{"id":5240,"date":"2015-04-17T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2015-04-17T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T11:31:53","slug":"an-old-warrior-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/an-old-warrior-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Warrior Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/an-old-warrior-returns\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>A popular model in our 15mm range that has been out of production for a while is the Athena VTOL. This is a transport ship capable of hauling an infantry platoon or small AFV.<\/p>\n<p>Phil has completely remoulded all of the parts and we will have stock available at Salute next weekend. It&#8217;s been added to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/the-salute-sticky-page\/\" title=\"The Salute Sticky Page\">Salute Sticky<\/a> page where you can see all of the new items we plan to release.<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/an-old-warrior-returns\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5240 gallery-columns-2 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\/04\/an-old-warrior-returns\/sf15-111\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"141\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5241\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/an-old-warrior-returns\/sf15-111\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111.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=\"SF15-111\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111-3-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" data-attachment-id=\"5244\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/an-old-warrior-returns\/sf15-111-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111-3.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=\"SF15-111-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111-3.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>SF15-111 &#8211; Athena VTOL &#8211; \u00a317.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular model in our 15mm range that has been out of production for a while is the Athena VTOL. This is a transport ship capable of hauling an infantry platoon or small AFV. Phil has completely remoulded all of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/04\/an-old-warrior-returns\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5241,"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":[4,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-salute-2015"],"views":3056,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/SF15-111.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1mw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5316,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/05\/more-15mm-releases\/","url_meta":{"origin":5240,"position":0},"title":"More 15mm Releases","author":"Tony","date":"May 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we're releasing what I think is the largest model we've yet made, plus re-releasing an old favourite. 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