{"id":5057,"date":"2015-02-25T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=5057"},"modified":"2015-02-25T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T10:39:08","slug":"yanks-and-their-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanks and their Tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Do you remember the postie turning up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/mail-call-again\/\" title=\"Mail Call \u2013 again !\">last week<\/a> with, amongst other things, some new 15mm American Republic SF vehicles ? We haven&#8217;t wasted any time with these and they&#8217;ve already been cleaned up and moulded.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primeall\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeAll.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" 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=\"PrimeAll\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeAll-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeAll.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeAll.jpg\" alt=\"PrimeAll\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeAll.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeAll-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the plastic masters are very difficult to photograph and the details hard to see, here&#8217;s a second look at a first set of assembled castings in a coat of primer (I&#8217;d used red primer as it will be the base colour in their camouflage scheme, which is why it&#8217;s already been drybrushed). As soon as this post has been finished I&#8217;ll be off with the airbrush to do the next colours.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5057 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primecurtiss\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeCurtiss-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeCurtiss-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeCurtiss-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5066\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primecurtiss\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeCurtiss.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=\"PrimeCurtiss\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Curtiss Heavy Hover Tank&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeCurtiss-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeCurtiss.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5066'>\n\t\t\t\tCurtiss Heavy Hover Tank\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primekochte\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeKochte-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeKochte-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeKochte-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5067\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primekochte\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeKochte.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=\"PrimeKochte\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kochte Hover MBT&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeKochte-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeKochte.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5067'>\n\t\t\t\tKochte Hover MBT\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primebaumann\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumann-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumann-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumann-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primebaumann\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumann.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=\"PrimeBaumann\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Baumann MICV&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumann-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumann.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5064'>\n\t\t\t\tBaumann MICV\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primebaumannaa\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumannAA-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumannAA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumannAA-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primebaumannaa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumannAA.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=\"PrimeBaumannAA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Baumann with AA Turret&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumannAA-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBaumannAA.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5065'>\n\t\t\t\tBaumann with AA Turret\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primeoldmann\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmann-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmann-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmann-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5068\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primeoldmann\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmann.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=\"PrimeOldmann\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Oldmann Light Tank&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmann-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmann.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5068'>\n\t\t\t\tOldmann Light Tank\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primeoldmannmissile\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmannMissile-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmannMissile-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmannMissile-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5069\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primeoldmannmissile\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmannMissile.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=\"PrimeOldmannMissile\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Oldmann with Missile Turret&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmannMissile-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeOldmannMissile.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5069'>\n\t\t\t\tOldmann with Missile Turret\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And here they all are, swathed in blutack as a mask for the camouflage (regular followers will have seen this before, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/behind-the-mask\/\">here&#8217;s a link<\/a> about Blutack masking).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/primeblutack\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBlutack.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" 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=\"PrimeBlutack\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBlutack-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBlutack.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBlutack.jpg\" alt=\"PrimeBlutack\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBlutack.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeBlutack-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Thanks to Zac Braham for the title of this post, he used it when posting the AmRep masters on TMP and I liked it so much I thought I&#8217;d use it here !).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember the postie turning up last week with, amongst other things, some new 15mm American Republic SF vehicles ? We haven&#8217;t wasted any time with these and they&#8217;ve already been cleaned up and moulded. Since the plastic masters &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/02\/yanks-and-their-tanks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5062,"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":[4,30,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-painting-and-modelling","category-previews"],"views":3379,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PrimeAll.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1jz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6863,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/08\/micro-slammers-the-tas\/","url_meta":{"origin":5057,"position":0},"title":"Micro Slammers &#8211; the TAS","author":"Tony","date":"August 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're an SF gamer, you're probably aware that a number of our 15mm models have been adopted as various mercenary forces in the Hammer's Slammers universe for The Crucible ruleset. Since many of our models are also available in 6mm, it follows that it's possible to recreate many of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;6mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"6mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/6mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/TAS-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/TAS-4.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/TAS-4.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/TAS-4.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4149,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/07\/better-late-than-never\/","url_meta":{"origin":5057,"position":1},"title":"Better Late Than Never !","author":"Tony","date":"July 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"So, after last week's middle-aged brain-fade, I've managed to get my backside into gear, bring home the correct parts and paint and assemble the two new PacFed 15mm vehicles ! And it being a nice day, they're painted, photographed and on the website :-) The Tiger AA tank provides top\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\/2014\/07\/DundasTigerRelease.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DundasTigerRelease.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DundasTigerRelease.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DundasTigerRelease.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6865,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/08\/tiny-yeomanry\/","url_meta":{"origin":5057,"position":2},"title":"Tiny Yeomanry","author":"Tony","date":"August 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on from the TAS, my second 6mm Crucible Detachment is the West Riding Yeomanry. 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