{"id":4917,"date":"2015-01-30T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2015-01-29T11:00:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T11:00:16","slug":"mountain-and-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/01\/mountain-and-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain and River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/01\/mountain-and-river\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4918\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/01\/mountain-and-river\/shanzirelease\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ShanziRelease.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" 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=\"ShanziRelease\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ShanziRelease.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ShanziRelease.jpg\" alt=\"ShanziRelease\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ShanziRelease.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ShanziRelease-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have two new releases for you today in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Spaceships\/index.html\">spaceships<\/a> range. The first is a re-mastered CDSU Shanzi (<em>Mountain<\/em>) class super-carrier. This replaces the old (very old, almost 20-years-old) master which was due an honourable retirement. The new model has a resin main hull with metal deck and other fittings. Compare the photo above of the new model with the old one below &#8211; we hope you&#8217;ll agree that this new version is a much improved sculpt, while still retaining the same overall design.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/01\/mountain-and-river\/sfs-510\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFS-510.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" 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=\"SFS-510\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFS-510.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFS-510.jpg\" alt=\"SFS-510\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFS-510.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SFS-510-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second new model, the German Maas destroyer leader (seen escorting the Shanzi above), is a master that&#8217;s been kicking around for a while but which we&#8217;ve finally got into a mould. The Mass-class vessels are assigned one or two per flotilla to provide long-range firepower.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Spaceships\/CDSU\/SFS-510.html\">SFS-510<\/a> &#8211; Shanzi class Carrier &#8211; \u00a39.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Spaceships\/German\/SFS-331.html\">SFS-331<\/a> &#8211; Mass class Destroyer Leader &#8211; \u00a31.75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have two new releases for you today in the spaceships range. The first is a re-mastered CDSU Shanzi (Mountain) class super-carrier. This replaces the old (very old, almost 20-years-old) master which was due an honourable retirement. The new model &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/01\/mountain-and-river\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-spaceships"],"views":4185,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ShanziRelease.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1hj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4494,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/10\/no-new-release-friday\/","url_meta":{"origin":4917,"position":0},"title":"No-new Release Friday","author":"Tony","date":"October 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm afraid that the current sequence of shows has thrown our carefully crafted release schedule into a bit of a tail spin, and once again this week's planned new items aren't quite ready. 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