this ? Could it be &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3523\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/bisonkunitsa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BisonKunitsa.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,515\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"BisonKunitsa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BisonKunitsa.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BisonKunitsa.jpg\" alt=\"BisonKunitsa\" width=\"720\" height=\"515\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BisonKunitsa.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BisonKunitsa-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/sf15-1201-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201-1.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;}\" data-image-title=\"SF15-1201-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201-1.jpg\" alt=\"SF15-1201-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/sf15-1201a-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201a.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;}\" data-image-title=\"SF15-1201a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201a.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201a.jpg\" alt=\"SF15-1201a\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201a.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SF15-1201a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3524\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/bizongroup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BizonGroup.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;}\" data-image-title=\"BizonGroup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BizonGroup.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BizonGroup.jpg\" alt=\"BizonGroup\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BizonGroup.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/BizonGroup-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/l-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/L-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,541\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"L-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/L-1.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/L-1.jpg\" alt=\"L-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"541\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/L-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/L-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not quite there yet (the APCs are awaiting their metal hatches, and I forgot to cast up enough gatling secondary turrets for this photo !) but, so nearly &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Bizon. Kunitsa. Laska. Rosomakha. 15mm. April 12th, Salute 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ages, and ages (and ages) ago we previewed some masters of our Neo-Soviet SF vehicles in 15mm (here and here). Some of the prototypes even got as far as seeing action, but only glimpses of it. In fact it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/03\/its-been-a-while\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":"","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":[4,14,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-previews","category-salute-2014"],"views":2625,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-UL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2011\/12\/more-15mm-sf\/","url_meta":{"origin":3519,"position":0},"title":"More 15mm SF","author":"Tony","date":"December 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"So we've had another package turn up at Brigade this week with more exciting stuff inside (in fact as I type yet another has arrived, but I'll leave that for now ...). This one contained some lovely little 15mm figures by French sculptor PF (you can visit his blog here).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alien-bounty-hunters-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":617,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/04\/za-rodina\/","url_meta":{"origin":3519,"position":1},"title":"Za Rodina !","author":"Tony","date":"April 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ages ago (well, six months-ish) we announced we were going to revamp the 15mm range - essentially scrapping pretty much all of the existing models, replacing them with new 3D sculpts and at the same time making all of the models slightly larger (since we seem to be on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Laska-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2655,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/05\/15mm-sf-germans-re-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":3519,"position":2},"title":"15mm SF Germans Re-released","author":"Tony","date":"May 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We've released the first batch of resculpted German vehicles in our 15mm range today. The initial offering is four models - standard MBT and heavy support versions of the Thor tank, and MG and autocannon armed versions of the Lynx APC. 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